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Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going (AP)

In this Oct. 11, 2009 photograph, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins motions a 'thumbs up' gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., honoring him. Although he is 96 years old, Perkins, who formerly drove a tractor at the plantation in the 1940's, keeps an active performance schedule and takes time to record with a number of contemporary blues musicians, many several decades younger than himself. Proceeds of the festival are used to help fund programs of the Blues Foundation. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:22 GMT


Twenty-five recordings added to Grammy Hall of Fame (Reuters)

U.S. singer James Brown (L) performs in Zagreb November 5, 2006. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - The Recording Academy on Tuesday added songs by James Brown, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong and others to its Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of titles in the collection to 851.



Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:33:50 GMT


Jack White turns down Slash collaboration (Yahoo! Music)

Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - Slash says White 'was the one guy [he] wanted to work with'
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT


Jay-Z's "Empire" holds strong atop singles chart (Reuters)

Rapper Jay-Z is interviewed at the MuchMusic television station in Toronto in this October 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" claimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.



Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:31:16 GMT


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