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Pictured are the 2009 Rising Stars. They are, from left, seated, Monica Conrad, Nancy Vanderveer, Dr.

Back on the air after one week off . Started with blast of classic soul, moved to international sounds, then big samplings from two recent tribute/compilation/fundraiser albums: "Ciao My Little Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy" and the most recent Red + Hot project, "Dark was the Night." They led to something from the "Where the Wild Things Are" ...

James Brown was undeniably one of the most influential and internationally respected musicians of all time.

The lights dim in the 437-seat Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts on a recent Thursday evening, casting the murmuring members of the audience into shadow.

THE lucky number for the day is 101! Universal Music and Malay Mail are giving away 20 albums of Universal Music 101 Series collection.

From the musical hotbed of Austin, Texas, comes the garage-soul revivalist Black Joe Lewis and his band The Honeybears.

'That was such fun! I played a song with Roger Daltrey then one with Dave Stewart then we all played a couple of songs together.

For all of King Khan's I'm-the-new-James Brown bluster, all it takes is the 1-2 of Kelvin Swaby's scream in "Oh No! Not You Again!" and the pointed "How You Like Me Now" to take that cape right off of Khan and put it in The Heavy's camp.

Elissa Sorea Carroll in her San Jose home Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. Carroll is the subject of the latest installment of the Life in a Year series which is on middle age.

Austin, Texas based soul man Black Joe Lewis sings like James Brown and Wilson Pickett in a shouting match, and if that weren't enough, his backup band, the Honeybears, deliver the mean retro funk better than anyone out there.

Rod Stewart's saved his soul for now Rod Stewart on tour in Texas this summer: The veteran pop star is releasing an album of classic soul covers.

Austin Paul Conner Jr. is in good company. The 14-year-old Pensacola resident has joined the ranks of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and James Brown - music legends who graced the stage at the Apollo Theater's Amateur Night.

Jones" the song holds the top position for three weeks and later becomes a soul classic 1973 , John Lennon files suit against the U.S. government alleging that the FBI tapped his phone in an effort to deport the former Beatle 1975 , justifying his title The Boss, Bruce Springsteen makes both the cover of Time and Newsweek 1978 , Sid Vicious ...

WBUR should either finally hire him so people can start donating to WGBH instead or they should announce they're not hiring him so people can stop getting heartburn .

The members of modern rock act Shinedown think melodic hooks and heavy rock riffs need not be mutually exclusive.

Rev. Gean West is a preacher at a small west Dallas church. In the 70's his church was homebase for his unique brand of religious evangelism: A gospel music with a fiery funk edge.

British singer Joss Stone performs. TORONTO - When Joss Stone has a musical itch, she has to scratch, even if it means getting into trouble with her label.

Back in 1997, hip-hop DJ and producer Miles Tackett invited fellow DJs, musicians and MCs to jam at a weekly Los Feliz party, "The Breaks." "That's all the DJs were playing ... rare groove, funk breaks, sample source stuff," Tackett says.

The golden era of '60s and '70s soul music boasts a great tradition for Christmas songs and, following in the footsteps of classic Christmas albums from the Motown stable and James Brown, Strut enter the festive spirit this November with the first ever Yuletide compilation on the label, In The Christmas Groove, bringing together 12 rare soul, funk ...

FOR celebrity watchers it was definitely must-see TV. For dedicated die-hard Kate Moss obsessives like myself though, it was pure, unadulterated, voyeuristic bliss.