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Levon Helm: PBS Ramble
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JamBase
Levon Helm - Ramble At The Ryman PBS Special To Air August 2009
Levon Helm On most Saturday nights since January 2004, Levon Helm has hosted evenings of music at the “barn," his home studio in Woodstock, New York. These magical nights are called The Midnight Ramble Sessions. On September 17, 2008, Helm took the Midnight Ramble on the road to one of America's treasured venues, Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, where accompanied by such luminaries as Buddy Miller, John Hiatt, ...
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Billy Taylor: 88 Years...88 Keys...88 Videos
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All About Jazz
Dr. Billy Taylor, who turns eighty eight on July 24th, celebrates this milestone with the posting of eighty eight videos on his website, and a concert at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Taylor is the Artist-in-Residence at William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Week, performing with his Trio, featuring Chip Jackson on bass, and Winard Harper on drums, on July 24th at 8:30 pm. For tickets, please contact the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720- 2371. He will ...
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Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad Footage Unearthed from 1984 Shoot
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All About Jazz
Looking back at Michael Jacksons incredible musical legacy, January 27th, 1984 stands out as one of the darkest days in the King of Pops life.
In an incident thats often been discussed but never witnessed, Jackson suffered second and third degree burns to his face and scalp while shooting a Pepsi advertisement in front of thousands of fans at Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. For the first time ever, Us Weekly exclusively reveals video from the accident, which occurred when the ...
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Hollywood Ghost Town Land of Runaway Production
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Michael Ricci
Small, blue-collar businesses that sustain California's entertainment industry -- prop houses, studio equipment shops -- fight for business as film production migrates to incentive-rich states. In an industrial yard behind Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, dozens of orange forklifts and 135-foot-high booms stand idle, gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. As recently as two years ago, the yard was largely empty because the equipment was busy being used to hoist cameras, rig lights and build sets for “Iron Man," “Get Smart," “The ...
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Soul Power
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Michael Ricci
The documentary focuses on the music festival 'Zaire 74' that was organized to go along with the Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle.'
Most everyone remembers “The Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, but who remembers “Zaire 74," the music festival that was organized to go along with it? “Soul Power," a vibrant and joyous new documentary, should end that anonymity.
One reason the concert is little known is ...
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Baaba Maal Television: Teams up with Braz Girls
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JamBase
African Musical Genius Baaba Maal To Release New Album Television
Baaba Maal Senegalese master-musician Baaba Maal will release his new multi-lingual album, Television, on September 15 (Palm Pictures), a groundbreaking successor to 2001's Missing You. Television is a collaboration primarily between Baaba Maal and singer Sabina Sciubba and keyboardist Didi Gutman, both members of New York's Brazilian Girls. The result is a stunningly beautiful and diverse record that meshes two genres, generally unfamiliar to each other, to produce an eclectic ...
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Diana Krall Appears in Upcoming Michael Mann/Johnny Depp Picture "Public Enemies"
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All About Jazz
Diana Krall Dazzles With Summer Blockbusters: Cameo In Anticipated New Film Public Enemies,Quiet Nights Tour And Fundraiser With The President From the big screen to the White House, Diana Krall is everywhere this summer. Catch the GRAMMY-winning jazz musician in a cameo in the Michael Mann-directed film Public Enemies, singing “Bye Bye Blackbird", opening nationwide July 1. Krall's rendition of the jazz classic will also appear on the soundtrack for the movie, which stars Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard and Christian ...
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