AP - May 8, 2008
The term singer-songwriter makes Gavin DeGraw cringe. It makes you feel like a weakling the way all the singer songwriters are marketed, you know what I mean? ... It s not masculine enough for me. I...
More »Reuters - Jan 16, 2008
Singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw says he is moving in a much more rock direction with the belated follow-up to his 2003 debut album. The as-yet-untitled set will be released some time in March via J Records...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »E! Online - Oct 18, 2005
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help out hurricane victims. Like the TV networks before them, the...
More »AP - Sep 24, 2005
Chicago fancifully painted fiberglass cows, the streets of Washington were decorated with donkeys and elephants, and now the Phoenix area is getting 10-foot guitars transformed by artists including Eddie...
More »AP - Aug 31, 2005
Usher, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and The Game were among the recording artists up for multiple honors Wednesday night at the 2005 World Music Awards, which selects winners based on worldwide sales figures...
More »AP - Mar 26, 2005
Scrubs star Zach Braff is returning to the director s chair. Braff, who wrote and directed Garden State last year, will direct the latest video from singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw . Zach and I met...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2005
Clear Channel Communications plans to make a big push into Internet radio next month with a new music-performance series that will be syndicated weekly to hundreds of its local-station Web sites across...
More »AP - Mar 22, 2005
Chances are you ve heard Jem s music even if you didn t know her name. Her songs have been prominently featured on Fox s The O.C., and she portrayed a wedding singer performing Maybe I m Amazed on last...
More »E! Online - Feb 14, 2005
Sharon Stone s new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami disaster. The actress is ready to her best We Are the World rendition, joining forces with socialite music producer Denise Rich...
More »AP - Feb 12, 2005
Sharon Stone and Denise Rich are producing a song to benefit victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in Asia. The Basic Instinct actress and the socialite-songwriter are co-writing a single, Come Together...
More »AP - Feb 12, 2005
Performing at Clive Davis annual pre-Grammy bash has been a good omen for a lot of rising stars. Alicia Keys hadn t even put out a single when she wowed the crowd with her piano playing and soulful singing...
More »Reuters - Feb 4, 2005
Clive Davis can t help but dance. Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet automatically start to tap, then he ll get up from behind his desk and groove. With the Grammy Awards set to take...
More »Reuters - Jan 15, 2005
The WB drama series One Tree Hill has spawned a soundtrack and tour. The 14-song album, due Jan. 25 on Maverick/Warner Sunset Records, features tracks from Gavin DeGraw , Sheryl Crow , Travis, Keane...
More »AP - Jan 11, 2005
When Casey Stratton was a struggling singer-songwriter a few years ago, he had idealistic notions about artistic integrity. High on his list of what would jeopardize it: licensing his music to television...
More »Reuters - Dec 16, 2004
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop from the top of Billboard s Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as his hit tune Drop It Like It s Hot featuring Pharrell logged a third week at No. 1. The cut stems from Snoop...
More »Reuters - Dec 15, 2004
A trip to The Red Light District scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday. The Atlanta rapper/actor s fourth Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South effort sold...
More »Reuters - Oct 29, 2004
With Ashlee Simpson in the news this week following a disastrous lip-synching appearance on Saturday Night Live, Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says it s pathetic that some young artists don t sing...
More »Reuters - Sep 11, 2004
When it comes to artist development, concert promoter House of Blues is putting its money -- and marketing muscle -- on the line. HOB s Emerging Artist program, with help from partner Sirius Satellite...
More »E! Online - Aug 4, 2004
Now that s what I call a sweet 16! The latest edition of the top-pop hits collection, Now That s What I Call Music! Vol. 16, featuring singles by the like of OutKast, Hoobastank, Jessica Simpson ,...
More »Reuters - Jul 25, 2004
The heavy lifting is about to begin for BMG and Sony Music. With the European Commission s July 19 clearance of the proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission...
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