Musician News
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Singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen has passed away at the age of 82. Cohen was one of popular music’s most influential songwriters.
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Huntington -
On Sept. 2, veteran English musician Howard Jones performed at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, for a great turnout.
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Nashville -
"Nashville" actor and musician Charles Esten has joined the fight against blood cancer. He made the announcement on his Facebook page.
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Watch who you trust. Be different and weird. Find the funk in your life when everything gets too vanilla. Those are some of the life lessons I took away from the autobiography of funk legend and Parliament Funkadelic founder George Clinton.
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An interview with CT State Troubardour singer/songwriter Kristen Graves. Kristen discusses her music, activism and humanitarian work.
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New York -
Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Lorde performed at the gorgeous venue, United Palace Theatre, in New York City on September 15.
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Glasgow -
In connection to his video, ‘We Are Not A United Kingdom’, Danny Quinn, known as Scottish Hip Hop artist and emcee, Wee D, talks about Hip Hop, his reasons for using and defending this musical genre and the benefits of Hip Hop for young people.
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Although musicians need a natural talent, new research suggests that by practicing music causes changes in the brain's neural network.
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The great guitar-man Carlos Santana added to his greatness by finding his former conga player and getting the man off of the streets last week. Santana saw a report of Marcus Malone, homeless since leaving Santana decades ago, and wanted to help.
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Los Angeles -
“Une très belle femme francaise” - a very beautiful French woman, Rachel Kylian, has fixed her sights on Hollywood stardom and appears to be on the right trajectory.
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The child actor synonymous with the Christmas-themed Home Alone films has formed a tribute band playing Velvet Underground songs, with lyrics solely devoted to pizza. Well, Kevin DID like his pizza.
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Dniepropetrovsk -
A video has gone viral on YouTube showing a stray dog beginning a duet with a street musician in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk’s European Square.
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Glasgow -
Danny Gillan, a Scottish writer, musician and care worker continues to answer digging questions about his health with more than honest replies.
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Country singer and musician Phoenix Stone from the Phoenix Stone Band chatted about his latest single "When The Whiskey Doesn't Work," which he wrote, produced and played most of the instruments.
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Madrid -
The Spanish capital's central district has been declared by the Madrid Town Hall to be an "acoustic protection zone." This is in a bid to protect residents and tourists from the sounds of amateur street musicians.
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Singer George Michael was released from a London hospital today nearly two weeks after the Range Rover he was a passenger in crashed, leaving him with a serious head injury. The single-vehicle accident occurred in Hertfordshire on the 16th of May.
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Los Angeles -
Rory Uphold is an upcoming actress and musician who released her EP in 2008. Some of her most successful tracks include “Catch Me If You Can” and “A Modern Day Fairytale.”, “Lullaby”, “I Want It All” and “Sugar High.”
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Babylon -
Walt Disney once said: “All our dreams come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” A local musician that best exemplifies this quotation is Andy Putman.
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A 6-year-old drummer Avery Molek's cover of Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" has become a YouTube hit having received more than 700,00 views
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Vancouver -
Five-year-old Ryan Wang claims that "Music is in my head". Wang is from Vancouver BC, Canada. Before his mother decided that he should take music lessons last year, Ryan had spent many hours playing on an electric keyboard.
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On Feb. 20, Joe Retta, the lead singer of the band Heaven and Earth chatted via e-mail with Digital Journal about their new album “Dig.”
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Toronto -
Patti Smith: Camera Solo marks the first showing of artist, musician and poet Patti Smith’s visual art in Canada. On now through May 29th at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, it is a beautiful expression of the artist's lifelong passions.
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New Orleans -
How could anyone possibly mistake former Beatles frontman Paul McCartney for a busker? Unless, he's an unsuspecting passenger on a New Orleans streetcar, sits down, opens his guitar case and belts out a few Beatles tunes, one would never guess.
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South Lake Tahoe -
If you have ever wondered how some musicians spend their free time, a new video from one musicians' winter vacation may give you some insight.
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Cleveland -
Perhaps one of the most favorite memories of childhood is going to the carnival. Then again, its pretty magical for us big kids as well.
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Bahama -
It has been eleven years since Aaliyah died in a plane crash along with eight others, shortly after filming the music video, "Rock the Boat."
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Mijas -
Edgar Weltens is a talented musician and song-writer, making music that tells a story and has a real meaning. This article introduces both Edgar and his new rap song, "Stop the Poison".
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2012 will no doubt be an exciting year for the musician, as Kirsty is about to release a long awaited album with Ulrich Schnauss scheduled for July 2012.
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2012 will no doubt be an exciting year for the musician, as Kirsty is about to release a long awaited album with Ulrich Schnauss scheduled for July 2012.
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The story of glam rock icon Jobriath Boone is one of the most fascinating and tragic tales of the latter 20th century. A new documentary captures the man behind the masks, exploring his creative genius as well as his personal demons.
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"Sleeping in the Devil's Bed: The Music of Daniel Lanois" takes place at Toronto's Massey Hall June 10th as part of the annual Luminato Festival. Laura Blade
Musician Max Frost is signed to Atlantic Records Jason Haro
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Jobriath performed in the West Coast production of the musical 'Hair' in the late 1960s as Woof, a character best-known for the infamous "Sodomy" song in Act One. In 1969, he left the production to form his own band, Pidgeon, who went on to release one album before disbanding. The Film Collaborative
Scottish writer and musician Danny Gillan. Danny Gillan
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Steve Tilston, joint winner of the Best Original Song award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (c) Paul Floyd Blake
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Duo Concertante -real-life couple Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves -has a new CD of Beethoven's sonatas for piano and violin. Ivan Otis
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Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia: An American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead Carl Lender
Actor and musician Jeff Bridges Danny Clinch
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Tales of Jake are Karen Fraser Docherty and Danny Gillan, a new acoustic duo who named themselves after a dog. Danny Gillan - Tales of Jake - Bar Code
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