AP - Feb 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AP) Teenage rocker Antonio Pontarelli brought an interesting companion to the Grammys: his seven-string electric violin. Pontarelli played impromptu solos as he strolled the red...
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Describing the music of Frank Zappa as progressive is much the same as calling Frank Zappa, the man, eccentric : It might be a good place to start, but it doesn t come close to telling the story. The...
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Rascal Flatts, a group some initially branded as a country boy band, has achieved in six short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a career. In addition to numerous awards, the band...
More »Reuters - Oct 5, 2005
If you nail yourself down to one thing, you re gonna have a hurt foot, Waylon Payne says. Country singer-songwriter Payne has been a hard man to nail down lately. The musician, who released a fine but...
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Rock act Dream Theater will release its next album, Octavarium, June 7 via Atlantic Records. We wrote it and recorded it at the Hit Factory, which is now closed -- we were the last session in that...
More »Reuters - Oct 30, 2004
Music is a major aspect of the highly anticipated Xbox game Halo 2, due Nov. 9 at U.S. retail outlets. Beyond Incubus exclusive four-movement suite, The Odyssey, the game and companion soundtrack album...
More »Reuters - Oct 28, 2004
Broadening the scope of Eric Clapton s recent album of Robert Johnson interpretations, Me and Mr. Johnson, the guitarist will unveil the CD/DVD package Sessions for Robert J. on Dec. 7. The Reprise...
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With increasing recognition, women are finding steady footing in the male-dominated jazz world. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a wealth of women artists, four of whom are releasing new projects...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2003
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z...
More »USRN - Feb 27, 2002
(2/27/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Nelly Furtado will be busy at the Grammy Awards tonight (February 27). The pop singer-songwriter will perform her hit single, I m Like A Bird, with an unlikely collaborator--guitar...
More »USRN - Oct 16, 2001
(10/16/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- Steve Vai, who through the years has played guitar with people including Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, has assembled a multidisc collection called The Secret Jewel...
More »USRN - Oct 11, 1999
(10/11/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - Fans of the 80s New Wave movement may have wondered, Whatever happened to Joe Jackson? For the last several years, Jackson has traded in pop for the world of instrumental, world...
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