Carly Simon Signs With Starbucks? Hear Music February 29, 2008
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsCarly Simon has joined Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Sia and her ex-husband James Taylor by signing with Starbucks’ Hear Music label. The coffee giant will release Simon’s new album This Kind of Love, the singer’s first album of new material since 2000’s The Bedroom Tapes, on April 29th. The thirteen-song album features a “Brazilian-heavy sound” […]
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RIAA Keeps Settlement Money
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsDespite collecting an estimated several hundred million dollars in P2P related settlements, artists’ managers haven’t received any compensation from the labels.
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10 Great Greatest Hits Albums
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsFew bands can crank out one classic album after another—obvious exceptions being the Beatles, U2, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, the Sex Pistols.
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Footage From Heath Ledger?s Nick Drake Video Surfaces
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsParts of the Nick Drake music video that actor Heath Ledger shot and starred in months before his untimely death have surfaced. The video, for Drake’s posthumously released song “Black Eyed Dog,” was filmed by the actor in late 2007 and included in a multimedia installment about Drake called “A Place to Be.” The project […]
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Music Exec: ‘Music 1.0 Is Dead.’
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsFive hundred top members of the music business gathered today in New York to hear that “music 1.0 is dead.”
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Single Minded: The Hold Steady, Stephin Merritt, Hansard and Irglova
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsEvery Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more.The Hold Steady, “Stay Positive” [Live]Circuitous lyrics? Oblique references to drug use? A winning combination of nostalgia and anxiety? Can it be anything other than a new Hold Steady song?Various Artists, […]
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Fricke?s Picks: Black 47
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsThe Fighting IrishIraq (United for Opportunity), by the New York Celtic-rock band Black 47, is an unashamedly topical wallop of the early-Seventies Jersey-bar E Street Band and the Combat Rock-era Clash, laced with the mourning siren of Uilleann pipes. The album is as blunt in its frontline detail as it is in title. “Much of […]
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News Ticker: Britney Spears, Ticketmaster, Michael Jackson and NME Awards
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsBritney Spears is reportedly getting ready to film a video for “Hot as Ice,” the third clip from Blackout. Spears will amp up the time she’s been rehearsing, and is “really getting serious about making a comeback.” In a response to recent Live Nation moves that will expand its reach beyond concert promotion, Ticketmaster and […]
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Plain White Ts Working On New Album
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPlain White T’s, fresh off their Grammy Style Studio and Awards appearance, have revealed they’re working on their next album.
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‘American Idol’ Cuts 4 More Contestants
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsFour more aspiring singers failed to convince viewers that they have what it takes to win the star-making talent contest “American Idol.”
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