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The Cast of "Blues Brothers 2000"The Cast of "Blues Brothers 2000"

By | February 8, 2012
Yesterday's flashback to Briefcase Full of Blues by the Blues Brothers reminded us that there's more music available under the Blues Brothers name than most people think. Such as? Read more »

Jimi Hendrix, 1967 (YouTube)Jimi Hendrix, 1967 (YouTube)

By | January 5, 2012
Not only is this the first week of the year, it's a week loaded with firsts from rock and roll history that include Beatles, Bay City Rollers and Boonesville, Virginia. Here are our Top 10 Firsts for the First Week of the Year from the rock and… Read more »

Minnie Riperton's daughter, actress Maya Rudolph (R) with "Bridesmaids" co-star Kristen Wiig (Getty Images/Kevin Winter/staff)Minnie Riperton's daughter, actress Maya Rudolph (R) with "Bridesmaids" co-star Kristen Wiig (Getty Images/Kevin Winter/staff)

By | November 8, 2011
Singer Minnie Riperton is known for two things: the 1975 hit "Lovin' You," a soft-soul song in which she hits an astoundingly high note, and for being the mother of comic actress Maya Rudolph. Minnie died of breast cancer in 1979 at age 31. As is… Read more »

Aretha, 2011. Still the Queen Of Soul (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)Aretha, 2011. Still the Queen of Soul (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

By | October 4, 2011
After six years of wasting away at Columbia Records, where they were casting her as a lush, Sarah Vaughan-style singer, Aretha Franklin was snapped up by Atlantic Records, sent to Muscle Shoals and set free to become the Queen of Soul. … Read more »
By | September 19, 2011
The solo star of the moment, 40 years ago (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) … Read more »
By | July 14, 2011
Sleeve for Willie "Little Beaver" Hale's "Party Down" (Cat/President Records, 1974) … Read more »
By | July 10, 2011
Erma Franklin, c. 1992 (YouTube) … Read more »
By | July 9, 2011
Scene From a Short Documentary That Included Carolyn Franklin and the Making of "Ain't No Way" (YouTube) … Read more »
By | June 25, 2011
Doris Duke - "To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)" (Contempo Reissue) … Read more »
By | June 6, 2011
Pauline Henry of the Chimes (YouTube) ...and so his remembrance of Londonbeat begat a remembrance of the Chimes... Remind Me About Them Read more »