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“Whether we are going to break records, I can't say that, but it is going to be very warm”

Time to cue up that old Martha & the Vandellas soul record: It feels like a heat wave. via Santa Cruz Sentinel

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American Masters: Marvin Gaye: What's Going On, 9 p.m., PBS . Marvin Gaye seemed to resist expectations. via London Free Press

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“And I swear to God, if they keep on raising the gas price, I'm a sell this Chevy and go buy me a bike.”

Don't let the title fool you - Lyfe Jennings didn't get glossy or pretentious on his third set; he just became more focused. via Quick

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“Seven taught me how to drag the songs into GarageBand and how to lay down the vocal”

'When I came out in '97, they told me I changed the state of R&B,' says Erykah Badu. via Newsday.com

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“The real issue is whether this is driven by principal or partisanship. If it's a way of settling old scores or playing 'gotcha,' that's really inappropriate.”

As she hurried to join fellow City Council members in a closed session regarding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a publicly embarrassing text-messaging sex scandal, Martha Reeves flashed a smile born mostly ... via South Bend Tribune

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Erykah Badu gave a two-hour performance Thursday night at the Orpheum Theatre. When Erykah Badu took the stage at the Orpheum Theatre Thursday night she was rocking a shiny bouffant wig and ruffled black crepe ... via Boston Globe

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Pop diva Madonna took the number one spot in both the single and album charts for the fourth time in her career, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday. via Reuters UK

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Image credits: Jim Britt Today's digital mural features images of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marvin Gaye , one of the most visionary and enduring talents ever launched by the Motown hit ... via WGBH-TV Allston

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“I think Marvin's father's voice, telling him, 'No, no, no,' really haunted Marvin”

AMERICAN MASTERS. 9 tonight, Channel 12. I DON'T KNOW if anyone keeps stats on how many of those profiled by PBS' "American Masters" had troubled relationships with their fathers, but I'm guessing just one ... via Philly.com

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“I don't know if I would have the nerve to do it to be perfectly honest. I think I hide behind plays and other characters but they have extraordinary courage and they know that these stories are healing and that's why they have the guts to do it.”

- Renowned Canadian playwright Judith Thompson unveils what she calls one of the most "creatively gratifying" stage productions of her 30-year career this weekend.

But she didn't write it, nor did she come up with the initial concept. It was soap maker Dove that first hatched the idea for "Body & Soul," which sees 13 Canadian women - aged 45 to 78 - going onstage to tell their own stories of racism, abuse, cancer, motherhood, immigration and divorce, among other things.

The women have no prior acting experience. The goal is to challenge the way society thinks about beauty and aging, says the company. Read more

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