Blues and soul singer with a raw, emotional vocal styleEtta James, who has died aged 73 after suffering from leukaemia, was among the most critically acclaimed and influe...
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Is this Surrey singer a home counties Grace Jones or just Tina Turner in modern armour?Hometown: Surrey.The lineup: Ruby Goe (vocals, keyboards, guitar).The background: W...
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She is such a star!!Misha B did Tina Turner proud and performed Proud Mary on this week's X Factor UK live show.We can't believe she was in the bottom two last week!!T...
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This hi-NRG heavyweight's bombastic rock-disco packs a punch. But will it prove a knockout?Hometown: London.The lineup: Tyson "Tendai" Speede (vocals, music).The backgrou...
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My newest favourite band, the Shakes, are from 4,000 miles away – but I've always loved music's ability to swallow up distance'Watch as the Shakes pull shapes and b...
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Barbican, LondonFrom the opening harmonies of Tina Turner's Bold Soul Sister to a carousing finale including Miriam Makeba's African hit Pata Pata, this two-hour tribute ...
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Remember that time when Tina shot Randy…Yeah, neither do we… Randy is a pretty unfortunate name. And doubly unfortunate is the fact that there are two famous ...
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Filed under: Randy Jackson, Tina Turner, Twitter Here's something you probably didn't expect to read this morning -- according to Randy Jackson, h...
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Is it different when it's your song versus someone else's, because you can picture your own song in your head?Yeah, it is different. But this is why I love being in a ban...
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Chris Brown became embroiled in an online war of words with members of controversial rap group Odd Future on Friday (17Jun11) after one bandmember compared him to Tina Tu...
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November 1983: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicI wrote This Charming Man for a John Peel session. I just leapt out of bed and wr...
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Leon Russell never quite hit all the right notes the way he did on his 1970 eponymous debut. He never again seemed as convincing in his grasp of Americana music and the...
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American Idol contestant Pia Toscano stole the show on yesterday's rock 'n' roll themed show. The 22-year-old songstress wowed the Idol judges with a powerful renditio...
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Fight Like Apes are set to unleash their new album 'The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner' on April 25th via Model Citizen Records. Following the release of...
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