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	<title>THE NOIR EFFECT &#187; Aretha Franklin</title>
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		<title>Yale for the Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, was honored by Yale University, the prestigious ivy-league University today with an honorary degree.  
Before a crowd of 18,000 which included students and their families the Queen of Soul held court where she was presented with her doctor of music degree by Yale&#8217;s president who Richard C. Levin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen Clark Sheard&#8217;s High Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Singer-songwriter and musician, Karen Clark Sheard, has a new album out and is back on the road. 
The legendary Gospel singer, member of the Clark Sisters, and mother to Kierra &#8220;KiKi&#8221; Sheard, has released her newest album, All In One on April 6.  It&#8217;s her first solo studio effort in four years.  
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Withers &amp; Quincy Jones Speak for ASCAP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Legendary singer-songwriter and musician Bill Withers and along with legendary composer and songwriter Quincy Jones will be on hand at the 5th Annual ASCAP &#8220;I Create Music Expo&#8221; along with singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer.  
Jones will be interviewed about his career that has spanned nearly six decades, his art and approach to his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Years of Good Music in the Big Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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One of our favorite events, the New Orleans Jazz &#038; Heritage Festival is back and in full effect this year with a wonderful lineup.  
This years line up is a complete delight.  The promoters have really brought out the big guns for the 40th Anniversary of the festival.  The list is full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motown Records 50th Anniversary&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Motown founder Berry Gordy will be making a rare trip back home to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his founding of Motown Records in a star studded event. 
The event which is set as a fund-raiser for the Motown Museum, which Gordy&#8217;s sister Ester Gordy-Edwards, founded and serves as the museum&#8217;s president and is overseen [...]]]></description>
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