Brendan Gleeson To Play Marvin Gaye's Belgian Pal In Biopic
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson and S. Epatha Merkerson have joined the cast of director Julien Temple's much-anticipated Marvin Gaye biopic.The film,...
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S. Epatha Merkerson To Join Jesse L. Martin In Marvin Gaye Biopic
Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is re-teaming with her former Law & Order co-star Jesse L. Martin in an upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic.Merkerson will play...
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RANDOM PILE: ED TOWNSEND
Ed Townsend: How Could You Do It? From Now (Curtom, 1975) Townsend is one of those under sung figures of the R&B world, enough so, on this LP (his first after many y...
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Alicia Keys delivers extended Super Bowl national anthem
Marvin Gaye gave one of the longest and most celebrated versions of the National Anthem at a sporting event ever in 1983 at the NBA All-Star Game. But at 2:40, Alicia Key...
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First Listen: Jose James - No Beginning No End (album stream)
James' fourth album skirts categories with ease, fitting in with current R&B innovators like Frank Ocean or Miguel, yet maintaining a strong awareness of a lineage t...
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Baloji – review
Village Underground, London"You have to be what you are," says Baloji, after apologising for rapping in French, and revealing that he had been advised he would never succ...
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Bobby Womack: live in London
Forum, LondonYou wait years for a Bobby Womack show, and two turn up at once. Unfortunately, that is not as good as it sounds. The 68-year-old soul giant's comeback album...
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Music's 3Rs 11.26.12: Turkey Begets Sanity
From Slipknot's Corey Taylor slamming dubstep and Taylor Swift's life being threatened to Lenny Kravitz starring as Marvin Gaye and more, 411's Sean Comer breaks down the...
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What to Listen to On Your Way to the Polls: TIME’s Election-Day Playlist
As adults across the U.S. line up in polling stations and make their call on who should direct the next four years of the American symphony, we’ve put together an h...
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What Are the Best Songs for Seduction? The Results Will Surprise You
Turns out there’s a reason people listen to music in the bedroom—and it’s not just out of courtesy to roommates. A new study, conducted by internet-radi...
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The true sound of seduction? 'Boudoir king' Marvin Gaye tops poll of sexy music
The orchestrated pleadings of Marvin Gaye and the crescendo of Ravel’s Balero are the true sounds of seduction, a new study has confirmed. But there is no place fo...
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How we made Back to Life by Soul II Soul
Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler on how reggae violins, shuffling beats and an outstanding vocal made a 1980s club classicJazzie B, producer and rapperEverything about this sin...
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Jack Black & Neil Diamond Melt Hearts With Sweet Caroline Duet
Who knew JB had those kinds of chops!?Only the millions of fans who listen to Tenacious D religiously and anyone who remembers his rocking Marvin Gaye cover in High Fide...
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Creed's Scott Stapp To Release Tell-All Memoir
Creed singer Scott Stapp is to release his first autobiography in October. The With Arms Wide Open singer recruited Marvin Gaye biographer David Ritz, a Rolling Stone c...
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