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2012 audio interview with 'Smash' TV star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=38852012 audio interview with 'Smash' TV star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted... more
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Public viewing scheduled for Etta James
January 25, 2012
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A public viewing will be held Friday in Inglewood for R&B great Etta James, who died last week at the age of 73, a family representative said.
The viewing will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Manchester Chapel at Inglewood Cemetery Mortuary, 3801 W. Manchester Blvd.
The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a private memorial service for the singer Saturday.
—Phil Willon
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/arts/music/etta-james-singer-dies-at-73.html
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Etta James, Powerful Voice Behind ‘At Last,’ Dies at 73
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Etta James in the studio in Chicago with the Chess Records founder Phil Chess, left, and the producer Ralph Bass in 1960.
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By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: January 20, 2012
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Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,” died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. She was 73.
Her manager, Lupe De Leon, said that the cause was complications of leukemia. Ms. James, who died at Riverside Community Hospital, had been undergoing treatment for some time for a number of conditions, including leukemia and dementia. She also lived in Riverside.
Ms. James was not easy to pigeonhole. She is most often referred to as a rhythm and blues singer, and that is how she made her name in the 1950s with records like “Good Rockin’ Daddy.” She is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.
She was also comfortable, and convincing, singing pop standards, as she did in 1961 with “At Last,” which was written in 1941 and originally recorded by Glenn Miller’s orchestra. And among her four Grammy Awards (including a lifetime-achievement honor in 2003) was one for best jazz vocal performance, which she won in 1995 for the album “Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday.”
Regardless of how she was categorized, she was admired. Expressing a common sentiment, Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote in 1990 that she had “one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
For all her accomplishments, Ms. James had an up-and-down career, partly because of changing audience tastes but largely because of drug problems. She developed a heroin habit in the 1960s; after she overcame it in the 1970s, she began using cocaine. She candidly described her struggles with addiction and her many trips to rehab in her autobiography, “Rage to Survive,” written with David Ritz (1995).
Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles on Jan. 25, 1938. Her mother, Dorothy Hawkins, was 14 at the time; her father was long gone, and Ms. James never knew for sure who he was, although she recalled her mother telling her that he was the celebrated pool player Rudolf Wanderone, better known as Minnesota Fats. She was reared by foster parents and moved to San Francisco with her mother when she was 12.
She began singing at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Los Angeles at 5 and turned to secular music as a teenager, forming a vocal group with two friends. She was 15 when she made her first record, “Roll With Me Henry,” which set her own lyrics to the tune of Hank Ballard and the Midnighters’ recent hit “Work With Me Annie.” When some disc jockeys complained that the title was too suggestive, the name was changed to “The Wallflower,” although the record itself was not.
“The Wallflower” rose to No. 2 on the rhythm-and-blues charts in 1954. As was often the case in those days with records by black performers, a toned-down version was soon recorded by a white singer and found a wider audience: Georgia Gibbs’s version, with the title and lyric changed to “Dance With Me, Henry,” was a No. 1 pop hit in 1955. (Its success was not entirely bad news for Ms. James. She shared the songwriting royalties with Mr. Ballard and the bandleader and talent scout Johnny Otis, who had arranged for her recording session. (Mr. Otis died on Tuesday.)
In 1960 Ms. James was signed by Chess Records, the Chicago label that was home to Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and other leading lights of black music. She quickly had a string of hits, including “All I Could Do Was Cry,” “Trust in Me” and “At Last,” which established her as Chess’s first major female star.
She remained with Chess well into the 1970s, reappearing on the charts after a long absence in 1967 with the funky and high-spirited “Tell Mama.” In the late ’70s and early ’80s she was an opening act for the Rolling Stones.
After decades of touring, recording for various labels and drifting in and out of the public eye, Ms. James found herself in the news in 2009 after Beyoncé Knowles recorded a version of “At Last” closely modeled on hers. (Ms. Knowles played Ms. James in the 2008 movie “Cadillac Records,” a fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Chess.) Ms. Knowles also performed “At Last” at an inaugural ball for President Obama in Washington.
When the movie was released, Ms. James had kind words for Ms. Knowles’s portrayal. But in February 2009, referring specifically to the Washington performance, she told an audience, “I can’t stand Beyoncé,” and threatened to “whip” the younger singer for singing “At Last.” She later said she had been joking, but she did add that she wished she had been invited to sing the song herself for the new president.
Ms. James’s survivors include her husband of 42 years, Artis Mills; two sons, Donto and Sametto James; and four grandchildren.
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Though her life had its share of troubles to the end — her husband and sons were locked in a long-running battle over control of her estate, which was resolved in her husband’s favor only weeks before her death — Ms. James said she wanted her music to transcend unhappiness rather than reflect it.
“A lot of people think the blues is depressing,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1992, “but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life. People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies.”
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Video interview with singer/songwriter Charlene Kaye about working with college friend, Glee's Darren Criss. Conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=1154Video interview with singer/songwriter Charlene Kaye about working with college... more
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Video interview with writer/editor Kevin Avery, who put together the lost work of Paul Nelson in Everything is an Afterthought and Conversations with Clint. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=3656Video interview with writer/editor Kevin Avery, who put together the lost work of Paul... more
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Ronny Munroe (formerly vocalist of Metal Church) "Lords Of The Edge" audio sampler. Featuring 4 sample clips from the tracks: "Full Circle","Pierced by The Maiden", "Just Breathe", and "The Vision".
For more info and a FREE download of "Let Them Feed" please visit http://www.ratpakrecords.com/ronnymunroeRonny Munroe (formerly vocalist of Metal Church) "Lords Of The Edge" audio... more
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An audio interview with Howard Stern's favorite X-rated musician, Red Peters, who plays his Christmas compositions for Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=1058An audio interview with Howard Stern's favorite X-rated musician, Red Peters, who... more
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Dream Chemistry's single "The Wind" finds nature to be full of music. The uplifting nature of the song is paired nicely with the beautiful landscapes shot on location in Arizona (one should expect nothing less). The sun is used several times in overlaid shots, adding additional symbolism to the rising sun and sun-drenched hills. The band is a colorful cast of characters, with long black hair or a straw hat and quirky looking instruments. They look as if they just appeared out of the desert dust, an effect reinforced by the opening scene where each instrument fades in, with the musicians' name floating across the screen. It seems almost like the start of a folk tale, not a music video.
With the lead singer Dellynn, taking the lead on camera time, viewers get a sense of her presence and her energy. She seems to believe in message of her song so intensely it becomes infectious. The complex layers of folk instruments and rich female vocal bring a wholeness to the song. The musicians illustrate their well-honed craft, focusing on their playing over camera candy, which maybe why some of the shots of the band without their instruments seems almost out of place within the song. While there are some fleeting moments where a camera shot do not ring true, the music is stunningly real and honest. Dream Chemistry certainly gives the viewer something to sing about.
Website: http://www.dreamchemistry.com
Video: http://youtu.be/YkhqGc-2nTMDream Chemistry's single "The Wind" finds nature to be full of music.... more
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In 2009, very talented musicians Jason Falkner and Daniel Johnston teamed up to create an alblum called "Is and Always Was". On this 5-star release, my son, Miles, fell in love with the tune Fake Records of Rock-n-Roll. He has had us listen to this song hundreds of times and is the first real song out of many he has heard that made him attempt to sing all the words. His father, Joe Dimino, set out to talk to the duo that had the power to make his son sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBnAshqcy0In 2009, very talented musicians Jason Falkner and Daniel Johnston teamed up to create... more
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Following the huge success of Aloe’s global hit single, I Need A Dollar, which inspired many fans to make and share their own versions online, Tanqueray and Aloe Blacc are calling out to the public to do the same with his latest track, “Tonight Downtown.” Fans can use the original session files from the recording to create their own interpretations. Aloe Blacc will review all submissions and choose his favourite to be announced online.
To make your own mix visit http://apps.facebook.com/gomix_live/?song_uuid=downtown01Following the huge success of Aloe’s global hit single, I Need A Dollar, which... more
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Jelixa, the “Beta Music” artist at: www.jelixapopartist.com is surely on the move again. She first came out with her hot new single “Are You the One for Me” in 2010, which climb to the #3 spot on the “Reverbnation” pop charts. Bell Time Records then released Jelixa’s second single “What You Need To Know”, of which made the top 40 pop charts on “Our Stage”, http://www.ourstage.com/profile/jelixa , a very popular artist promotions site. In March 2011, the Pop Sensation embarked upon a new release experience with her “My Beta Music” CD/Album: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jelixa. She is now ready to take her fans, family and friends to another level of experiencing her music with her new Android Album App.
The DELUXE ALBUM release of “My Beta Music” includes:
* 11 full tracks in both 128Kbps and hifi 256Kbps format
* Over 20 photos of Jelixa you can set as wallpapers or share
* 8 awesome ringtones from the album
* 2 sweet videos
* A bonus album sampler!
If you've never downloaded a Mobile Deluxe Album App before, you're in for a treat!
Here's what you get:
* All music is DRM-free, MP3-encoded
* Sync songs, photos & videos to your PC or music player
* Choose exactly what you want to download, very fast
* Professionally mastered 30sec music ringtones
* Use your native music player to play the music
* Crop & set included photos as your wallpaper
* Videos play in your native video player if you choose to download them
Check out WDA at: http://wda.us/, they produce Deluxe Mobile Albums directly for artists & record labels. All content is official, artist-approved and properly licensed to you as a consumer.
“Thank You for supporting Jelixa! Send her a private message after you download and let her know what you think about her music!” https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wda.ssd.bca_64_8410 WDA
The unique thing about downloading Jelixa’s music is that you have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of genres expressed from this artist; pop, house, techno, rock, funk and electronic, you name it, it’s in her music. Downloading the “My Beta Music” android app will surely be an experience to be remembered for a long time to come.Jelixa, the “Beta Music” artist at: www.jelixapopartist.com is surely on... more
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See it on VIMEO - http://vimeo.com/19951245
A short introduction to developing artist Mark Russell, featuring his track "Her Song."See it on VIMEO - http://vimeo.com/19951245
A short introduction to developing... more
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Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God ...... Many people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer and songwriter of the punk band Bad Religion (above) but not as many know that he also received a Ph.D. from Cornell (2003, zoology) and that he teaches evolution at the University of California-Los Angeles. In "Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God" (HarperCollins, 2010), Graffin and co-author science writer Steve Olson argue that art and science have a deep connection. As an adolescent growing up when "drugs, sex and trouble could be had on any given night," Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/album-rewievs/42949-bad-religion-anarchy-evolution-Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God ...... Many people know Greg... more
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After traveling, living and working in different industries. Don Hudson found an interest in writing, producing, performing and composing Christian & Gospel songs. Don Hudson is in the process of making his dream to become a reality.After traveling, living and working in different industries. Don Hudson found an... more
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Check out this upcoming singer/songwriter/rapper/producer, Zel G. Directed by Zelverick Gordon.Check out this upcoming singer/songwriter/rapper/producer, Zel G. Directed by... more
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There are only a handful of singers who truly move me - I mean, I could listen to them over and over without tiring of them. They sing with their hearts, and you can feel it. They can cheer me when I am sad, or inspire me when I am lacking in faith.There are only a handful of singers who truly move me - I mean, I could listen to them... more
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