October 13, 2010 - In a 1983 essay for the album "Soul Alive!," writer Peter Guralnick described Solomon Burke as "the most compelling secular preacher of them all," proposing that Burke's talents were superior to all other soul singers.
October 11, 2010 - Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke died Sunday (10/10) of natural causes at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, his family said in a statement posted on the soul singer's official website. He was 70.
June 20, 2007 - "Diamond in Your Mind," a previously unreleased live cut from Tom Waits that is featured on a forthcoming benefit album, hits iTunes next Tuesday (6/26).
May 1, 2007 - Barbra Streisand, who last year came out of retirement to mount her first US tour in more than a decade, will take her show to Europe this summer.
May 23, 2003 - Shemekia Copeland, who dominated Thursday night's (5/22) W.C. Handy Blues Awards by taking home three trophies, will continue her busy tour schedule at least through the fall.
In a 1983 essay for the album "Soul Alive!," writer Peter Guralnick described Solomon Burke as "the most compelling secular preacher of them all," proposing that Burke's talents were superior to all other soul singers. 
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke died Sunday (10/10) of natural causes at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, his family said in a statement posted on the soul singer's official website. He was 70.
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