AP - Nov 20, 2007
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: Patti LaBelle, Miss Patti s Christmas (Def Soul) When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as experienced as the jolly fat man himself...
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Herbie Hancock admits he would get so wrapped up in the music itself that he never paid any attention to the lyrics when interpreting songs, even on his Grammy-winning album Gershwin s World. But the...
More »AP - Oct 11, 2007
A few years ago, Joni Mitchell had rejected her musical muse, refusing to write or even play music as she devoted her life to painting, watching old movies on TV and reconnecting to the daughter she had...
More »AP - Aug 8, 2007
The famous farm near the alfalfa field that drew 400,000 people to Woodstock for three days of sex, drugs and rock n roll is up for sale. The asking price: $8 million. Roy Howard, the current owner...
More »E! Online - Jul 25, 2007
Joni Mitchell is now the lady of the coffee chain. The folksinger has followed in Paul McCartney's footsteps and signed with Hear Music, the label formed by Starbucks and Concord Music Group....
More »AP - Jul 24, 2007
Joni Mitchell is following the lead of Paul McCartney in joining with the coffee giant Starbucks to release her comeback album. Hear Music, a record label formed in partnership with Starbucks Corp....
More »Reuters - Apr 11, 2007
Island Def Jam is reviving the legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate merger. The label continues to operate overseas,...
More »Reuters - Feb 17, 2007
David Crosby and Graham Nash, members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s, have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby s ill health, a representative said. The action was taken because...
More »Reuters - Feb 9, 2007
On the evening of January 20, amid the riot of networking that is the Sundance Film Festival, a pretty young folk singer named Mandy Moore took to a makeshift stage at a private Park City, Utah, home...
More »Reuters - Dec 27, 2006
Bob Seger told a 1975 audience at Detroit s Cobo Arena, where he taped his famed Live Bullet album, that it might just end up on a record. He ll be able to say it again this week at the Palace of Auburn...
More »AP - Dec 24, 2006
Joni Mitchell s 1971 song River has been recorded by more than 100 other musicians and appeared on more than two dozen Christmas albums but it s far from a typical, cheerful holiday tune. I...
More »AP - May 22, 2006
If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album Stand Still, Look Pretty would have registered even higher on the twang scale. We had people holding the...
More »Reuters - Apr 13, 2006
Singer Michael Jackson is close to a deal that would help him to avert bankruptcy by refinancing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, the New York Times said on Thursday. The paper, citing people...
More »Reuters - Feb 2, 2006
The diversity and durability of Joni Mitchell s music was well demonstrated Wednesday at Carnegie Hall in a tribute concert that was a model of its kind. Shorn of the bombast and commercialism that mar...
More »E! Online - Sep 13, 2005
Canadians attempting to buy Bob Dylan albums may temporarily be left blowing in the wind. One of the nation s largest record chains, HMV Canada, has pulled the entire Dylan catalog from store shelves...
More »AP - Aug 5, 2005
If anyone seems born to write and sing songs, it s Holly Williams. Her grandfather is American music icon Hank Williams, her father the country outlaw Hank Williams Jr. She released her debut album last...
More »Reuters - Jun 27, 2005
Counterculture legend Bob Dylan on Monday became the latest musician to sign up with Starbucks Corp. in an exclusive CD deal that follows the runaway success of a Ray Charles album sold by the coffee...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Nov 26, 2004
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in Africa. Just for a moment imagine the media...
More »AP - Aug 21, 2004
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications will raise money for Hurricane Charley victims by auctioning guitars autographed by musical stars, among them Britney Spears , Tom Petty and Kenny Rogers. The...
More »Reuters - Jun 17, 2004
Hip-swiveling Elvis, womanizer Mick Jagger and Material Girl Madonna may be some of rock n roll s greatest musical icons but as positive role models, they ve yet to win many fans. Think again, argues...
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