O&A Gospel Sunday: The Caravans- Lord Keep Me Day By Day and Encore Performance: In That City

GOSPEL SUNDAY

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The Caravans perform Lord Keep Me Day By Day featuring Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar,Dorothy Norwood, Albertina Walker, Doris Washington. And a reunion performance of In That City at the 1989 Stellar Awards featuring Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Delores Washington and the Rev James Cleveland. Continue reading

Throwback Thursday: Ike and Tina Turner Revue- Proud Mary and River Deep Mountain High (original 1966 promo)

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Late in 1970, while on break from touring in Florida, the band recorded their cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Proud Mary. The song was released the following January and became the duo’s best-selling single, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling well over a million copies. The song earned the group a 1971 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.  Continue reading

O & A This Week: Tuesday, July 29 Through Monday, August 4, 2014- Art, Dance, Film, Music and Theatre

By Walter Rutledge

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 The weather maybe unseasonably cool, but the New York City art scene is definitely heating up. Fine arts prevails in Harlem and Soho, dance is turning heads from Long Island to Lincoln Center, film honors the Godfather of Soul and a gadfly for social justice and we have high flying theatre near Union Square. Here are a few of the many events happening this week in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to get you Out and About. Continue reading

Hollywood Monday: Chicago- Cell Block Tango and When You’re Good To Mama

Hollywood Mondays

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Chicago (2002) is an American musical comedy-drama film adapted from the satirical stage musical of the same name. Both the movie and the stage play explore themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Jazz Age Chicago. The film stars Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta-Jones and also features Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Mya Harrison and Desmond Richardson.  Continue reading

Throwback Thursday: Tamia – You Put A Move On My Heart and Strangler In My House

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Tamia Marilyn Hill known professionally as Tamia, is a Canadian born singer-songwriter whose music spans several genres: R&B, neo soul, hip hop soul, pop, gospel, jazz and soft rock. She is best known for her first Top 40 hit on the R&B charts You Put A Move On My Heart, and her 2001 hit Stranger In My House. Tamia is married to retired NBA player Grant Hill and they have two daughters; Myla Grace and Lael Rose. Continue reading