AP - Hundreds of mourners honored Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor at her funeral Friday by singing her signature song "Wang Dang Doodle" and remembering why she was known as the "Queen of the Blues."
Reuters - Resplendent in a pink sequined micro-mini and fingerless gold gloves, Paulina Rubio shimmied her way through her first performance of her new single, "Causa y Efecto," at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in April. Setting off a stadium-style wave by the dancers and drummers onstage with a flick of her wrist, Rubio presented herself as a woman in command, ready to launch yet another hit album.
Reuters - The Kenyan Boys Choir's first big break was being invited by U.S.-based diplomats to represent Kenya at President Barack Obama's January 20 inauguration. The second was a layover at London's Heathrow Airport on its journey home to Nairobi.