Yahoo! Music - Jul 28, 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno have revealed the details of their first collaboration in nearly 30 years. The singer and the legendary Coldplay and U2 producer, who worked together on three Talking Heads...
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Is it a rush of hype to the head or is Coldplay on verge of issuing some "genius" new music? The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling rockers have announced plans to return to the studio...
More »Reuters - Feb 25, 2007
Air s fourth studio album, Pocket Symphony, finds the French duo having a love affair with the very concept of love. It became a cycle of songwriting, like a loop, band member Nicolas Godin says....
More »Reuters - Dec 2, 2006
British Pianist Jools Holland, once of pop-rock act Squeeze and long known for his versatility as both a musician and broadcast personality, has released a country music album. Moving Out to the Country...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Composer Steve Reich does not expect his memorial piece for Daniel Pearl to stop what he calls the medieval religious war that claimed the reporter s life. He just wants to keep Pearl s name alive....
More »AP - May 8, 2006
Paul Simon, Surprise (Warner Bros.) As the second song on Paul Simon s new album begins, he s walking along a riverbank, locked in a struggle for the right combination of words in a melody line....
More »AP - Mar 28, 2006
When Paul Simon decided it was time for a new album, there was an immediate problem: He wasn t exactly sure what to say — or how to say it. It might be that it gets more difficult as you get older...
More »Reuters - Feb 3, 2006
Opera star tenor Luciano Pavarotti will sing for Bosnians in Sarajevo on April 8 as part of his 40-city farewell world tour, concert organizers said on Friday. Pavarotti s concert in Sarajevo, where he...
More »AP - Nov 3, 2005
Baaba Maal was inspired as much by thirst for adventure as for learning when, as a young Paris conservatory student, he persuaded his teachers to let him spend two years collecting songs and stories in...
More »Reuters - May 18, 2005
Kasabian made its U.S. debut here six months ago and failed to live up to the media firestorm it ignited overseas, but after a few months stateside, the band made a significant improvement. On the first...
More »AP - Mar 29, 2005
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on file-sharing technology. How the justices rule could redefine how consumers can watch television shows and films and listen to songs that increasingly...
More »AP - Mar 24, 2005
Recording industry executive Andy Gershon sees opportunity in the online file-sharing networks that most of his rivals decry as havens for music pirates. As president of V2 Records, home to such established...
More »AP - Nov 24, 2004
Just because The Black Keys wear jeans and T-shirts, just because their production quality possesses that feeling of minimalist organic haze, just because they re a stripped-down, drums-and-guitar duo...
More »Reuters - Nov 20, 2004
U2 has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide and won 14 Grammy Awards during the course of its 26-year career, so you would think that there would be a level of ease that comes with a new release...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2004
Although details were scant at deadline, Simon & Garfunkel are eyeing a Nov. 23 release for a DVD and deluxe CD chronicling their wildly successful Old Friends reunion tour. The sets will be issued...
More »Reuters - Sep 1, 2004
Peter Gabriel is re-mixing tracks for an as-yet-untitled DVD compilation of his videos, due for worldwide release Oct. 21 via Warner Vision. Gabriel, working at his Wiltshire, U.K.-based Real World...
More »Reuters - Aug 23, 2004
Two Dublin stops on David Bowie s recent world tour are the basis for the upcoming DVD David Bowie -- A Reality Tour. Due Oct. 19 via ISO/Columbia, the 30-track collection was shot Nov. 22-23, 2003...
More »Reuters - Jul 5, 2004
Four founders of Roxy Music reunite on 6PM, the sixth solo album by the band s guitarist, Phil Manzanera . He is joined by original keyboard player Brian Eno , saxophonist Andy Mackay and drummer Paul...
More »AP - Jun 7, 2004
Fans couldn t help but be curious last fall when Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel strode onstage to open their reunion concerts with the song Old Friends. Old friends, yes. But still friends? The boyhood...
More »AP - Jan 26, 2004
Rock veterans Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno are launching a provocative new musicians alliance that would cut against the industry grain by letting artists sell their music online instead of only through...
More »Reuters - Dec 4, 2003
Techno star Moby joined rock act Azure Ray on stage in Los Angeles Wednesday night after watching much of the show in the audience. Azure Ray, in the midst of a co-headlining tour with Crooked Fingers...
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