Reuters - Jul 29, 2008
Although it's still without a title or track listing, Liz Phair's new album is in its final recording stages ahead of a fall release. This I can tell you: all my sloppiness is in there, the...
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Liz Phair and Ryan Adams are among the guests on actress/musician Minnie Driver's second album, Sea Stories. The 12-track collection of songs penned by Driver will be released early this summer...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2006
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New Birth Brass Band. The eight-piece played...
More »AP - Oct 5, 2005
Is Liz Phair a commercial sellout, just ambitious, or a maturing musician? Her last album, 2003 s Liz Phair, signaled the 38-year-old s foray into sleek commercial pop, sparking outcries from critics...
More »Reuters - Aug 30, 2005
Even when she s in love, Juliana Hatfield is miserable. Not that she always realizes it. The durable singer-songwriter, who says she is always frustrated and anxious and pissed-off and depressed, has...
More »Reuters - Aug 23, 2005
The new Shania Twain single Shoes will lead the album Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives, due September 20 via Disney s Hollywood Records. Its accompanying video will feature Twain alongside...
More »E! Online - Jul 27, 2005
The Gap is filling up with a new batch of music stars. Alanis Morissette, Jason Mraz, Joss Stone, John Legend, Liz Phair, Keith Urban, Destiny s Child s Michelle Williams and Incubus Brandon Boyd...
More »AP - Jul 25, 2005
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to announce today an international payola settlement with a major record company to limit the industry s ability to influence what recordings are played...
More »E! Online - Jun 16, 2005
Perry Farrell is promising a whole new party at this year s Lollapalooza festival. The former Jane s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza cofounder plans to debut the Satellite Party, his new band...
More »AP - May 26, 2005
Not every hot musical concert will be coming to a town near you. Some of the summer s most anticipated gigs are not tours, but destination music festivals. Among the biggest this year are the return of...
More »E! Online - Apr 22, 2005
Chicago is apparently Perry Farrell s kind of town. The Jane s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza cofounder has dusted off his famed music festival for a two-day run in the Windy City this summer...
More »AP - Apr 22, 2005
Taking a cue from earlier tours, Lollapalooza s organizers on Friday announced a diverse lineup for this summer s reworked festival. Performers July 23 and 24 in Chicago s Grant Park will include the...
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 - Nov 27, 2004
Infinity Broadcasting is not commenting on a New York Times story that claims the company fired its top Rochester, N.Y., programer for accepting gifts from record companies. The news comes as another...
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 »Reuters - Aug 8, 2004
Girl power is hitting the road with the Chicks With Attitude tour. Headed by rocker Liz Phair , the outing kicked off Aug. 4 at Chicago s House of Blues. Sponsored by Maybelline, the 19-date small-venue...
More »AP - Jun 2, 2004
WHO: Liz Phair , the indie rock goddess anti-misogynistic lyrics made her a role model for angry teenage girls and independent young women in the early 1990s. But when Phair attempted to reinvent herself...
More »AP - May 25, 2004
Avril Lavigne knows her image: a moody, teen rock star with an acidic tongue, steely stare and tough-girl attitude. I have been labeled like I m this angry girl I m like, this rebel, I m like...
More »Reuters - Apr 28, 2004
Broken Social Scene, the Walkmen, the Von Bondies, Bumblebeez, Danger Mouse and the Datsuns have been added to this summer s Lollapalooza festival, Billboard.com has learned. The tour will kick off July...
More »Reuters - Apr 20, 2004
Liz Phair will headline the Chicks With Attitude Tour, which will visit 18 North American cities from August to early September, Billboard.com has learned. Other artists set to appear include Cardigans...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2004
Performers at the nation s biggest gathering of bands here always face Vegas-style odds. Yet acts ranging from major-label properties to unsigned regional groups -- more than 1,200 in all this year --...
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