WASHINGTON — Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience. The nation's first black president transformed the grand ballroom into a concert hall...
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My Brother’s Keeper From Adam Bernard: "This feature is a momentous one. It’s the 200th Artist Of The Week here at Adam’s World. For such a milestone I wanted to get an artist who’s been down from the start. I actually managed to do one better than that - I found multiple...
DOWNLOADS: (41) PLAYS: (108) All I can really say about Patty Griffin's new album, Downtown Church , is: Wow, what a knockout. It was all recorded at the Nashville Downtown Presbyterian Church, and the lineup of contributing musicians is amazing and impressive: Besides Emmylou Harris, there's Buddy Miller (who also produced), Shawn Colvin, the great Gospel singer Regina McCrary, and Mike Farris. "Little...
What we want?" asks Alicia Keys at the start of her new song featuring Beyonce, "Put It In A Love Song", the latest single (and a sure-fire hit) from her recent The Element Of Freedom . Whatever it is that these ladies want, it’s clearly south of the equator. The two songbirds shot the tune’s music video on location in the Rio de Janeiro slum known as Morro da Conceicao....
Kate Bosworth attends a special dinner for Chanel’s new lipstick Rouge Coco de Chanel at The Mark Hotel on Tuesday night (February 9) in New York City. The 27-year-old actress came out to support French songstress Vanessa Paradis (the longtime love of Johnny Depp), who’s the new face of Rouge Coco de Chanel. Chanel said that [...]
Jay-Z, Kings of Leon, Weezer and The Flaming Lips will headline this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held June 11-13 in Manchester, Tennessee. This year’s announcement was perhaps most notable for the way in which it was made, as a new artist was revealed online every five or six minutes throughout the day. And just in case that wasn’t annoying enough for fans, the...
[ March 11, 2010; 11:00 pm; ] Funkmaster Flex at it again with his dope hip-hop legends shows. All the acts on the bill are great but if you know me, you'll know I'll be primarily there to see Diamond D. "Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop" still gets crazy airplay with me. link B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 West 42 Street New York, NY [...]
Ri-Ri seems to be in the mood for Valentine’s Day — the accented fashionista sports a pair of heart-shaped gold nipple covers in the dancehall-inspired video for her new track, “Rude Boy.” The latest single from Rihanna’s fourth studio album, Rated R, will debut on Vevo.com this Thursday!
Rio de Janeiro opened their arms to the fabulous Beyonce and Alicia Keys, who were in Brazil to film their newest collaboration music video. I really like Alicia's va va voom hair and Beyonce looks comfortable in her chiquita banana costume. Those are some crazy colors.Their duet "Put It... ...read full story
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Norman Quentin Cook (born 31 July 1963), also known by the stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, big beat musician, record producer and pioneer of the electronic dance genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. Cook was awarded a star on the city of Brighton's Walk of Fame, next to that of Winston Churchill. He married TV personality Zoë Ball in 1999 at Babington House in Somerset;...
LONDON (Reuters) –Music mogul Simon Cowell has formed a long-term venture with Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment to produce music, television and film, beginning with the U.S. version of hit British show "The X Factor". The new venture, called Syco after Cowell's record label, will own the existing Syco television and music assets including global TV franchises "The X Factor" and "Got Talent" and...
INDIANAPOLIS – This is perfect for the Indianapolis Colts: They have Peyton Manning and they're back in the Super Bowl. The four-time MVP threw three touchdown passes and the Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game. The Colts (16-2) are now headed back to the NFL title game for the second time in four years and their fourth...