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People.com: David Carradine Found Dead in Hotel Room

The movie and Kung Fu TV star, 72, was in Bangkok shooting a film

Actor David Carradine found dead

American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according to a Thai police official.

Pete Seeger inspires generations at Jazz Fest

The 90-year-old performer is one of many featured at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Under blue skies on the main stage, with his grandson by his side, they close the set with the Woody Guthrie classic "This Land Is Your Land."

Legendary singer Joan Baez says she's finally happy

Joan Baez is in a celebratory mood. And rightly so: She's survived 50 years in show business.

There's no protester like an old protester

At times it may seem long gone, but the spirit of protest in popular music is not dead.

The Spirit of Music: Is the protest over?

"This here ain't no protest song or anything like that, cause I don't write no protest songs."

American wows Japan with hip-hop folk music

Jerome White Jr. took the stage wearing an oversized baseball cap, baggy jeans and two gold chains -- an aspiring singer from the United States. The Japanese crowd heard a beat reminiscent of American-style hip hop -- but then White started to sing.

'I'm Not There' a thrilling view of Dylan

Just about every inspired film emerges out of some kind of obsession. The singular haunting beauty of "I'm Not There," Todd Haynes' thrilling deep-vision meditation on the music and many lives of Bob Dylan, is that obsession isn't just its fuel -- it's the movie's spirit and subject, its driving force.

Blog: Return to Russia

I can tell you that some things in Russia may never change. No more than 10 minutes after we landed, my colleague walked through immigration only to have a male immigration officer query her single status and ask "Why no husband?"

Confessions of a record label owner

Jac Holzman was in love with Love.

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