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"Cause there'll be hard times...who knows better than I?" Ray Charles sang, and don't we all know it.

As of July 2009, content in African American Song has now been incorporated into American Song .

Jamie Foxx didn't just pick up piano for the movie 'Ray.' He's been playing since he was a child.

Internationally acclaimed jazz diva Barbara Morrison comes to the Levitt Pavilion Sunday as part of a summer-long series of free concerts under the stars Wednesday through Sunday nights at the amphitheatre in Pasadena's Memorial Park.

Washington DC artist N E Means Celebrates the release of his debut single "Lucky Tonight" . The up tempo song is dedicated to the Wilson Family, the likes of Lowell Fulson, Ronnie Wilson, Robert Wilson and Charlie Wilson.

I'm taking off for a few days. In celebration of the nation's independence, I want to share some of my favorite things .

Over the years at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival , I have seen and heard lots of great musica 'zydeco, DC sounds from Rare Essence and Fugazi, weird Bhutan horns, the Cambodian Ray Charles, amazing Malian music, country blues, rockabilly, and numerous Latin styles.A I have also seen many fascinating craftspeople and eaten a fair amount of ...

Fashion designer Ardis Taylor is shown with one of his 6-button double-breasted late 1930s-style suits on Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.

This was not a gentle, uncomplicated stroll down Jazz Street. Oh sure, on David Sanborn's right was Ricky Peterson on that iconic jazz instrument, the Hammond B-3 organ.

Lionel Young has been studying and performing classical violin since the age of 6. By Jamie Folsom Berthoud Recorder 2008 International Blues Challenge winner Lionel Young and his band the Heavy Cats were the sunshine on a cloudy Saturday at the Derby Grille in east Berthoud.

The Ray Charles biopic was a limited sort of achievement, a case of a fine performer competing against the old A-to-Z, and-then-he-wrote cliches and storytelling formulas.

Jazz Festival co-founders AndrA© MA©nard and Alain Simard look around the construction site that is the Maison du Festival.

Like most of you, Ia ve watched The Blues Brothers an extraordinary number of times over the last three decades and with repeated viewings you start to notice certain things that just dona t make very much sense.

Have an item for Agenda? Send it to listings@star-telegram.com. For the love of BET Terrell's Jamie Foxx has a few awards under his belt, including a Best Actor Oscar for playing Ray Charles in Ray.

Hi ! This is our first night of blogging. Here is the playlist for tonite. Got any ideas for music or artists that you want to share ? Let me know your suggestions, and tasteful comments.

Jazz singer Aydenne Simone brings her deep rich tones to Wimbledon Studio on Friday week for one night only.

I watched my 78-eight year old father toting his beloved trumpet up the walkway.

'It's like losing John Coltrane, or Ray Charles' Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on Friday, was an inspiration in more ways than one for Derek Trucks, a rock guitar phenomenon with a growing, global fan following.

Sometimes it's a relatively simple procedure to lump a particular artist into a specific genre.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Last updated: 2:08 pm Photos click to enlarge Ellis Hall Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 'Marvin and Motown' With: Ellis Hall, piano and vocals; Pittsburgh Symphony Pops; Marvin Hamlisch, conductor When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday ...