Reuters - Oct 28, 2009
Lilith Fair, the women's music festival that ran for three years during the 1990s, will re-launch with an 18-city tour in 2010, organizers said Wednesday. The stops include Atlanta, Boston, Calgary...
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Erykah Badu gave birth to a baby girl this weekend — and twittered about the experience. Universal Motown Records Group, the singer s record label, says the baby was born Sunday and both mother...
More »E! Online - Feb 2, 2009
Add Erykah Badu to the growing list of Twitter junkies worth following. If she'll tweet through labor, who knows what she'll write next? Yep, you read that right. The songstress, along with her...
More »AP - Dec 12, 2008
Yes, our top 10 albums list does contain some of the usual suspects — Kanye, Taylor, Lil Wayne. But it also features artists who have yet to realize their platinum peak, and others who are firmly...
More »AP - Feb 25, 2008
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) (Universal/Motown) On her fourth studio album, New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War), Erykah Badu moves even further away from the neo-soul conventions...
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 »Reuters - Oct 10, 2006
Soul diva India.Arie says a previously unreleased version of her song I Am Not My Hair will finally be heard -- in a new Lifetime Television movie, Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. In fact,...
More »Reuters - Jun 27, 2006
Truly great artists earn their place through a delicate balancing act of two opposing traits: the good taste to build on the foundations of the accomplished performers who have come before them, and enough...
More »E! Online - Mar 22, 2006
The calendar might say it s spring break season, but this week s album charts is all about high school and report cards. For the second time since its release 10 weeks ago, the Disney Channel s High...
More »AP - Mar 2, 2006
Hooking up hot, young hitmakers with a seasoned veteran has become so common place its become something of an industry gimmick to introduce a new generation to a musical great of years past. But Timeless...
More »Reuters - Dec 1, 2005
It might take another British Invasion to right the floundering neo-soul movement in America. If that is the case, then the dynamic duo of Londoners Marsha Ambrosius (aka the Songstress) and Natalie Stewart...
More »Reuters - Nov 19, 2005
The bossa nova will be competing with flowers and chocolate this Valentine s Day, when veteran bandleader Sergio Mendes releases his first album in the United States in 10 years. With his Brazilian-...
More »Reuters - Nov 6, 2005
Two years have elapsed since the release of Floetry s live album, Floacism, and three years since debut Floetic. That seems like an eternity considering the industry s prevailing what s-next attitude....
More »AP - Aug 10, 2005
In spite of himself, Andre Benjamin s it factor peeks out from under a straw hat. He fidgets with the label on his water bottle. He curls up on the couch and rests his tennis shoes on a coffee table....
More »AP - Aug 10, 2005
He s known to millions around the world as Andre 3000: half of the superstar rap group OutKast, outrageous dresser, ladies man extraordinaire. Now he s ready to be known simply as Andre Benjamin —...
More »Reuters - Dec 7, 2004
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of commercially successful Grammy Award contenders...
More »E! Online - Mar 22, 2004
Finally a good week for R. Kelly. Just days after Florida prosecutors dropped 12 counts of child pornographry, the R&B crooner/trouble magnet capped his weekend with a trophy at the Soul Train Music Awards...
More »E! Online - Feb 19, 2004
Beyonc s got soul--and the nominations to prove it. The golden girl of the 2004 Grammys reeled in four Soul Train Music Award nominations Thursday, including those for Female R&B/Soul Album and Album...
More »Reuters - Feb 19, 2004
Beyonce Knowles , the belle of the ball at the Grammy Awards earlier this month, will soon get a chance to add more hardware to her trophy collection. The frontwoman for superstar trio Destiny s Child...
More »USRN - Feb 12, 2004
Singer Erykah Badu, who is currently touring with Floetry, is expecting again, according to New York s WQHT. The station reported that Badu was expecting her second child and that the father-to-be was...
More »AP - Feb 3, 2004
Entertainers converged on Houston a day before the Super Bowl to talk with young people about the importance of political involvement and self-improvement. Voting is the most powerful thing a person...
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