Reuters - Legend has it that when Nigerian drummer Tony Allen quit the band of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, it took four percussionists to replace him.
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Reuters - The concept is pretty simple: Just because a show is for kids doesn’t mean the parents have to suffer.
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AP - DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.
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Reuters - Juntos en Concierto (Together in Concert), the multi-act Latin concert series led by salsa/pop star Marc Anthony, returns for its fourth consecutive year with a streamlined touring schedule and featured performers that will vary by market.
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Reuters - Consider it the latest case of a band becoming a brand. When the producers of “Chopper Challenge” needed a brand to feature in an upcoming episode of the motorcycle-building reality show on CMT, they opted for a different approach from the cable and insurance companies they had already used.
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AP - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
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Reuters - Look out, Barney. There’s a new dinosaur on the family touring scene.
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E! Online - R. Kelly’s child-pornography trial just took a detour into a First Amendment case.
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