Remembering Bluesman Raful Neal
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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon takes a musical moment to note the death of Louisiana bluesman Raful Neal. Too easy and a bluesman Rachel Neil died this week at the age of sixty-eight the singer and harmonica
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After eight years as a star with the Los Angeles Lakers, O&#39;Neal played yesterday against the Lakers as a member of the Miami Heat, and won.
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In the memory of the singing legend Mohd Rafi on his 27th death anniversary on 31st July 1980, The Rafi Foundation Â Mumbai Chapter is releasing SARGAM Â a special issue magazine devoted to him.
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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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PARIS, Jul 25 (IPS) - On a quiet side street in the Paris suburb of  Louise Michel, jazz musician Bobby Few from the United States  sits at his 120-year-old Gabriel Gaveau piano and reminisces  about what he has seen come to pass in his nearly 40 years in  France.
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Eighteen years ago, Tony Akeem organized a ceremony in New York City to honor the millions of Africans who died crossing the Atlantic during the slave trade. Similar observances have since spread around the world.
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Alonzo Mourning is set to join Shaquille O'Neal on the Miami Heat, hopeful of setting aside his kidney problems and ready to take a backup role to "Shaq" in quest of a National Basketball Association crown.
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Jason Kidd only needed to see a ticket for Tuesday nightâs game against the Chicago Bulls to draw some inspiration. On it, was a picture of Bulls coach Scott Skiles.
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Blues singer-guitarist Son Seals, one of the most distinctive voices to emerge in the genre during the 1970s, died Monday in Chicago of complications from diabetes. He was 62.
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LOS ANGELES - Fans gave former Laker Shaquille O&#39;Neal a warm ovation today in his first game at Staples Center since being traded to the Miami Heat.
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Elvis Presley's backing singer Solomon King, who sang with him in The Jordanaires, dies in the US aged 73
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East Rutherford, NJ - Several rows up from where Shaquille O&#39;Neal was making his Miami Heat debut, two fans stood out in New Jersey Nets hats and No.
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Jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80
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Guitarist Steve Cropper loves to tell  how he auditioned Otis Redding, but there is nothing but pain  when he recalls the day the soul-music giant died in a plane  crash 40 years ago this year.
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Heat C Shaquille O&#39;Neal was held out of last night&#39;s game against the Celtics because of a calf injury. O&#39;Neal was injured in Sunday&#39;s win over Orlando, team spokesman Tim Donovan said.
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Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Miami Heat center Shaquille O&#39;Neal is expected to miss Tuesday&#39;s game against the Boston Celtics with a calf injury.
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George Melly, the larger-than-life jazz star, has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife said Thursday.