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Seal To Release Two New Songs Posted by Aaron Mayagoitia on 11.12.2009 New tracks to be a part of greatest-hits album... So the next Seal compilation album you buy doesn't make you feel like you're buying the same thing twice, two new songs will be included in the artist's upcoming Hits album.

Roxanne Rice is doing her part to keep the Matt Garcia legacy alive. Director of student services for the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Rice came up with a hopefully annual music fund-raiser for the Community Service Scholarship named for the 22-year-old Fairfield councilman shot and killed 14 months ago.

Rock music ascended into heaven the minute guitarist Jimi Hendrix left the stage on Max Yasgur's farm, Monday morning, August 18, 1969.

The best of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. 'WARRIOR CHAMPIONS': Latest from the Renauds impresses Hot Springs.

Live, members of the British-born pop band Gomez are louder, tougher, rootsier and bluesier than their smart, flexible recorded selves.

You'll know him by his belt. The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival , which kicks off on Friday, has confirmed its first blockbuster guest, though you'll be forgiven if you're a bit skeptical.

I have always had a special affinity for the bands that played at Woodstock just over 40 years ago: from Sly & the Family Stone , who took the Woodstock crowd higher through their "boom-shaka-laka-laka's," to Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe & the Fish , who celebrated the joys of hippiedom, to guitar-god Jimi Hendrix , whose epic take on the ...

Sly & Co. Another Monday, tail dragging and spirits on a low flame as you face down a fresh working week.

One-hit wonders Wild Cherry was led by Rob Parissi , who originally formed the group in 1970.

The otherwise superb piece on Vallejo music educator David "Dean" Froelich in the Times-Herald recently neglected to list his Vallejo Junior College student, Sylvester Stewart, who led Sly and the Family Stone, one of the most influential rock and soul bands in the history and evolution of pop music.

The 1960s are almost alien to a contemporary train of thought. It was a decade of breaking apart and coming together, a decade of politics and revolutionary action.

With all of the hype and nostalgia surrounding the recent 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival , a lot of folks have forgotten that there was another notable musical event during the summer of 1969.

As Paul Smith of Maximo Park recently explained on the pages of The Independent, decay is all around in the world of the post-punk icon and Magazine frontman Howard Devoto.

Soul Train has a youtube channel. Lots of great performances here, but in particular I recommend The O'Jays , Sly and The Family Stone , Stevie Wonder , The Stairsteps , and the Jackson 5 . What really makes it worth watching though are the clips of the Soul Train Line dancing to hits of the day, artists like The O'Jay , Curtis Mayfield , War , and ...

San Franciscans surprised by the honest-to-goodness summer weather that showed up this weekend finally had a chance to zip up their hoodies on the second night of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival.

Living in the Hollywood Hills in recent days has felt like being heartbreakingly close to some surreal 24-hour disaster movie set.

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Happy Birthday 40th Woodstock! The graying pregnant mother of all rock concerts not only turned the big four-oh she is also about to bear another child -- her fourth.

ZWOLLE, The Netherlands -- On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, it was learned that singer Sly Stone, who was one of the highlights of the festival, is running out of money due to a conflict with his former manager, Jerry Goldstein.

A listener who had marvelled at the way John Till made his guitar smoke and crackle recently sidled over to ask if the Stratford man were "all Woodstocked-out." No, Till smiled.