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A melodic gift and a focus on female characters: Why there’s more to Leonard Cohen than ‘Hallelujah’

Leonard Cohen was only nine when his father passed away. After the funeral, the boy wrote his first poem which he placed in ...

John Mayer Breaks Down in Tears During His Eulogy for Grateful Dead's Late Bob Weir: Watch

Mayer, who has been playing alongside Weir in the Grateful Dead offshoot band Dead & Company for the past 10 years, gave a ...

Raphael Warnock and HBCU choirs bring “Total Praise” to Capitol Hill in tribute to Richard Smallwood

A bipartisan Senate resolution and stirring choral moment honored the Atlanta-born, D.C.-raised gospel legend whose music ...

See John Mayer Perform Emotional ‘Ripple' at Bob Weir's Public Memorial

"Bob took a chance on me. He staked his entire reputation on my joining a band with him. He gave me musical community, he gave me this community," Mayer said during powerful eulogy to Weir ...
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"I gave away all my records, I started giving away my guitars, I was fantasising about my own death." The horrifying origin story behind one of the most uplifting rock so…

" Today is the greatest day I've ever known ," Billy Corgan sings at the song's outset, sounding elated at the thought of the ...
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John Mayer Gives Tearful Eulogy, Performs “Ripple” at Bob Weir’s Memorial

John Mayer delivered an emotional eulogy for his friend and mentor, Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, during a public ...