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Grammy-nominated vocalist Catherine Russell will perform at Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club. Russell comes from a jazz legacy as the daughter of bandleader Luis Russell and musician Carline Ray. She ...

A longtime voice in Central New York radio has died at age 92. Raymond “Ray” Boyce, also known on the air as “Raybo,” died on Sept. 20, according to an online obituary. A cause of death was not ...

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Aficionados, and her fellow musicians, considered her one of the best living vocalists. But she chose not to seek a bigger spotlight. By Clay Risen Nancy King was just 14 years old when she decided ...