Reuters - R&B trio Labelle is hitting the
studio for a reunion album to be produced by legendary soul
hitmakers Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff as well as Lenny Kravitz. -- read full article
Reuters - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will
play a free concert in Central Park on July 12, the band
announced Monday. The show, billed as an "All-Star Concert in
Central Park," will take place in conjunction with the Major
League Baseball All-Star Game, which is set for July 15 at
Yankee Stadium.
AP - Jazz vocalist Ernestine Anderson's home has been saved from foreclosure for now. Thanks, in part, to music legend Quincy Jones and contemporary jazz artist Diane Schuur. -- read full article
AP - Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84.
AP - Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price $77.
AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership.
Reuters - U.S. pop star Madonna and her husband,
British film maker Guy Ritchie, are not planning to divorce,
her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, denying media speculation that
their marriage is ending.