AP - Mar 18, 2008
The Society of Singers has picked Moon River singer Andy Williams to receive its 17th Ella Award for singers whose musical accomplishments are equaled by their humanitarian efforts. The Ella Award, named...
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This is not your father s AARP. Today s AARP members are more apt to shake what their mama gave them by rallying around the music of Elton John and Paul McCartney and newcomers like James Blunt and...
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It s hard to believe, looking at the three lovely women onstage, but Christmas Eve was the 50th anniversary of the Lennon Sisters television debut. When the quartet of sisters from Venice, California...
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Every once in a while there s a success story that defies the odds, overcomes obstacles, slays skeptics and rises from obscurity to top the charts. In today s Christian music community, it is Casting...
More »Reuters - May 20, 2005
The mannerisms behind psychedelic rock are beginning to seem awfully cliched four decades after its heyday. This bill of two current bands that are leading entries in the genre, Manchester s Doves and...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2005
Producer Pierre Cossette, who initiated the live Grammy Awards television broadcast in 1971, received a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cossette, who will mark his 35th anniversary as Grammy...
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Nominations for the Dove Awards in gospel music were announced Monday. The nominees in top categories: Song of the year (title, writer): Blessed Be Your Name, Matt Redman, Beth Redman; Dare You to Move...
More »Reuters - Nov 17, 2004
Christmas albums are a queasy and sometimes especially hellish musical sub-genre, but those seeking an additional frisson for their Yuletide listening might want to dip into the newly released A John...
More »AP - Mar 12, 2004
Marie Osmond is taking the shock out of jock. As the Federal Communications Commission cracks down on broadcast indecency, Osmond s nationally syndicated and family friendly radio show, Marie & Friends...
More »Reuters - Mar 3, 2004
In this digital era, the aging rock stars of the vinyl years are making a comeback in Australia. Tickets for concerts by aging rockers such as Bryan Ferry , Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie are selling...
More »Reuters - Jan 29, 2004
Veteran American singer Andy Williams has postponed a concert tour of Asia because of the spread of a deadly bird flu, a concert promoter said Thursday. Williams, with a troupe of 20 musicians, singers...
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