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After watching Robert Altman's 1973 film The Long Goodbye for the upteenth time, Altman had commented that he and lead actor, Elliot Gould, had decided to reinvent the legendary Phillip Marlowe as if he was a ...

Biography Playing the saxophone has always been emotionally intense for Erly Thornton .

The "American Idols Live!" tour hit town this weekend like the well-oiled machine that it is.

SONIC REDUCER Watching the chopped and cropped black-and-white promo vid for Beck's new album, Modern Guilt - a study in cut-rate Super 8 ways to make static images of the reedy rocker and cohorts look exciting ...

"Be true to yourself." This saying, in various incarnations, has been the backbone of human society for eons.

An Academy Award can open doors for a performer. Starring roles, directing deals, their pick of projects in a multitude of mediums.

Mullen in 1978, interviewing a couple in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina about their courtship stories Web Extra Extended Pat Mullen interview O hio State University folklorist emeritus Patrick B. ...

Singer, pianist and composer Ray Charles is one of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century.

Ray Charles and Marian McPartland. Set List "Summertime" "The Man I Love" "Willow Weep for Me" "Blues" & Things Ain't What They Used to Be "Am I Blue" "Portrait of Ray Charles" "Ray and Marian's Blues" Marian ...

Everytime "Don't Do Me No Favors" comes on KEXP--and as I'm seldom tuned away from KEXP, I can't say for certain, but I assume that's the only place it does--just as I'm convinced that someone dug up an obscure ...

Nobody can say that blind people haven't given something to music. Otherwise, you wouldn't have heard of all those old blues musicians like Blind Lemon Jefferson, let alone Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder.

The great Ray Charles stars as himself in 1964's Blues for Lovers , spending half his time singing, the other half helping a sightless boy get to Paris for an operation. The movie, being shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday as part of the summer film series at An die Musik, 409 N. Charles St., was directed by Paul Henreid, best known for playing Victor Laszlo in Casablanca . The program includes some appearances by Charles on The Dick Cavett Show . Tickets are $8. Information: 410-385-2638 or andiemusiklive.com 'Rebel' at the Charles The Charles Theatre's Saturday revival series continues this weekend with James Dean's defining role, as conflicted teen Jim Stark, in Nicholas Ray's 1955 Rebel Without a Cause . Showtime is noon tomorrow, with encores set for 7 p.m. Monday and 9 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $6 tomorrow, $8 other times. Information: 410-727-3464 or thecharles.com.

It's not every city where folks can experience free weekly sessions with a band that includes a former Ray Charles sideman, top local jazz musicians and the most talented performers the Air Force can recruit.

July 4: Bill Evans Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979.

Although Jamie Foxx earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray, Home Front staffers insist that his best work came in his role as Wanda, the hapless romantic of TV's In Living ...

Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint brought me to James Hunter's 'The Hard Way,' produced by Liam Watson of the White Stripes and released June 10 on Hear Music.

John Nemeth performs tonight at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar. Though he's currently one of the finest harmonica soloists and soulful singers among contemporary blues musicians, John Nemeth's first ...

JEFFERSON STREET - It's time again for this historic thoroughfare - known nationally for its jazz and blues heritage - to revive the vibes of its musical past with the Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival.

Is you is or is you ain't a Louis Jordan fan? The famed 1940s vocalist, band leader, and saxophonist from Arkansas gave the world a "jumpin' jive" sound that influenced Ray Charles, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, ...

Life of hard knocks made highway patrolman a real 'trooper' Saturday, June 21, 2008 Brad Nettles Lance Cpl.