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B-sides: Smokey Robinson on Motown and the civil rights movement, John Legend talks tax cuts
On Thursday afternoon, hours before they would gather in East Room of the White House to celebrate Motown in song, R&B legend Smokey Robinson, label founder Berry Gordy and Motown acolyte John Legend took part in an education workshop held...
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| February 25, 2011; 8:30 AM ET |
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B-sides: Carrie Brownstein on songwriting, the solitude of blogging, first show butterflies
Carrie Brownstein, second from the left, with her new band, Wild Flag. (Merge Records) In Sunday's Washington Post, I profiled Carrie Brownstein, the former Sleater-Kinney guitarist, former NPR music blogger, current "Portlandia" star and current singer-guitarist of indie-supergroup Wild Flag....
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| February 6, 2011; 11:54 AM ET |
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B-sides: Paul McCartney on winning prizes and supporting the president
McCartney accepting one of his many awards, this one from President Obama. (Yuri Gripas/AFP/Getty Images) Our friend and colleague J. Freedom du Lac interviewed Kennedy Center Honoree Paul McCartney -- and a slew of others who witnessed the Beatles first...
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| December 4, 2010; 5:10 PM ET |
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B-sides: Merle Haggard on Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin, Richard Nixon, Ralph Nader
Merle Haggard doesn't quite understand Rick Rubin. (Dave Eisnel/FTWP) In Sunday's Washington Post, Kennedy Center Honoree Merle Haggard speaks candidly about the hardships of the road and his inability to settle down at the age of 73. In addition to...
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| December 4, 2010; 5:00 PM ET |
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B-sides: Mavis Staples talks Prince, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan and President Obama
Staples has worked with a bard and a Prince -- and she's been imitated by a king. (Marvin Joseph/TWP) By Chris Richards There's one colossal figure that looms largest in the life of gospel icon Mavis Staples: Her late father...
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| September 3, 2010; 4:20 PM ET |
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B-sides: Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, the Jonas Brothers and others talk McCartney at the White House
Paul McCartney accepts the Gershwin Prize from President Obama. Beforehand, the artists honoring McCartney spoke about his influence. (AP photo) By Chris Richards Wednesday afternoon, hours before they were onstage singing in the East Room of the White House,...
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| June 3, 2010; 6:35 AM ET |
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Corinne Bailey Rae, Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Faith Hill, Herbie Hancock, Jonas Brothers, Paul McCartney
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