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A few weeks after being featured on the TV One series Unsung, Sylvester continues to impact people’s lives.
A story in the Bay Area Reporter revealed that Sylvester’s estate is donating nearly $140,000 to Project Open Hand and the AIDS Emergency Fund in San Francisco.
When Sylvester died in 1988, he bequeathed his royalties to [...]
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Jose James is one of the best new vocalists on the scene today.
Discovered and signed by British DJ Gilles Peterson to his Brownswood Recordings label, 2008’s The Dreamer, introduced him as a rising jazz star. On Blackmagic, James goes for a more contemporary sound, enlisting production from Moodymann and Flying Lotus. [...]
Several months ago, I wrote about a BBC poll question asking if gays should be executed.
It seems that CNN is determined to show American media can be as homophobic as its British counterpart.
On March 6, anchor Kyra Phillips had a discussion on whether homosexuality could be cured. Its guest was noted ex-gay Richard [...]
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Risco Connection was one of the oddest and most original music acts of the late 1970s: a reggae group that performed covers of disco songs. Masterminded by producer Joe Isaacs, Risco Connection could have easily been dismissed as a novelty act, but their music struck a chord with the underground disco scene, becoming [...]
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