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SISTER, KIMORRA LAVIA-ADEWALE, and cousin, Hancel Bruce Joseph eulogised Ishmael Dorrel Bruce at his funeral on Sunday. Bruce was born on October 16, 1982, the first child for his mother and his father’s second born. [caption id="attachment_158000" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Ishmael Bruce[/caption] “Ishmael was never short of a role in his siblings’ lives,” Joseph said. Even though he had siblings living overseas, he often made it his business to check ...

Rare records should be celebrated not because they are worth a lot of money, but because they’re difficult to obtain

UK blues rock legends The Groundhogs released their debut album Scratching The Surface in late 1968, but they'd already been plying their trade for over half a decade.     Formed originally as pop act The Dollar Bills in in 1962, the band toughen up their sound the following year and change their name, inspired by John Lee Hooker's 1951 song Ground Hog Blues. The same year, on October 21, Hooker plays his first UK show at the America...

Adapted from composer Alex North’s film score for the 1955 movie “Unchained,” with lyrics written by Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer Hy Zaret, “Unchained Melody” went on to become an iconic and timeless love song for the ages.

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The home in North Kenwood where blues legend Muddy Waters lived was granted preliminary landmark status by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Thursday. A great-granddaughter is converting the property at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. into The MOJO Muddy Waters House Museum.

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Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85. Pervis Staples died May 6 at his home in Dolton, Illinois, according to Adam Ayers, a spokesman for Staples’ sister, Mavis Staples. The cause of death wasn’t given.…