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Norah Jones - Grammys: Wilco, Chili Peppers, Norah Jones Honor Neil Young Old friends took a look at Neil Young's life on Friday night, and by the time the dinner concert honoring him as the MusiCares 2010 Person of the Year was over, there wasn't merely a lot of love for the 64-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, but a lot of cash raised for the Recording Academy's charity. The well-heeled Grammy-weekend crowd in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center was treated to gripping performances of Young classics by the likes of Elton John, Wilco, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews and Ben Harper; a heartrending finale by Shakey's... Norah Jones - Tina Shafer and the New York Songwriter's Circle Tina Shafer needs no introduction. She’s penned songs for artists like Celine Dion, Sheena Easton and Donna Summer, she’s been a vocal coach for top artists such as Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne and she has been producing and directing the New York Songwriter’s Circle (NYSC) since 1991. Shafer’s vision to create a community where songwriters could come to be inspired, share their craft and express their creativity with others seeking the same has become reality as the NYSC is now in its 19th year and has begun to expand to other cities around the country and overseas. Not... Norah Jones - Norah Jones : The Fall Norah Jones still has the same comfortable, familiar voice, but the music behind her latest solo album The Fall travels in new directions. Featuring top musicians like guitarists Smokey Hormel and Marc Ribot, as well as writing collaborators like Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, Jones creates new, rock-centric background music for her unmistakable voice"and it all works perfectly. “Light As A Feather” flows on a vaguely brooding, dark undercurrent, while “Young Blood” features low, fuzzy guitars and echo-y vocals. “It’s Gonna Be” sports a funky beat and vintage organ sound. All of these excursions show off Jones’ musical... Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse Assault Case Update Record breaking British singer Amy Winehouse has pleaded guilty to assaulting a theatre manager last year. The long saga of Amy Winehouse continues. The upcoming Grammy awards ceremony marks the second anniversary of the singer's finest moment, when she bagged five trophies in one night shattering previous records. Since then, Amy Winehouse has become a tabloid bete noire. Retreating from Britain for the relative safety of the Caribbean, recent attempts to re-launch her career has not gone quite as expected. A show in the Caribbean was cut short due to weather difficulties, while attempts to record her third album have come... Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash’s “American VI: Ain’t No Grave” Out February 26th Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave, featuring the final recordings the Man in Black ever made before his death in September 2003, will be released via American Recordings and Lost Highway on February 26th, the day that would have marked Cash’s 78th birthday. Like the previous LPs in the American series, Rick Rubin produced the sixth installment. Covers on the set include Sheryl Crow’s “Redemption Day,” Kris Kristofferson’s “For the Good Times,” Ed McCurdy’s “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” and Bob Nolan’s “Cool Water.” American VI will also feature the never-before-heard Cash original “I Corinthians: 15:55,” which he... Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash’s Last Album Coming in February The final album by late country singer Johnny Cash will be released Feb. 26, which would have been his 78th birthday, reports CBC. Cash died in 2003 at the age of 71, four months after his wife, June Carter Cash, passed away. American VI: Ain’t No Grave is being produced by Rick Rubin, who was behind Cash’s other posthumous release, American V: A Hundred Highways, released July 22, 2006. The album will feature one of the last songs the singer ever wrote, I Corinthians: 15:55. The album also features Cash covering Sheryl Crow’s “Redemption Day,” Kris Kristofferson’s “For the... Natacha Atlas - Arabian Beauties When listening to the very gentle and subtle album by Hindi Zahra (born in Morocco, living in Paris) I was thinking of other female singers of Arabian descent who sing (partly) in French. Hindi only uses a few French words (alas) and sings mostly in English or berber, but singers like Algerian Souad Massi (pictured), Moroccan Sapho and Natacha Atlas (born in Bruxelles, but with North-African roots) recorded songs completely in French. Covers, but also original material. The mysterious and melancholic qualities of Arabian music mix great with French chanson (or pop), you can even... Johnny Cash - Last Ever Johnny Cash Album To Be Released American Recordings will release the last ever studio album from the legendary Johnny Cash next month. ‘American VI: Ain’t No Crime’ will be the sixth album in the American Recordings collection, produced by Rick Rubin. ‘American VI’ will include Sheryl Crow’s ‘Redemption Day’, Kris Kristofferson’s ‘For The Good Times’, Tom Paxton’s ‘Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound’, Bob Nolan’s ‘Cool Water’, Ed McCurdy’s ‘Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream’, Jack Rhodes ‘Satisfied Mind’, Queen Lili’uokalani’s ‘Aloha Oe’. Johnny Cash was recording right up until the day he died on September 12, 2003. The songs from ‘American VI: Ain’t No Crime’ were... Johnny Cash - Final Johnny Cash Album Due Late country star Johnny Cash is to release one final volume of 'American Recordings'. Johnny Cash is one of the most iconic figures in country music. The original outlaw, his recordings for Sun records effectively invented rockabilly, joining traditional styles with a modern slant. Songs such as 'Folsom Prison Blues' defined him as a singer who felt sympathy towards the excluded and downtrodden. Later becoming a hugely influential figure in American society his prison albums became enormously popular. However Johnny Cash drifted into the wilderness in the 80s. Recording a series of lacklustre albums it seemed as if the career of... Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley Turns 75 Fans will be flocking to Graceland today to mark what would have been Elvis Presley's 75th birthday. The King, who was born on January 8 1935, died on August 16, 1977 aged 42, but his birthday is still celebrated every year by fans all around the world. Die-hards are expected to descend on his home in Memphis, Tennessee to lay flowers and sing in tribute of the legendary singer, and kick-off a four-day schedule of commemorative events all across the US. They will be joined by his widow Priscilla Presley and their daughter, Lisa Marie, will gather for a cake-cutting ceremony outside his... |
