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NEWS ABOUT: rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues stories: 3 news summaries
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 Fierce? Nah, 
 She's Just 
 Too Good 


Feb 2, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Beyoncé’s new album, I Am…Sasha Fierce, “is something of a mess," Sasha Frere-Jones writes in the New Yorker. Musically, Beyoncé belongs in the "Genius Lounge," but her fierce alter-ego only emerges on the record to offer tame advice. "... More »

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music • pop music • Beyonce • Sasha Frere-Jones • album • rhythm and blues • President Obama

Glossies

 Eastwood's 
 First Love: 
 Jazz Piano 

Love, not practice, evinced in movies and performance

Dec 15, 08 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing up, Clint Eastwood had an affinity for piano but no money for lessons. He nurtured his passion for jazz throughout his life, Nick Tosches writes in Vanity Fair, and has written music for almost every picture he’s directed, including the theme for his recent Gran Torino. But, Eastwood... More »

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Clint Eastwood • jazz • blues • movies • Carnegie Hall • rhythm and blues

(Newser) - Jerry Wexler, a music industry giant who coined the term "rhythm and blues" and worked to bring black popular music into the mainstream, died today at age 91, the New York Times reports. Wexler, a producer at Atlantic Records in its heyday, worked with new artists such as Aretha... More »

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music • music industry • obituary • Aretha Franklin • soul • Ray Charles • rhythm and blues • Jerry Wexler • Wilson Pickett

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