John Mellencamp

Pop CDs: Nitin Sawhney, John Mellencamp and more...

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The best of the week's new releases.

Album: John Mellencamp, Life, Death, Love and Freedom (Hear Music)

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Life, Death, Love and Freedom features 14 songs in the authentically stark, wind-blown style of early-20th-century country-blues, when poverty stalked the land. Things have since changed but not exactly improved, Mellencamp believes: songs such as "Jena" and "Without a Shot" rail against the remnants of racism and corruption in the American body politic, while in "Troubled Land" he senses more hard...

John Mellencamp: Small Town sex and politics

Telegraph Blogs : Guests (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Last night, American roots rocker John Mellancamp performed a solo acoustic show for an invited audience in the tiny London Borderline venue. Mainly singing songs from his new album 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom', it was gritty, emotive stuff. John Mellencamp sang 'Small Town' at a Barack Obama rally Mellencamp has an odd...

‘Sarah Palin Can Get Off My Street'’: Musicians Who Should Stick To What They Do Best

MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

For years, many of us at MTV News headquarters have been lamenting (OK, complaining ad nauseam) that the music community has been way too tame in protesting the sorry state of our world. Sure, acts like Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Green Day, the Dixie Chicks, Nas and Pearl Jam have released protest songs and said [...]

“Stop Using My Song, Republicans!”: A Guide to Disgruntled Rockers

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Photo: Getty Since 1984, when Bruce Springsteen took umbrage to Ronald Reagan’s use of “Born in the U.S.A.,” there’s been a long history of presidential candidates taking a brow-beating from musicians who don’t want their work used as an endorsement. This election season has been full of rockers getting hot under the collar at the thought [...]

Foo Fighters turn on John McCain

The First Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

John McCain has incurred the wrath of the rock band The Foo Fighters for using one of their compositions as a campaign song. The band, who are led by Dave…

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Mellencamp donates prints for raffle

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

Two of John Mellencamp's works, "Birth of a Nation" and "MMVI," will be up for raffle today and Saturday at the Navy Bean Festival in Rising Sun.

Sneak Peek: “Johnny Cash’s America”

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Johnny Cash’s life is explored a new in a documentary that will air on the Bio Channel on October 23rd at 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT. Johnny Cash’s America will also screen at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, the Memphis Indie Film Festival and the Paley Center in New [...]

It Ain't About the Cash

Red Monkey (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

This is not, despite what it will seem like at first, a political post about McCain - it's about artists' rights management. As an artist and writer, I've been highly surprised by the amount of - for now let's call...

Foo Fighters want McCain to stop using song

http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Examiner The rock band is the latest act to ask the McCain-Palin campaign to stop using its music. Heart, Van Halen, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne have also asked for the campaign to turn off their tunes,… Read the full article here

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Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Ashlee Simpson celebrates her 24th birthday “white trash” style. David Duchovny is sprung from rehab. Nicole Kidman has no “regrets” about her previous relationship with Tom Cruise. Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet World Tour: No Palins allowed. Duran Duran are hitting the road again. Gmail wants to help curb drunk emailing. Kanye West debuts his new music video for Ellen DeGeneres. The boys [...]

What Was Happening 9 Months Ago Today?

Slog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Today is Dan Savage 's birthday. It's also Annie Wagner 's birthday. It's also Sherman Alexie 's birthday. What happens in the first week of January that inspired their parents to get it on? Post-New Year's celebrating? Dead-of-winter keeping warm? National Pharmacist Day ? (Other birthdays today : Desmond Tutu, John Mellencamp, Vladimir Putin , Yo-Yo Ma, Thom Yorke.)

Coldplay score double win at Q Awards

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

COLDPLAY have triumphed at the 2008 Q Awards in London - the rockers picked up two prizes at Monday's (06Oct08) ceremony, including the Best Act In The World Today gong.

Coldplay dominated this year’s Q Awards

Buzz Patrol (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Coldplay were this year’s Q Awards big winners, taking home Best Act In The World Today and Best Album. Oasis were dominate for Best Act In The World Today? LOL maybe Amy Winehouse should be nominated for Best Role Model? Elsewhere, the brilliant Duffy won the Breakthrough Artist gong and Keane won Best Track for Spiralling. And the [...]

Coldplay - Double Q Magazine Awards Glory For Coldplay

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Coldplay have claimed two awards at the 2008 Q magazine awards.The foursome's most recent album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends took the best album prize ...