Randy Jackson and Rebbie Jackson, brother and sister of late pop star Michael Jackson, arrive at a courthouse for Katherine Jackson's lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live in Los Angeles, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) by Anthony McCartney LOS ANGELES (AP) —Michael Jackson's words and music rang through a courtroom once again on Monday — this time at the start of wrongful death trial — as a lawyer tried to show jurors the pop singer's loving relationship with his mother and children.
VIBE FOUNDER--Oprah Winfrey, left, leads inductee Quincy Jones on the stage after as Jones during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP) by Sarah Skidmore AP Business Writer SpinMedia has bought Vibe in a deal that could mean the end of the print edition of the famed hip-hop culture magazine.
(CNN) -- Folk singer Richie Havens, who died Monday at 72, was the opening act in 1969 at Woodstock, the historic counterculture music festival, catapulting him to fame and securing his status as an icon of the baby-boomer generation.
BONEY JAMES by Genea L. Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier According to musician Boney James, music is something you hear and feel in your heart. And the award-winning saxophonist, producer and songwriter has made it his life's work to make songs that touch the hearts of his fans.
Thursday 25Pittsburgh ExhibitThe August Wilson Center for African American Culture presents the “Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix” Exhibit from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at 980 Liberty Ave., Cultural District. This exhibit is designed to herald the contributions of artists, musicians, dancers, sports and literary figures to Western Pennsylvania’s African-American Culture. Visitors will be given the opportunity to create a video collage of the region’s story from their perspective. For more information, call 412-258-2700 or visit www.AugustWilsonCenter.org.
DEAD AT 72 - In this May 1, 2008 photo, Richie Havens plays at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file) by Mesfin Fekadu AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72.
SENTENCING DELAYED--This April 15, 2011 photo shows singer Lauryn Hill performing during the 12th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner, file) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill's tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution by now.
by Dr. Boyce Watkins Last week, the rapper TI expressed a bit of outrage over the link that the website TMZ made between deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the hip-hop music industry.
