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Review: 'Cadillac Records'
rafer.guzman@newsday.com(3 1/2 STARS) (R) PLOT The story of Muddy Waters, Etta James and other icons of the pioneering Chess Records label. CAST Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Columbus Short LENGTH 1:48 PLAYING AT Area theaters BOTTOM LINE Fast, lively and...Tags: Chuck Berry, Game Playing, Mos Def, Movies, Howlin' Wolf
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'Cadillac Records'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comOn the heels of "Ray" and "Walk the Line" comes another dramatization of the pre-rock era, "Cadillac Records." You may think you know what to expect: a bloated running time, history lessons disguised as dialogue and scene after scene of overemotive...Tags: Chuck Berry, Game Playing, Mos Def, Movies, Howlin' Wolf
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Matthew Stubbs performs tonight at Boca Raton's Back Room
Blues guitarist Matthew Stubbs has been impressing a lot of people in the position to know a thing or two about his craft. At 25, he boasts a journeyman's resume that includes stints with Janiva Magness, Junior Watson and, most recently, Charlie...Tags: Texas, Rhythm and Blues
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Q-Tip exulting in his sound returning to radio
It's like he never left. The music of Q-Tip (New York native Jonathan Davis), and the cool-flow style he created with A Tribe Called Quest in the early '90s is back in vogue. Tribe and its rhythmically agile, verbally dexterous sound was drowned out...Tags: Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mos Def, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Muhammad Ali
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Guitar god at work
Every guy plays guitar, or wants to. I'm no exception. I had an orange, tiger-striped Gretsch 6120 hollowbody that was used to twang around and play along to various things. It was a great guitar that was far better than its player. One night at Metro,...Tags: Dancing, Music, Dance
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In the Clubs - December 4, 2008
ALLENTOWN AREA Alburtis Fire Company: Costume Karaoke, Fri. 9 p.m., S. Main and E. School streets, Alburtis. 610-966-2255. Allentown Brew Works: The Formula; DJ Synstr, Fri. 10 p.m.; DJ Souljer presents The Ritual, Sat. 10 p.m.; Gospel Brunch, Sun.;...Tags: Dancing, Fires, Natural Science, Begley's College Hill Tavern, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Riffs: Brubeck Still Swinging
Dave Brubeck, the jazz legend and longtime Connecticut resident who turns 88 Saturday, continues to perform, record and compose music that embraces the sense and sensibilities of jazz and classical. While his massive, varied oeuvre since the 1960s...Tags: University of Hartford, Marco Polo, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut, Flatlands
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Brubeck Still Swinging
Dave Brubeck, the jazz legend and longtime Connecticut resident who turns 88 Saturday, continues to perform, record and compose music that embraces the sense and sensibilities of jazz and classical. While his massive, varied oeuvre since the 1960s...Tags: University of Hartford, Marco Polo, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut, Flatlands
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Today's Birthdays
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 91. Actor Robert Guillaume, 81. TV personality and producer Dick Clark, 79. Country singer-record company executive Jimmy Bowen, 71. Director Ridley Scott, 71. Singer Rob Grill of the Grass Roots, 65. Bassist Roger...Tags: Music, Celebrity
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Lehigh Valley Music Awards announced
Of The Morning CallSarah Ayers continued her recent dominance of the Lehigh Valley Music Awards, picking up seven certificates. The awards were presented Monday night at the Allentown Brew Works. Ayers took home a leading 10 awards last year. This year, she won for best...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Musikfest, Lehigh University, Buddy Guy, Blues
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League stands by call
South Florida Sun-SentinelApparently, nothing was taken away from the Heat. At least that's the view offered by the NBA after the officiating confusion at the end of Saturday's 97-96 loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles. In the immediate wake of the loss, after it appeared an...Tags: Jamal Crawford, Shawn Marion, National Basketball Association, Stephen Jackson, Basketball
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