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Coleridge Tillman, better known as Sebastian Kole in Hollywood, has made a name for himself as a successful songwriter, but the Birmingham native is making a change in his music career.

Kim Deal is back, and this time she’s flying solo—officially. While we’ve all lived off the glory of her work with The ...

René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his ... In the near decade that I have known her, it is undimmed. The fall of Assad has only ...

LOS ANGELES — Brenton Wood, the soulful R&B singer behind the 1960s hit "The Oogum Boogum Song," has died, his managers have confirmed. He was 83. Wood died peacefully in his sleep, his longtime ...

LOS ANGELES — Brenton Wood, the soulful R&B singer behind the 1960s hit "The Oogum Boogum Song," has died, his managers have confirmed. He was 83. Wood died peacefully in his sleep, his longtime ...