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Legendary Songstress Patti LaBelle Headlines 'A Christmas with Grace' Live Concert in Detroit
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 29 Nov 2006 9:28 AM PST
Her voice is legendary, and she's one of music's most celebrated recording artists. The incomparable Patti LaBelle headlines "A Christmas with Grace" at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.

Beyonce says she enjoyed working on film about Detroit music scene CP via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:32 AM PST HONG KONG (AP) - Beyonce Knowles says she enjoyed working with Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy and director Bill Condon on "Dreamgirls," and is looking forward to doing more film roles.

Unprompted, Lorin Maazel Nominates His Successor New York Times Tue, 28 Nov 2006 7:35 PM PST Music directors of major orchestras don?t usually get to name their successors, but Lorin Maazel of the New York Philharmonic has a suggestion.

How's the Zune selling? The Buffalo News Wed, 29 Nov 2006 6:02 AM PST SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said initial sales of its Zune music player are in line with the company's expectations amid reports of waning interest in the device that competes with Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod.

Being the white minority in a black American city The Plain Dealer Wed, 29 Nov 2006 2:09 AM PST For Paul Clemens, growing up white in Detroit "was through-the-looking-glass on a basic linguistic level: those persons frequently identified as 'minori ties' were, in fact, the majority inhabitants of the city.

Takin' it to the street Slam! Sports Wed, 29 Nov 2006 4:56 AM PST In the world of street basketball, legends are born on the concrete courts of inner city Detroit, the school yards of New York and the barrios of Los Angeles.

Like a rock: Bob Seger hasn't lost his appeal Pioneer Press Wed, 29 Nov 2006 1:04 AM PST A 10-year vacation, it seems, works wonders. Detroit native Bob Seger returned from his decade-long sabbatical Tuesday night when he drew a sold-out and deliriously happy crowd of more than 17,000 to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Post a Comment

And the CEAs Went to ... Cincinnati CityBeat Wed, 29 Nov 2006 9:36 AM PST During the past nine years at the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, CityBeat 's annual celebration of the local music (as well as theater, in a separate ceremony now), there inevitably came a moment when I sunk down in my chair and became a bundle of anxiety.

FBI says man brought teenager to So. Fla., then sold her Sun-Sentinel Tue, 28 Nov 2006 9:05 PM PST She met the older man at a payphone in Detroit and he promised her a better life in Florida.

JOB OPENINGS
Times-Beacon Wed, 29 Nov 2006 5:27 AM PST
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — A museum dedicated to the music, clothing and history of Swedish supergroup ABBA will open in Stockholm in 2008. Organizers are still searching for a suitable location for the museum, but said yesterday it will open somewhere in central Stockholm