Soul pairings don’t get more soulful than this †Gladys Knight and Al Green will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 13 at the Fox Theatre. Tickets are $34.50-$124.50, on sale at 10 a.m. Monday through MetroTix outlets, the Fox box office, and by calling 314-534-1111.
As other '70s R&B acts recycle the past, Al Green hones new sounds and fans By the time Al Green was 25 years old in 1972, he had become one of the biggest stars in pop and soul. After about five years of developing his unique style, scoring a few R&B hits along the way, the Arkansas native landed a No. 1 pop smash that year with "Let's Stay Together."
Baghdad - A member of the Iraqi Accord Front parliamentary bloc survived an assassination attempt Wednesday amid reports of an explosion in Baghdad's green zone, according to Iraqi media. MP Abdul-Karim al-Samaraay survived an assassination attempt w
Kevin Durant, the Sonics' guard who earlier won the NBA rookie-of-the-year award, was named to the league's all-rookie first team. He was joined on the first team by Sonics teammate Jeff Green. Durant finished second to Al Horford in the voting. One NBA coach placed Durant on the second team on his ballot.
Sonics guard Kevin Durant and forward Jeff Green were selected to the NBA all-rookie team announced Tuesday by the league. Other first-team choices were
Seattle SuperSonics rookie Kevin Durant earned yet another honor after a productive first season in the NBA. Durant and fellow Seattle rookie Jeff Green were named to the league's All-Rookie team on Tuesday.
Seattle SuperSonics swingman Kevin Durant, the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year, and Atlanta Hawks big man Al Horford headlined the NBA's All-Rookie team, announced on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD -- After nearly two months of clashes, the Iraqi government and representatives of radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced a cease-fire for Baghdad's Al-Sadr City, where residents are said to be suffering from shortages of food and fresh water.
The anti-American Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the great survivor of Iraqi politics. In a tactical retreat he yesterday authorised a ceasefire under which the Iraqi army, but not US troops, will enter the great Shia slum of Sadr City in Baghdad while Mr Sadr's Mehdi Army militia will stop firing rockets and mortars into the fortified Green Zone.
Al Zorah, the master-planned Dhs220bn coastal development launched in Ajman earlier this month announced pre-sales of around Dhs10bn at Cityscape Abu Dhabi today, representing the first wave of sales for Phase One of the project.