The Oregon Food Bank will be kicking off its 26^th Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival July 4.

(CNN) -- On the heels of news that Paula Deen's upcoming cookbook had become a best seller on Amazon.com, Deen's publisher - Ballantine Books - has announced it will not publish the book.

The great jazz singer Billie Holiday, known as Lady Day, had fame, style, a distinctive singing voice—and lots of dogs. But a boxer named Mister was the dog she loved most.

Organizers of North and Northeast's biggest neighborhood festival, Good in the Hood are gearing up for Saturday, June 29

(CNN) -- Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland has died at the age of 83, his son said Monday.

One of the first things you'll notice about Blue is that she's unapologetically honest. The self-described "music baby" is about doing art her way, as well as helping other artists express themselves as freely as they choose.

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's health deteriorated so badly in the last weeks of his life that he couldn't perform some of his trademark dance moves, according to evidence presented in his family's lawsuit against a concert promoter.

Posters for the singer's "Diamonds" tour are being covered up ahead of her June 21 show at the Aviva Stadium. The images come from Rihanna's "Unapologetic" album cover which features her naked from the waist up, with her elbow and writing acting as a shield for certain body parts.

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A top executive at AEG Live's parent company asked days before Michael Jackson's death if the singer was having big problems -- enough to warrant a straitjacket, according to testimony from Jackson's wrongful death trial.

Do the names Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Claudia Lennear, Tata Vega or Lynn Mabry ring a bell? Probably not, yet you are undoubtedly very familiar with their stellar work as backup singers for a variety of musical icons.