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...
More »E! Online - Sep 20, 2007
Is GirlFrenzy more like a GirlFizzle? The one-off daylong music festival, set to take place in October and feature an all-estrogen lineup of singers, has been indefinitely postponed, without so much...
More »E! Online - Aug 20, 2007
Turns out the Spice Girls don't have a monopoly on girl-powered concerts this fall. Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne and Fiona Apple have teamed up for a new femme-fueled musical event dubbed the GirlFrenzy...
More »Reuters - Sep 12, 2006
Somewhere in her evolution, Natalie Cole grew a bit confusing. A pop-savvy brand of strong-female soul ballads and the ultra-positive This Will Be gave her instant cred when she released her first album...
More »Reuters - Jul 19, 2006
As he did for the Grammy-winning soundtrack to 2004 s Garden State, actor/director Zach Braff has rounded up a range of rock acts for the soundtrack to his new film, The Last Kiss. In addition to songs...
More »AP - May 26, 2006
As she s gotten older, the stage has become a far more comfortable place for Fiona Apple. Back in the early 1990s, when Apple was a sultry teen sensation in a world of singer-songwriters, performing...
More »Reuters - Jan 12, 2006
Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple and Montreal rock band Arcade Fire are among the finalists for the inaugural New Pantheon Awards, which continue the mission of the defunct Shortlist Prize in recognizing...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2005
The emancipation of Mariah Carey from all things that Glitter seems complete. The songbird soared with eight Grammy nominations Thursday, including an Album of the Year nod for her comeback statement...
More »Reuters - Nov 27, 2005
Conflicts: We ve all got em -- those religious, parental and societal messages that occasionally cancel each other out. Some folks talk them out with a psychiatrist, others avoid them with a bottle of...
More »Reuters - Oct 21, 2005
New York is in the midst of a cabaret revival this week and rock star Fiona Apple s sister is at center stage. Maude Maggart is one of more than 100 cabaret artists appearing in two events wrapping...
More »E! Online - Oct 12, 2005
It s good to be right, but it s even better to be right at number one. Nickelback s new album, All the Right Reasons, just became the band s first ever chart-topper. Powered by the number one rock...
More »AP - Oct 7, 2005
Several hundred Fiona Apple fans attended a rare in-store appearance by the elusive singer-songwriter Thursday night. Apple performed a 45-minute set, with most of the material from her just-released...
More »AP - Oct 6, 2005
In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical efforts, it seems doubtful this...
More »Reuters - Oct 6, 2005
Eclectic music producer Jon Brion remains largely under the radar and unfazed despite being a central figure in one of the year s biggest hits and one of the record industry s biggest controversies....
More »AP - Oct 6, 2005
When Fiona Apple first heard about the Web site freefiona.com, she remembers feeling flattered, overwhelmed and guilty. That s because while fans were mounting an ambitious Internet campaign...
More »Reuters - Oct 4, 2005
Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple, who just released her first album in six years Tuesday, will launch a three-week tour November 22 in Portland, Ore. The dates come in support of her third album, Extraordinary...
More »Reuters - Sep 25, 2005
Bettye LaVette landed a top 10 R&B hit with her very first single. In 1962, when she was only 16, her My Man, He s a Loving Man peaked at No. 7. The following 43 years, however, have not been as kind...
More »AP - Sep 19, 2005
Jay-Z shot. Trent Reznor spinning upside down. David Bowie teetering on a rooftop. These are just a few of the iconic images Mark Romanek has fashioned as an elite music video director. On a new DVD...
More »E! Online - Aug 15, 2005
Fiona Apple has been sprung. The angsty singer-songwriter s long-gestating Extraordinary Machine will hit stores Oct. 4, her label, Epic Records, announced Monday, ending months of speculation that...
More »AP - Aug 15, 2005
Fiona Apple is ending her curiously long hiatus from the business of making music. A year after 11 tracks were leaked onto the Internet, drawing praise from critics and fans, Epic Records announced Monday...
More »AP - Aug 10, 2005
In 2000, the Churchills thought they had it made. The New York-based pop band had landed a major-label record deal and were fixed up with producer Mark Hart, former keyboardist with the seminal Australian...
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