Reuters - Apr 25, 2008
Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall returns to North America next week for an acoustic tour to promote her latest album. The trek, dubbed The Campfire Tour, begins May 3 in San Diego. Armed with double...
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KT Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic (Relentless) KT Tunstall may have The Devil Wears Prada and American Idol to thank for her overnight success. When two Tunstall gems Black Horse and the Cherry...
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KT Tunstall has revealed details of her second studio album Drastic Fantastic. The follow up to Eye To The Telescope is set to be released on September 3 and feature the tracks Hold On, Little Favours...
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 »E! Online - Apr 10, 2007
When Al Gore throws a party, he doesn't mess around. Organizers of the planet-spanning Live Earth concerts revealed on Tuesday the all-star lineups for the U.S. and U.K. legs of the event,...
More »Reuters - Apr 8, 2007
Since Franz Ferdinand burst onto the international scene three years ago, Scotland has become the United Kingdom's leading hotbed of new talent. In the past 12 months alone, Paolo Nutini, the Fratellis...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys. The finger-pickin trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines off-handed insult of President Bush...
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...
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British Pianist Jools Holland, once of pop-rock act Squeeze and long known for his versatility as both a musician and broadcast personality, has released a country music album. Moving Out to the Country...
More »Reuters - Sep 8, 2006
The singer who toured the world without leaving her basement is finally crossing the Atlantic. An Internet-made sensation in the United Kingdom, Sandi Thom scored a five-album deal with RCA/Sony BMG...
More »AP - Aug 7, 2006
Once upon a time, if you named any song in the Top 40, I could hum a few bars. So it was startling to scan Billboard s Top 40 recently and realize the extent of my cluelessness about pop music, circa...
More »Reuters - Jun 3, 2006
This is not your father s AARP. Today s AARP members are more apt to shake what their mama gave them by rallying around the music of Elton John and Paul McCartney and newcomers like James Blunt and...
More »Reuters - May 11, 2006
In her numerous televised appearances, KT Tunstall has performed as a one-woman band, backing herself by sampling her voice and with hand claps. It s a technique that made her stand out in the crowd of...
More »E! Online - May 10, 2006
After a long wait, it s Tool time on the charts. The hard rock band s first album in five years, 10,000 Days, led five newcomers into the Top 10 debuts with a huge debut. For the week ended Sunday...
More »E! Online - Feb 15, 2006
There s some serious monkey business going down on the album charts. While Grammy winners got their traditional post-ceremony sales spikes, the top branch of the Billboard 200 was occupied by a cinematic...
More »Reuters - Jan 10, 2006
Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt led the field with five nominations apiece when the shortlist was announced on Tuesday for the Brit Awards, the British music industry s big night of the year. Hot on their...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2005
Already holding strong in 2004 amid declining sales in most European countries, the British music market experienced another reasonably healthy year in 2005. That was sparked by the twin forces of creative...
More »Reuters - Jul 19, 2005
British rock band Coldplay was given its third shot at a Mercury Prize Tuesday when its third album, the multi-million selling X&Y was short-listed for the highly regarded but often quirky music award...
More »Reuters - Apr 26, 2004
Pop Idol winner Will Young will take on mass-selling singer Dido and Scottish indie outfit Belle and Sebastian for the best song award at the prestigious Ivor Novello awards, organizers said Monday....
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