Otis Redding

Review: 'Tyler Perry's Temptation' is very Perry, indeed

2013-03-29 15:46:00

Say what you want about the man and his films, but Tyler Perry is nothing if not unshakably Tyler Perry. The air of self-assurance bordering on arrogance that wafts from movie after movie as he confidently delivers his specific blend of light comedy and...

Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends

2012-12-12 11:23:00

Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...

First thoughts from new Rock Hall chief Greg Harris

2012-12-04 06:00:00

Among the first orders of business for Greg Harris on Monday on the announcement of his new post as president and chief executive at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was to throw on a few of his favorite records during breakfast at home....

'Posing Beauty in African American Culture' show at USC

2011-09-25 00:00:00

A fashion show in Harlem in 1963, a portrait of a contemplative Michael Jackson in 1981 and a picture of friends celebrating their prom night in 2006 are among images on view in the exhibition "Posing Beauty in African American Culture" at USC's Fisher...

Pop legend Whitney Houston dies at 48

2012-02-12 00:00:00

Whitney Houston, a willowy church singer with a towering voice who became a titan of the pop charts in the 1980s and 1990s but then saw much of her success crumble away amid the fumes of addiction and reckless ego, has died. She was 48. Kristen Foster, a...

Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist

2012-05-14 07:42:00

Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...

Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's

2012-05-15 00:00:00

As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...

Donald 'Duck' Dunn: Honoring a Stax master -- and 'Time Is Tight'

2012-05-14 16:36:45

Andrew Love dies at 70; Grammy-winning saxophonist

2012-04-14 15:58:00

Trumpeter Wayne Jackson was the personification of mixed emotions in February when he and his longtime musical partner, saxophonist Andrew Love, were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award for their work over half a century together as the...

Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer

2012-01-20 16:06:00

Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73. She died at...

In Rotation: Wendy Rene's 'After Laughter Comes Tears'

2012-02-06 04:36:10

Album review: The Alabama Shakes' 'Boys & Girls'

2012-04-10 16:38:10

Have you ever wanted to see Otis Redding performed by the biker from the Village People? You are in luck.

2013-02-26 11:09:00

The mesmerizing soul singer of "Try a Little Tenderness" and "Respect" was flying between Nashville and Madison, Wis., when his plane went down in bad weather in 1967. Three days earlier, he had recorded "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," which went on to be his biggest hit.

2012-12-10 10:55:51

Brittany Howard's voice--think if Janis Joplin and Otis Redding had a baby--and the genuine emotion and twang from the band create an album that reaches into a small part of anyone who appreciates their music with some soul to it.

2012-12-06 00:00:00