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Legendary Detroit singer Freda Payne returns to headline jazz festival this weekend
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDetroit-born R&B and jazz legend Freda Payne will return to the region this weekend to headline...
Aretha Franklin tribute at Detroit YMCA to feature cousin Brenda Corbett and Freda Payne
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf singer Brenda Franklin Corbett was going to get coaxed out of retirement, it was going to take something like this. Corbett, cousin of Aretha Franklin and a longtime backing singer for the ...
A Conversation With Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs About His Life as a Pop Music Omnivore
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFew major figures in the history of alternative rock have spent as much of their career in service...
North alum's life took him from Harlem to San Francisco. IU group honoring him Saturday.
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEVANSVILLE − North High School graduate Clif Payne is among three "Singing Hoosiers" alums who will...
Civil Rights Heritage Center holds talk with jazz flutist about women in jazz
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSOUTH BEND — The Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center presents a lecture by...
Legendary Motown Songwriter Lamont Dozier Dies at 81
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLamont Dozier, one-third of the legenday “Holland-Dozier-Holland” songwriting and production trio who wrote many of Motown Records’ biggest hits for the...
Broadway Icon Melba Moore Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star at 77
Parade via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMelba Moore officially has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame–and the 2,760th to be exact. The...
Detroit businesswoman Gretchen Carhartt Valade leaves behind a symphony of accomplishments
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeaven just got more interesting and no doubt a little jazzier with the arrival of Gretchen Carhartt...
Melba Moore Thanks Katt Williams For Sponsoring Her Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
VIBE via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Thursday (Aug. 10), Melba Moore became the 2,760th person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk...
Melba Moore Thanks Katt Williams For Sponsoring Her Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame: ‘I’m Still...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAward-winning performer Melba Moore was recently honored with her very own star on the Hollywood...