Reuters - Feb 20, 2009
If it's up to Fat Possum president Matthew Johnson, the classic '70s recordings of R&B legend Al Green will soon be seducing a new generation of listeners. Johnson recently licensed the entire...
More »Reuters - Feb 11, 2009
Indie blues label Fat Possum Records has licensed the entire Hi Records catalog, including Al Green's 1972 album Let's Stay Together and several of his greatest hits compilations. The catalog...
More »AP - Jan 30, 2009
The Essence Music Festival has plenty to celebrate this year. And it will be about a lot more than music, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc. The festival, slated for July...
More »Reuters - Jan 29, 2009
Maxwell, Anita Baker, Al Green and Ne-Yo will join previously announced headliner Beyonce at the 15th annual Essence Music Festival this summer in New Orleans. Also added to the lineup are John Legend...
More »AP - May 27, 2008
Al Green, Lay It Down (Blue Note) If Al Green s Lay It Down sounds familiar, it should. Much like his 2003 s comeback CD I Cant Stop, this is an homage to and re-creation of Green s 70s glory days. That...
More »Reuters - Apr 18, 2008
With his first new release in three years, soul great Al Green can again say Here I Am -- and, of course, Come and Take Me. On May 27, Green releases Lay It Down, his third album for Blue Note and his...
More »Reuters - Feb 1, 2007
When she made her debut several years back at only 15, Brit belter Joss Stone was an instant wow, a young girl mining soul s past with a voice beyond her years. Now 19, with a stunning new album, Introducing...
More »Reuters - Jan 1, 2007
On Grammy night, U.K. newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae hopes to waltz through the door her soulful pop colleague Norah Jones kicked open in 2003, when she won five awards including best new artist and album...
More »Reuters - Oct 25, 2006
On Monday I celebrated the fifth anniversary of the iPod s introduction at the Laundromat, listening to a recent Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan on my own iPod and reading a new book about...
More »Reuters - Oct 16, 2006
He s performed in front of millions of people, but few of them know his name or his distinguished rock n roll history. Now, Blondie Chaplin is stepping out from the giant shadow cast by the Rolling...
More »AP - Aug 15, 2006
A concert by the Rev. Al Green to mark the 10th anniversary of the River Market district and the 60th birthday of Bill Clinton, whose presidential library is just down the street, has been postponed because...
More »AP - Jun 26, 2006
Various Artists, The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing) Kris Kristofferson has enjoyed a celebratory run of late, his from induction to the Country Music Hall of...
More »AP - Nov 9, 2005
It s a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright. Not the hippest guy in the room, the epitome of cool. Not the genius behind the soundtrack for Shaft...
More »Reuters - Jul 25, 2004
Randy Travis and Billy Ray Cyrus are among the country artists who have added a new dimension to their careers with successful gospel albums. Now several veteran country acts are serving up their musical...
More »AP - Jun 17, 2004
Antonio Banderas , Rod Stewart and Donald Duck are among an eclectic bunch of honorees who will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. The 32 honorees were selected Wednesday by the...
More »Reuters - Jun 7, 2004
R&B group Boyz II Men will issue an album of covers, including Michael Jackson s Human Nature and Al Green s Let s Stay Together, on Aug. 24. Throwback, the debut release on the group s MSM Music Group...
More »Reuters - Jun 4, 2004
The 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards dinner June 10 in New York will be another star-studded affair. But this year s ceremony, which honors songwriting legends, also will include an announcement of...
More »Reuters - May 6, 2004
Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the outlaws and angels that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his third annual concert special on USA Network...
More »AP - Apr 22, 2004
Take a pretty much unknown white chick belting the blues on an independent record label and you have the makings of a CD that s likely headed for the discount bin. But throw in a Grammy nomination for...
More »AP - Apr 8, 2004
Charles Fox, Al Green , Daryl Hall and John Oates, Don McLean and songwriting duo Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield are this year s inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The 35th annual induction...
More »Reuters - Mar 12, 2004
If you re packing your bags for Texas right now, you might want to check out the plentiful selection of indie-label showcases during the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) March 17...
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