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The group with “five lead singers” – David Ruffin (replaced by Dennis Edwards in 1968), Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin – the temptin’ Temptations was THE male vocal group of the ’60s and the early-’70s. Mellifluous harmonies, dynamic dance steps, and killer material provided primarily by Smokey …

Earth, Wind & Fire – the most successful soul/funk group of the ’70s and one of the most important black bands of all time – has a vibrant recent live CD of previously unreleased material from their classic 1975 “That’s the Way of the World Tour.” Co-produced by Maurice White, …

David Nevue on selling your music online: How you go about marketing your music successfully depends on a great many factors. This article contains some suggestions where to start. I recommend musicians take a three-pronged approach to selling their music on the Internet. The first ‘prong’ is what I call …

Declan McCulloch on transcript of Commerce Dept hearing disrupted by “geektivists”: Photos from the event here. Comments from audience members who spoke are not, for the most part, reflected in the transcript since they didn’t have microphones. -Declan […] Mr. VALENTI: Number three, I am convinced, and I could be …

According to PW Daily For Booksellers: The assignment of translator Michael Sells’s Approaching the Qur’an (White Cloud Press) as required reading for incoming freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has resulted in a federal court case, national media coverage and legislative calls to curtail the university’s …

NY Times on DataPlay: HERE’S the proposition: The record industry wants you to buy your music on a new kind of disc. Unlike a CD, the format will greatly restrict your ability to make digital copies. It will cost more than a prerecorded CD. And it will require you to …

Electronic music community to protest bill: A coalition of members of the music community have come together to protest the unconstitutional R.A.V.E act now being considered by the US Senate. The R.A.V.E. (Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy) Act, bill number S.2633 would expand the federal “crackhouse” statute. Water Bottles, Glowsticks …

Believe it or not, the Residents have been gracing the world with their unique form of music/performance art for 30 years! In celebration, the anonymous Bay Area eyeballs have much in store, including the release next week of their most melodic record in years: Demons Dance Alone. We are privileged …

“Streamies” buy more CDs than other people, but they want to hear it first, according to Jon Iverson in Stereophile: It will probably be years before we can determine the actual effects that Napster and other online file-trading networks have had on the music business. Conflicting evidence suggests that swapping …

Little Axe – guitarist Skip McDonald and famed producer/remixer Adrian Sherwood – have a fascinating recent CD on Fat Possum, Hard Grind. In a recording world full of bizarre hybrids – from metal-rap to industrial-lounge – Sherwood and McDonald have created a surprisingly successful and organic new slot: “dub-blues.” Wedding …