AP - Apr 5, 2008
Aaron Neville is finally coming home to New Orleans — almost. The R&B singer, who bought a house in Brentwood, Tenn., after Hurricane Katrina, said he s buying a home near Covington, across Lake...
More »AP - Jan 19, 2007
Barry Manilow became one of the world s best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he s more likely to rely on other people s classics than interpret new material...
More »Reuters - Sep 13, 2006
When his Modern Times debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart. Dylan benefited from associations with iTunes and Starbucks...
More »AP - Sep 8, 2006
Driving his shiny Cadillac along busy Interstate 65 south of Nashville, Aaron Neville may be in Music City, but he s a long way from his musical home in the land of bayous and beignets. Neville was...
More »AP - Aug 28, 2006
Ticket sales have been far from spectacular, but Ivan Neville says performing at the same Hurricane Katrina anniversary concert Tuesday night as Stevie Wonder is going to be incredible no matter how many...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2006
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New Birth Brass Band. The eight-piece played...
More »AP - Jul 24, 2006
Chaka Khan, Clint Black and Michael Bolton are among the pop stars who will be part of Celebrity Duets, a new Fox TV show that pairs singers and celebrities trying to prove they can carry a tune. The...
More »Reuters - Apr 14, 2006
With his first album in 14 years, veteran musician Ray Parker Jr. is taking the plunge into indie waters. Parker is best known for such 80s hits with the group Raydio as You Can t Change That, A Woman...
More »AP - Apr 4, 2006
The music of New Orleans is huddled in an old Austin recording studio. Some of the Crescent City s musical legends have returned to this Texas city where — just six weeks after Hurricane Katrina...
More »AP - Feb 5, 2006
They may not have flashed any body parts — except for Mick Jagger s well-toned stomach — but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad it imposed a five-second tape delay on the Super Bowl halftime show...
More »AP - Feb 1, 2006
Looking for the Temptations on Super Bowl Sunday? They ll be in Charlottesville, Va. Smokey Robinson? He s playing down the block from Ford Field the night before. Diana Ross? Nothing on her schedule....
More »AP - Jan 31, 2006
The Queen of Soul was not pleased. With the Super Bowl coming to her hometown, Aretha Franklin said she was initially disappointed by the NFL s choice of musical entertainment. Like some other Detroiters...
More »AP - Jan 31, 2006
The NFL offended the Queen of Soul, but now all is forgiven. Aretha Franklin, who will perform the national anthem at Sunday s Super Bowl here in her hometown, initially felt Detroit s rich musical legacy...
More »Reuters - Jan 17, 2006
Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Fountains Of Wayne/Ivy principal Adam Schlesinger have signed on to produce a new studio album from enduring soft rock act America. It will be the first...
More »AP - Jan 13, 2006
Aaron Neville, whose home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will perform the national anthem at next month s Super Bowl. The NFL selected Neville in part to honor the singer s hometown of New Orleans...
More »E! Online - Dec 10, 2005
Garth Brooks is ropin in a new missus. The country crooner got hitched Saturday to fellow Nashville star Trisha Yearwood, his publicist announced to Access Hollywood. It s the perfect Christmas...
More »AP - Nov 4, 2005
Pete Fountain s home in nearby Bay St. Louis, Miss., told his life story — gold albums, pictures posing with four presidents, thank-you notes from Frank Sinatra, and beloved clarinets and other vintage...
More »Reuters - Oct 18, 2005
The November 22 Blue Note release Higher Ground will feature highlights from Jazz at Lincoln Center s Hurricane Katrina benefit concert. The 15-track disc includes performances by Norah Jones, Diana...
More »E! Online - Oct 18, 2005
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help out hurricane victims. Like the TV networks before them, the...
More »Reuters - Sep 21, 2005
The evening might have begun with a funeral dirge, but the atmosphere Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden was hardly funereal. Rather, this all-star benefit concert for the Gulf Coast victims of...
More »AP - Sep 9, 2005
With Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and record-business legend Ahmet Ertegun serving up love letters to its subject, the documentary Make It Funky! is nothing if not a cause to celebrate. Nevertheless,...
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