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Legendary Detroit singer Freda Payne returns to headline jazz festival this weekend
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDetroit-born R&B and jazz legend Freda Payne will return to the region this weekend to headline...
R&B legend, Detroit native Freda Payne plays jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald in stage musical
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoR&B legend, Detroit native and Grammy nominee Freda Payne is bringing jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald...
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...
‘Schmigadoon!’ Creator Cinco Paul Reflects on First Comedy Script ‘Band of Gold’ — and Still Hopes...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Variety’s feature, The One That Got Away, Emmy nominees reflect on one of their projects that...
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 ...
Broadway Icon Melba Moore Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star at 77
Parade via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMelba Moore officially has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame–and the 2,760th to be exact. The...
7 great Lamont Dozier songs you don't already know by heart
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDozier, who died Monday at age 81, helped create some of the best-loved songs in music history. If...
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...
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...
Lamont Dozier, Motown Songwriter Behind Countless Classics, Dead at 81
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter and producer who helped craft hits for artists such as the...