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(AP) Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. He was 61. more -

Glee Cast Member for MLB All Stars

MLB have announced a special performance by Glee star Amber Riley as part of the pre-game ceremony honoring the 30 PEOPLE "All-Stars Among Us" prior to the 2010 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 13, which will be broadcast on FOX beginning at 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET).

Amber Riley will then perform the U.S. National Anthem prior to the All-Star Game and the Canadian Anthem will be performed by the Canadian Tenors. MLB Hall of Famer Rod Carew will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Later in the game, multi platinum singer/songwriter sensation Colbie Caillat will perform "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch. The 81st Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and Le Reseau des Sports, and around the world by Major League Baseball International. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Game coverage.

On Monday, July 12, American rock band Train will perform their worldwide smash hit single "Hey Soul Sister" from their latest album SAVE ME, SAN FRANCISCO, as well as their classic hit "Calling All Angels". MLB Network will broadcast "Calling All Angels" at 4:55 p.m. PT (7:55 p.m. ET) and ESPN will broadcast both "Hey Soul Sister" and the Home Run Derby beginning at 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET). The band features Patrick Monahan (lead vocalist), Jimmy Stafford (lead guitarist) and Scott Underwood (drummer), all of whom are avid baseball fans. Before Train's performance, local Southern Californian Taylor Longbrake will perform the U.S. National Anthem. - more on this story

Catchy Songs in Country

The Oak Ridge Boys' classic "Elvira" was named the catchiest song in country music by AOL Music's "The Boot" with the lyric, "Elvira, Elvira/My Heart's on fire, Elvira/Giddy up, oom-poppa-oom-poppa-mow-mow".

Lead singer Duane Allen comments, "When I opened up my AOL account, one of the headline stories for the day was about the 10 catchiest songs in country music history, I followed the link and started to read the top 10.

"I started at 10 and wondered what would be next as I scrolled down the page. I was thinking that we would not have a song on there, then at #1 was our huge hit Elvira. You could hear me screaming all the way from Oklahoma. Thanks to Dallas Frazier for writing such a song that bought us all a new house, and a new car."

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Pharoahe Monch's W.A.R

Pharoahe Monch W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) will be released this Fall through Pharoahe's new company W.A.R. Media in association with Duck Down Music.

Pharoahe Monch is firing his first shot from 'W.A.R.' with the debut single "Shine" produced by Diamond D and featuring Mela Machinko. "Shine" will be available at iTunes on 7-27-2010

On Tuesday, July 13th, fans in the New York Tri-State area can catch Pharoahe Monch performing live at BB KINGS alongside Boot Camp Clik artists Sean Price, Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, Top Dog & Louisville of O.G.C., along with Kidz In The Hall, Skyzoo, Marco Polo, Torae, and special guests Talib Kweli, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Pete Rock, Styles P, Masta Ace, Jean Grae, Donnis & more. Music by DJ Evil Dee. Hosted by Angela Yee & Amanda Diva.
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The Delta Mirror Summer Tour

The Delta Mirror are hitting the road this week in support of their album Machines That Listen, which was released by Lefse Records in April.

Alongside bands like The Big Pink and F**k Buttons, The Delta Mirror sees the things that made our past relationships work and brings them together creating the ideal love. Craig Gordon and David Bolt started out as a hip hop two piece in the late 90's and have been writing music in some form ever since.

With the addition of Karrie K on bass, their sound has progressed to an ambient mix of shoegazy guitar and gothic vocals, but their production has held onto the same boom bap button pushing they started with. - more on this story

Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew Set Album Release

Sierra Leone hip-hop stars Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew have announced the release of their self-titled debut album on September 28, 2010 on One Haven Music.

Helmed by the production team Fyre Department (50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, GZA, Talib Kweli, Justin Timberlake) and ?uestlove of The Roots and recorded in New York City and Philadelphia, the 14 tracks that make up Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew are vibrant, dynamic songs that seamlessly blend multiple genres from the western world and Africa's rich musical history.

With special guest appearances by some of the biggest names in hip-hop and the most talked-about stars on the African music scene today, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew is guaranteed to be one of the most exciting albums of the Fall. - more on this story

The 9th IMA Vox Pop Poll

The Independent Music Awards have announced the results of The 9th IMA Vox Pop poll, the annual fan-determined awards.

Music fans from around the world voted online for their favorite self-released and independent label artists culled from the 250 IMA nominees. Tim Easton, Vienna Teng, Spinnerette, Cooper Boone, Alaska In Winter and Daniella Cotton are among the diverse Vox Pop winners in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories.

More than 40 percent of the "people's voice" winners differed from those named in January by the artist and industry judging panel that included Tom Waits, Bettye LaVette, Ricky Skaggs, Suzanne Vega, Aimee Mann, Pete Wentz, David Garrett, Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward, Anthony DeCurtis and Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman among many other music luminaries. - more on this story