Singer/Actor Herb Jeffries Celebrates 100th Birthday 歌手和演员 Herb Jeffries斯庆祝100岁生日 Herb Jeffries earned fame as a singer with Duke Ellington, and as an actor in Hollywood westerns of the 1930s. He turned 100 on September 24. One

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Singer Songwriter Christina Perri Celebrates Birthday on Stage and Holiday Christina Perri has just ended her first tour, which lasted over two years as opening act for Jason Mraz. One of the highlights of the tour happened in August when she celebra

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By Doug Levine Washington 25 June 2006 It's not often you hear someone singing songs by Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. In fact, you might wonder if it's ever been done at all. Until now, jazz vocalists have kept to the straight-and-narrow, sing

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From Traditional to 'Freak,' the Evolution in American Folk Music从传统到'怪胎,'的演变在美国的民间音乐 From VOA Learning English, welcome to This IsAmerica. Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we explore American folk music,

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By Ray McDonald Washington 20 January 2006 Wilson Pickett, whose dynamic soul hits reflected his turbulent offstage life, is dead at age 64. VOA's Ray McDonald has more on the singer known as the

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After Long Delay Tim McGraw Releases 'Emotional Traffic' Emotional Traffic is Tim McGraws 11th studio album and his final release on Curb Records. Signed to Curb 20 years ago, Tim gave the label the tracks for his new album in late 2010. In May 2011,

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Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathering' Grammy-winning jazz singer Diane Schuur takes a country turn on her latest album, The Gathering. Schuur has always had an ear for country music. In fact, her earliest recording was a country single titled

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US Postal Service Unveils Music Icon Stamp Series The first issue in the Music Icon series honored Lydia Mendoza, a pioneer of Tejano music, the style that comes from the Texas-Mexico border area. Lydia Mendoza was 18 years old when she walked into a

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Korean-American BettySoo Took Long Route to Music Career Texas singer-songwriter BettySoos fourth CD, When Were Gone is a collection of songs that deal with the messy parts of life we all go through. The Asian-American folk singer took a long route t

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Evelyn Rubio Releases Sexy and 'Saxy' New CD Evelyn Rubio大放性感推性感专辑 HOUSTON, TEXAS Mexican-born and Houston-based blues singer Evelyn Rubio has released a new CD that shows off her talents as a singer, songwriter and dynamic saxophon

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Barbara Cook could sing just about anything. And she sang it on Broadway, in cabarets and in concert halls around the world. She was one of the most acclaimed interpreters of theater tunes in American popular songs. Barbara Cook

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Whitney Houston - so many of us felt the power and emotion in her beautiful voice. But she lived a turbulent life, and she died way too young. A new unauthorized documentary is opening in theaters today, and it will be on Showtime

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Today marks the 10th anniversary of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. On April 16, 2007, a student at Virginia Tech shot 49 people, killing 32 and finally himself. The town is still dealing with the tragedy,

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British soul singer Adele, 23, dominated the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, earning six Grammys, including album of the year. There were moving moments at the annual ceremony as the music industry remembered Whitney Houston, who died Satu

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 07 August 2006 Just a few years ago, Country singer Julie Roberts was answering telephones for the chairman of Universal Music Group in Nashville. Through much persistence and a little luck, she achieved her dream of a

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 10 April 2006 watch Benefit report Willie Nelson Native American Indians are often associated with images from the past or with life on the often-remote reservation lands

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By Doug Levine Washington 08 April 2006 It's been 22 years since the untimely death of singer Marvin Gaye, but there's no forgetting the man who sang such classics as

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With The Winery Dogs Veteran Rockers Create All-Star Trio Three veteran rockers have come together to create an all-star trio. The names are familiar: drummer Mike Portnoy co-founded and spent 25 years with Dream Threatre, while recently playing with

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By Doug Levine Washington 14 February 2008 In the music world, it's often said, What goes around comes around. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, that phrase rang true for Grammy-winning vocalist Diane Schuur, who pays tribute to her jazz roots on her la

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By Larry London and Gary Jaffe Washington 02 February 2007 watch Ben Taylor report It is hard to imagine that a child growing up in the same house with two music superstar parents would not immediately be drawn to that world. Such was the case with

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