Reuters - May 7, 2007
A yearning for adventure after having a baby and a trip to Mali inspired Icelandic singer Bjork to make Volta, her sixth studio album which will be released on Tuesday. In her solo career of 14 years...
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With the Berlin Philharmonic as the centerpiece, Carnegie Hall will stage a 17-day Berlin in Lights festival in November that will extend to performances in museums and other nontraditional venues....
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Ten-time Grammy- winning vocalist Bobby McFerrin can spontaneously invent complex jazz melodies, complete with bass and percussion, or transform his voice into a realistic horn or violin. One can easily...
More »AP - Mar 7, 2006
As a boy growing up in Chicago, Hugh Hefner says he fell in love early — and it wasn t with women. Well, actually, it was with women. But the founding editor of Playboy magazine also fell in love...
More »AP - Aug 15, 2005
For years he s been telling people, Don t Worry, Be Happy. Now Bobby McFerrin has decided it s time to take his own advice. I ve got one week left, and then I m done for a year, a weary McFerrin told...
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Sweet Honey in the Rock still flows sweetly, even with the retirement in February of its beloved founder, Bernice Johnson Reagon. The legendary female African-American a cappella ensemble takes its...
More »AP - Apr 21, 2004
Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band s We Built This City as the worst song ever. Some tunes on the 50 Worst Songs Ever! list...
More »AP - Mar 19, 2004
It s the day before her first major-label release, and Keri Noble says she s feeling no pressure. Even though she s the leadoff artist on EMI s revived Manhattan label, and mega-million-seller Norah...
More »Reuters - Feb 20, 2004
I signed an original, says Bruce Lundvall, president/CEO of EMI Jazz & Classics. It was just that simple. He s talking about Norah Jones , whose sophomore album, Feels Like Home on Blue Note Records,...
More »AP - Dec 5, 2003
Roberta Guaspari s voice is ragged from overuse. She s spent the last two months rehearsing students for a violin concert at Carnegie Hall, and has to strain to make herself heard over their playing and...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2003
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z...
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(11/4/99, 10 a.m. ET) - Harry Connick Jr. and Bobby McFerrin joined forces with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at New York s Avery Fisher Hall on Monday (Nov. 1) for the fundraising...
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