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Hendrix, Prince Guitars Expected to Make Noise at Auction

 Hendrix, Prince Guitars Expected to Make Noise at Auction   A guitar owned by American rocker Jimi Hendrix is expected to fetch more than 80,000 pounds ($101,000) when it goes under the hammer in London on Thursday as part of the annual entertainment  sale by British auction house Bonhams . "Purple Haze" singer Hendrix, who died in 1970 aged 27, is said  to have owned the Epiphone acoustic guitar for three years after purchasing it second-hand for $25 in New York City while on tour in 1967, Bonhams said. "It was actually the guitar...

Ivory Coast Pays Final Tribute to Congolese Music Legend Papa Wemba

 Ivory Coast Pays Final Tribute to Congolese Music Legend Papa Wemba   The body of African music legend, Pa pa Wemba, is being flown to the Democratic Republic of Congo  from Ivory Coast Thursday for buria l. International and local ar concert.