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Feel Good Friday: "Sexual Healing"

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:11 AM
For today's edition of Feel Good Friday, here's Marvin Gaye singing "Sexual Healing," one of the greatest soul songs of all time: He left us way too early. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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To Scott Barker of the KNS: Bravo!

Sunday, August 10, 2008 7:45 PM
Here's something I don't say very often: a story in today's Knoxville News Sentinel is such a masterful example of beautiful storytelling, it brought a tear to my eye. This piece by Scott Barker describes the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Music And Wellness
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Feel Good Friday: "Chain of Fools"

Friday, August 08, 2008 9:03 AM
Given yesterday's election results, I think this week's Feel Good Friday post should somehow reflect the relationship between Knox County voters and many of our local elected officials. Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" describes that relationship pretty
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Feel Good Friday: "Nowhere to Run"

Friday, July 25, 2008 9:39 AM
For this week's edition of Feel Good Friday, I thought I'd share some Martha and the Vandellas. Here's the classic "Nowhere to Run": Those ladies were one of the greatest acts Motown ever produced. For more of today's FGF, start here , here , and here
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Feel Good Friday: "Mustang Sally"

Friday, July 18, 2008 11:54 AM
In the emerging tradition of Feel Good Friday , here's the Commitments' version of "Mustang Sally": That ought to make the day right. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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RIP, Bo Diddley

Monday, June 02, 2008 6:27 PM
The music world lost a living icon today -- Bo Diddley died . He was an innovator like few others of his day, and his influence still resonates strongly across many musical genres. Here's a video clip of Bo playing "Road Runner," circa 1960: He may not
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Rhapsody taking over Yahoo Music

Monday, February 04, 2008 8:40 PM
Yahoo announced today that their on-demand Yahoo Music service is being taken over by RealNetwork's Rhapsody. From the sound of it , Yahoo may be using Rhapsody only as an interim solution, pending resolution of Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo. I don't
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Album review: Prince's "Planet Earth"

Saturday, August 11, 2007 2:54 PM
Practically anyone who knows me will attest to the truth of this statement: I am a huge fan of Prince. For nearly thirty years, he's been my favorite artist; in fact, I'd go so far as to call him the most brilliant musician alive. Whenever a new Prince
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2007 Rossini Festival (with photos!)

Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:44 PM
This morning's torrential downpour threatened to scrap this year's Rossini Festival . Last year's crowd numbered around 65,000 or so, and this year's would have been bigger had it not been for uncooperative weather. By 1:30 or so, the rain had tapered
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My favorite album of the last ten years

Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:18 PM
Almost everyone who knows me knows one fact above all else: I am a huge Prince fan. To those people, I say this: Hold on to your wigs, children -- my favorite album of the last ten years is NOT a Prince record. I know it's a shock, but the best thing
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