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Coast 2 Coast & DJ NoPhrillz - Living Legends Vol. 1‏

DJ NOPHRILLZ - LIVING LEGENDS VOL. 1

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Due the the recent success of the Coast 2 Coast/DJ NoPhrillz Michael Jackson Tribute Mixtape, we have decided to go back in! This time NoPhrillz brings you a 100% mixed masterpiece composed of everyone’s favorite legendary artists so we can [...]

Stevie Wonder: Michael Is Here With Us

Singer celebrates Michael Jackson in song.

Estelle to Headline Stockholm Jazz Festival

Grammy-winning British singer Estelle will replace Lauryn Hill as the headline act at this year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival.
Earlier this month, the festival said Hill had canceled all European tour dates because of health reasons.
The Stockholm Jazz Festival is one of Sweden’s biggest music events, and has previously hosted stars such as Mary J. Blige, Sting, [...]

Lauryn Hill to Headline Stockholm Jazz Festival

Organizers say former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill will be the headline act for the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July.
Festival spokesman Gunnar Lagerman says the hip-hop and R&B singer will perform at the five-day event as part of a 10-stop European tour.
It will be the second time Hill has headlined the festival. Other artists lined up [...]

American Idol Strikes Michael Sarver

More than 36 million votes were cast—a Top 10 record—and the identity of two of the three finalists who found themselves waiting it out did not come as a surprise. But like last week, when spunky little Allison Iraheta inexplicably landed in the bottom three, the third behind sitting in those bum-cupping white stools belonged [...]

Prince Ready to Rock on Oscar Night

Prince plans to have one of Tinseltown’s best performers at his annual late night Oscar bash—himself!
The Purple One is opening up his home after the Academy Awards for a super-VIP party and is planning to perform for the guests who manage to stay awake until the wee hours.
Last year’s session, which included jams with Stevie [...]

Usher, Shakira, Stevie Wonder: Inaugural Concert

Spotted at the “We Are One Inaugural Concert,” Shakira, Usher and the great Stevie Wonder commemorate Barack Obama’s inauguration and the fullfillment of a dream.

Motown Turns 50, Proud of Musical, Social Legacy

Motown has always been about more than music. As the soul empire turns 50 on Monday, its founders are looking back at its brand of music dubbed the “Motown sound” that remains popular today and the record company’s role in breaking down racial barriers in America.
Founded in 1959 in Detroit by songwriter and entrepreneur Berry [...]

The Ladies Love Usher At His Detroit Concert

He woos. He seduces. And then he celebrates — but with sincerity. That was the equation when Usher’s One Night Stand Ladies Only tour rolled in for a Wednesday “hump day” — appropriately enough — performance in Detroit, where the multi-platinum R&B singer, actor and activist had both the Motown and some dudes on his [...]

Wonder Talks About Tour, Inspirations, Obama

Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can’t get it to work right.
But wait, it’s not what you think.
Wonder is trying to show a reporter how the device helps him “see” written documents; moments later, the blind superstar reveals how the camera takes photos of text, converts it to audio [...]

Stevie Wonder to Tour Europe in September

Stevie Wonder will tour Europe for the first time in more than a decade, organizers said on Thursday.
The Motown icon will open the trek on September 8 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The tour is due to end on September 28 at the Bercy in Paris, with stops in Denmark, Sweden, [...]

Smokey Robinson Gets College Fund Honor

 
Legendary Motown singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson is being honored for his contributions to the miracle of education.

Robinson, who helped put the fledgling Motown record label on the map in the early 1960s with his group the Miracles, is receiving the United Negro College Fund’s award of excellence.
“The award honors Smokey not only for his five-decade career [...]

Stevie Wonder To Tour For First Time 20 Years

 
Grammy-winning pop star Stevie Wonder will launch his first U.S. tour in more than 20 years on August 23 in San Diego, the Motown icon said on Thursday.

He announced the details during a hastily convened news conference at a public park in the business district of Century City. To the delight of hundreds of office [...]