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Prince delivers funk-filled finale at SXSW

GRAND FINALE--This Fall 2012 photo shows musician Prince performing at a concert in Chicago. (AP Photo/Rogers and Cowan) by Paul J. Weber Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By naturally throwing a totally different kind of party: a grooving, brass band-backed funk fest that stretched to 3 a.m. and outlasted many fans lucky enough to get inside the exclusive show that also featured A Tribe Called Quest.

I am 76 and my boyfriend is 57

    (NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn:Recently, I came into some money. My parents left me over 150 acres of land in a prime area of...

Jeri Lynne Johnson: Changing the face and gender of the Classical conductor

JERI LYNNE JOHNSON   by Genea L. Webb When most people think of classical music, the words soft and relaxing come to mind. But...

"Thurgood" presents test for Russell to raise to the occasion

 MONTAE RUSSELL AS ‘THURGOOD’     by C. Denise Johnson For the New Pittsburgh Courier The really good actors are always looking for a...

R&B artist Mya! With Chuck Sanders, and more Out & About with Brotha Ash, March 2013

Chuck Sanders with legendary R&B artist Mya....in 2013. Marla and Dane kickin’ it at CJ’s in the Strip District for her surprise birthday party. Davon and...

Alumni Theater Co. pays homage to Wilson

ELEXA HANNER playing Ma Rainey from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”   To Alumni Theater Company founder, Pittsburgh Playwright August Wilson is a treasure.The...

Arts & Culture Calendar 3-13-13

    Thursday 14Jazz Jam    CJ’s Restaurant & Lounge presents “The Roger Humphries & RH Factor Jazz Jam Session” at 8 p.m. at...

Pittsburgh Musical Theater's ‘Children of Eden’

BILLY MASON by Genea L. Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier Billy Mason sees his role in Pittsburgh Musical Theater's "Children of Eden" as a homecoming of sorts.

The Roots, D'Angelo, more perform at Prince tribute

PRINCE TRIBUTE--Singer Bilal performs at "The Music of Prince" tribute concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday March 7, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) by Mesfin Fekadu AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.

Cover To Cover…‘The Truth About Men’

It’s been a year full of empty calendar slots.

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