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"I AM" is a new CNN.com feature built on the belief that the labels we use for one another don't really reveal who we are.

Jones" fame and techno founding father Derrick May to this year's lineup. The food festival, with a huge music component, also added Ann Arbor's Tally Hall, R&B gospel group 21:03, R&B vocalist Shiron Denise, ...

Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love, home to the Liberty Bell and also the inspiration for dozens of R and B Soul legends too. via KBSG-FM Seattle

“Everybody was jamming for everybody else who was up there”

John Johnson wasn't just singing for the judges. Nor was he singing only for the more than 300 voters in the "Hometown Idol" audience Saturday at Kalamazoo's State Theatre. via MLive.com

“Theme for 'Five Fingers of Death.'”

VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA: GAMBLE & HUFF'S GREATEST HITS" Critic's rating: VARIOUS ARTISTS "CONQUER THE WORLD: THE LOST SOUL OF PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS" Critic's rating: Working on ... via Sun-Times News Group

“Theme for 'Five Fingers of Death.'”

The best of Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records, a live set from Jackson Browne, Alan Jackson's latest and Michael McDonald's improbable triumph. via Winnetka Talk

TALKING OF tradition, take a good look at this sweetboy. Mr Jones is the next big thing from over here who is about to blow up in the States. via The Voice

“My mother played piano. That's how a piano got in my house”

Maybe a person's life isn't preordained. But you can't prove it by Leon Huff. To hear the Sound of Philadelphia icon from Camden's Centerville section tell it, it doesn't appear he had much choice other than ... via CourierPostOnline

“It's a dream come true for me because I always wanted to become a songwriter”

Three years after The O'Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the two men who wrote and produced their biggest hit, "Love Train," will be joining them on Monday. via WNED.org

“It wasn't all peaches and cream”

If Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff hadn't reached out their hands to introduce themselves in a Philadelphia elevator 45 years ago, the music world may have been denied one of its richest partnerships. via Slam Sports

“It's almost as if your grandmother prepared you for this audition.”

Throw a lava lamp, some bell bottoms and platform shoes on the stage and you would've recreated the 1970s Wednesday night, as the 10 female finalists on American Idol vied not to get sent home. via Denver Rocky Mountain News

Three bands that helped define the soul and R&B scene are coming to Mississauga on Saturday. via Mississauga

“It's an anthem for star-crossed lovers”

But along with his passion for creating great music in the studio, performing on stage is pure paradise for Michael Buble. via KTXR-FM Springfield

Actor Paul Picerni is 85. Former CIA director Stansfield Turner is 84. Actor Robert Symonds is 81. via Asbury Park Press Online

Actor Paul Picerni is 85. Singer Billy Paul is 73. Actor-director Woody Allen is 72. via Roanoke Times

Today is Saturday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2007 . There are 30 days left in the year. via LincolnCourier.com