Music News

Music News

Aboriginal prodigy steals the night at Australia music awards (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:46 AM CDT

Reuters - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, a blind Aboriginal man hailed as the greatest voice Australia has ever recorded, carried the night at the country's top music awards, despite most awards going to a 17-year-old schoolgirl.

Soul singer Dee Dee Warwick dies in NJ at age 63 (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 07:51 PM CDT

In this 1969 file photo released by James J. Kriegsmann, soul singer Dee Dee Warwick is seen. Warwick, who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 at a nursing home in Essex County, according to a family spokesman. She was 63. (AP Photo/James J. Kriegsmann, File)AP - Dee Dee Warwick, a soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick, has died. She was 63.


British band Keane recovers balance, "Symmetry" (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 04:39 PM CDT

Lead singer of Britian's band 'Keane' Tom Chaplin performs at the Natural Music Festival in El Ejido, Almeria early August 5, 2007. (Francisco Bonilla/Reuters)Reuters - The multiplatinum English band that was almost derailed by personal problems has relocated its mojo.


Madonna's publicist: no settlement finalized (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 04:09 PM CDT

Madonna appears on stage at Toronto's Air Canada Centre, as part of her north American tour, on Saturday Oct. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)AP - Madonna's divorce settlement with her estranged husband Guy Ritchie has yet to be finalized, the singer's publicist said Sunday.


Benson, Thielemans honored as NEA Jazz Masters (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 03:28 PM CDT

In this photo provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, guitarist George Benson performs at the Rose Theater in New York, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Benson was one of the jazz greats honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of its 2009 Jazz Masters. (AP Photo/National Endowment for the Arts, Tom Pich)AP - Guitarist George Benson had a chance to reconnect with his jazz roots when he was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of its 2009 Jazz Masters. But it was another newly minted Jazz Master, Belgian-born Toots Thielemans, who provided the most moving moment at the NEA's annual ceremony to present the nation's highest jazz honor.


Liza Minnelli plays Broadway's Palace in December (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 01:24 PM CDT

In this Feb. 4, 2008 file photo, Liza Minnelli attends the Fall 2008 collection of Halston during Fashion Week in New York. Liza Minnelli will return to Broadway in December for the first time in nearly a decade in a two-week engagement of 'Liza's at the Palace.' Minnelli will play the legendary vaudeville house Dec. 3-14, producer John Scher announced Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. She will be accompanied by pianist-musical supervisor Billy Stritch, a 12-piece orchestra and four dancer-singers. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)AP - Liza Minnelli will return to Broadway in December for the first time in nearly a decade in a two-week engagement of "Liza's at the Palace."


0 comments: