Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 50. Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 43. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Singer ``Weird Al'' Yankovic is 50. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Actor Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal) is 33. Actress Masiela Lusha (George Lopez) is 24.
Biggest News (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Actor Jonathan Lipnicki (”Stuart Little,” ”Jerry Maguire”) is 19. Oct. 23: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. [...]
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
We learned today that Ellie Greenwich died : ".....Songwriter Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote many of the classic hits of the girl group era, has died at age 68. According to her niece, Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where she had been hospitalized for pneumonia. Greenwich's songs, mostly written with her then-husband, Jeff Barry, include such '60s...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
MADISON, Wis. - Some gay couples lined up hours before county clerk's offices in Wisconsin opened Monday, their first chance to sign up for the state's domestic partnership registry.First in line at the Dane County Clerk's office in Madison were 56-year-old Janice Czyscon and her partner of 29 years, 57-year-old Crystal Hyslop. They arrived just after 5 a.m. dressed in identical white dress shirts...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 27/07/2009
photos by Jacob Blickenstaff "Arrangers don't get noticed much. Like cinematographers, they usually fill in the structures and concepts of others: songwriters and producers, who call on arrangers to deploy horns, strings or other sounds that might unobtrusively improve a...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 26/07/2009
The title comes from the song "The Music Never Stopped" from the Grateful Dead album Blues for Allah. While the late Jerry Garcia's tastes in music were nigh impeccable, the Grateful Dead were invariably at their weakest playing others' songs. This collection of original versions of well-known Dead covers, then, pays the debt with a gracious tip of the ol' high hat. The vast sonic territory...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 20/07/2009
The third night of the inaugural Lincoln Center edition of the Ponderosa Stomp — the annual spring resurrection of forgotten roots-rock and R&B heroes and heroines, founded and held in New Orleans — was an oddly formal affair, compared to the outdoor soul and rockabilly shows presented earlier in the week. “Everybody get on your [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 16/07/2009
Midsummer Night Swing 7/8 (more by Gabi Porter) The first two nights of The Ponderosa Stomp at Lincoln Center, July 16th and 17th are part of Lincoln Center's Midsummer Nights Swing, taking place at Damrosch Park. Each night kicks off...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 27/05/2009
Between the raised voices of protestors denouncing the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriages, the sugary melody of a familiar tune played.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 27/05/2009
Between the raised and angry voices of protestors denouncing the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on same-gender marriages, the sugary melody of a familiar tune played.
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 25/05/2009
At the turn of the 1970s, few record labels were hotter than Bell. Founded in 1952, Bell had become a power player in pop music when it was acquired by Columbia Pictures in 1969. It became the home of the Partridge Family, the Fifth Dimension, Tony Orlando and Dawn, the Stampeders, Terry Jacks, Vicki Lawrence, [...]
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 18/03/2009
Listen to Grateful Dead performed at Shoreline Amphitheatre on September 30, 1988
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Bo-Keys - Cracker Jack (MP3) Wardell's Band with Robert Parker @ Ponderosa Stomp '07 in NOLA Ponderosa Stomp is an American roots music festival that showcases the world's most authentic, vibrant rockabilly, R&B, jazz, blues, soul,...
Home of the Groove (Free subscription) | 15/02/2009
Mardi Gras' coming and it won't be long. . .so let's get further in the mood right now with some more Mardi Gras Indian-related music. . . . "Two-Way-Pock-A-Way" (H. Fedison-B. Hawkins-J.Johnson-R. Hawkins) The Dixie Cups, from Riding High , ABC LP 525, 1966 LISTEN New Orleans bandleader, talent scout, producer, promoter, and manager, Joe Jones, brought this trio of young girls fresh out...
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