Reuters - Sep 11, 2009
There's just no slowing down Elvis Costello. After launching his Spectacle TV series in December and releasing his latest studio effort, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, this past June, the punk icon...
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Why don t you come back, baby? Why don t you go away? Elvis Costello sings in the duet Go Away with indie rock favorite Jenny Lewis on his recent CD, Momofuku. Rock n roll is filled with mixed messages...
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Bono's adding to his résumé for sainthood. For today's 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, the U2 frontman and all-around good guy is helping launch (RED)WIRE, a music-themed site to...
More »AP - Nov 30, 2008
During an interview with Elton John for the debut of his new Sundance Channel show Spectacle, Elvis Costello didn t ask about stage costumes, boyfriends or Island Girl. Instead, the conversation turned...
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Twelve previously unreleased tracks, including an early version of Ooby Dooby and a demo of Claudette, highlight a four-disc Roy Orbison boxed set due in stores on September 23. The Soul of Rock...
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Elvis Costello's next solo studio album, curiously dubbed Momofuku, will arrive April 22, and plans are for the set to be released only on vinyl, with a digital download code included in the package...
More »AP - Dec 6, 2007
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: Irreplaceable, Beyonce; The Pretender, Foo Fighters; Umbrella, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; What Goes...
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The first Saturday Night Live CD of live performances in nearly 10 years will be sold exclusively at Target retail stores, beginning Sunday. Priced at $13.98, Live From SNL! Music Performances...
More »Reuters - Aug 19, 2007
Seeing the great Diana Krall again, now that she's a mother, is a real kick in the head, as Dean Martin used to say. And the way she talked about maternity would have gone right over with the Rat...
More »AP - Jun 12, 2007
Warren Weitzman is 40 years old, and there s no way he s going to share a portable toilet and camp out with thousands of other people just to see The Police perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival...
More »Reuters - Apr 27, 2007
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile's self-titled 2005 Columbia debut had a relatively quiet rollout. Released on the label's Red Ink imprint, the album, which has sold 74,000 copies, according to...
More »Reuters - Feb 7, 2007
Scan the list of Latin nominees for Sunday s Grammy Awards, and you ll find it hews closely to those vying for Latin Grammys last fall -- with some exceptions. Though differing eligibility periods explain...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2007
Mary J. Blige has a leading eight Grammy nominations and her triumphant comeback was the feel-good story of the 2006. So it seems as if her coronation on Grammy night is all but assured. But as another...
More »Reuters - Jan 5, 2007
The only child of pop songwriter Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson has committed suicide after a lifetime struggling with a form of autism, a spokeswoman for the former couple said on Friday....
More »AP - Jan 5, 2007
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is negotiating to buy the 500-acre farm where the first five festivals were held to be the event s permanent home, the landowner has said. Bonnaroo officials declined...
More »Reuters - Jan 1, 2007
Billboard presents a look at the music you ll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter: JOHN MELLENCAMP Freedom s Road (Universal, January 23) Mellencamp s first album of originals since 2001...
More »Reuters - Dec 31, 2006
We know that the Rolling Stones, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw/Faith Hill and Dave Matthews Band will sell the heck out of tickets in 2007. But there is always a dark horse that rises seemingly out of nowhere...
More »E! Online - Dec 11, 2006
Hopefully, between the two of them, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall know plenty of lullabies. The musically inclined couple welcomed their first children together Wednesday in New York, twin sons Dexter...
More »AP - Dec 8, 2006
Elvis Costello and wife Diana Krall are the parents of twin boys. The new arrivals named Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James were born on Wednesday, according to a statement from...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
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...
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