Ashford & Simpson News

RUBYFRUIT, the beloved West Village lesbian bar and restaurant, is closing after 15 years - a victim of rising rents and smaller crowds.

Friday is the beginning of the three-day West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival, featuring over 500 musicians, visual artists, and arts and crafts vendors.

Two months after her 80th birthday, grace is foremost in Maya Angelou's mind. "How blessed I am and how blessed I've been," she says, on the phone from her home in North Carolina.

Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson are the gifted husband and wife team who wrote pop/soul classics including "Let's Go Get Stoned," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and ...

The husband-and-wife duo known for penning hits such as "You're All I Need to Get By" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," and for their own big single, "Solid," are evidence that celebrity couplings sometimes ...

The GREAT 8 rolls your way each weeknight at 8 as we feature 8 great songs-one great theme and we play them non-stop! Your input really makes a difference and I thank you so much for making it a part of your ...

My playlist this week is typically eclectic, as I check out CDs old and new. From spirited jazz to progressive disco, these albums have been among my favorites in the past two weeks.

Some of the most celebrated singing couples are expected in South Africa for the 5th Night of the Legends concert next weekend. via Sunday Times

“Test for Whitsunday's syndrome”

Ashford & Simpson - definitely the real thing Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic Nick Ashford spent his first few months in New York City homeless and sleeping on park benches. via San Francisco Chronicle

Makana has been called the youngest living master of Hawaiian slack-key guitar, but he's also taken the genre one step further by pioneering his own style of contemporary world rock, which he calls "slack ... via San Francisco Examiner

Fresh off the smooth jazz success of first single "We Got Love" and a Grammy Award nod for Ashford & Simpson-penned "I Am Your Man" from debut "This Is Ryan Shaw," the soul singer cranks the funk on "Do the ... via Billboard

Surf guitarist Dick Dale is 71. Singer-songwriter Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson is 66. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

“You won't see the house from the road”

Melissa and Doug Bernstein, the owners of Wilton-based children's toy company Melissa & Doug, have plans for a new house on the former Ashford & Simpson estate. via Westport News

Scheduled To Appear - Weekend Edition Friday, Apr 11, 2008 4:04PM It's time for us to hit the trail again, but we'd be lax in our duties if we failed to give you a heads up about some artists you should catch. via Pollstar News

A veteran R&B duo, Ashford & Simpson, and Kelis, a relative newcomer - at least compared to A&S - have new collections of some of their biggest hits. via News Press

“Have You Ever Tried It". Some of these are out-of-print masterpieces or available for over $2000 on music sites. Other Ashford & Simpson remixes include their fan favorites "Don't Cost You Nothing", "Nobody Knows", "Tried, Tested And Found True”

For fans of dance music and R&B from yesteryear and today, the highly anticipated release of the legendary Ashford & Simpson's The Warner Bros. via Celebrity Babies

“You're All I Need to Get By"). Music On Demand Ashford & Simpson audio Ashford & Simpson Over and Over (12”

Enjoy all the hits you love from Ashford & Simpson with their latest release The Warner Bros. via 97.5 FM

The great Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson have said that in all their years penning tunes for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye they learned one skill above all: sensitivity. via Boxes and Arrows

Ashford & Simpson The Warner Bros. Years: hits, remixes & rarities The husband and wife writing and production team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson has crafted many of the greatest hits in soul, R&B and ... via Nashville City Paper

“I've performed in hundreds of rooms, concert halls and such”

The Empire Plush Room in San Francisco 's York Hotel has an official closing date, Feb. via San Francisco Examiner