Reuters - Professionals and amateurs alike
will have the chance to remix the third single from Mariah
Carey's platinum-plus album "E=MC2" via a contest hosted on a
startup social network Web site for musicians, Billboard has
learned.
Reuters - Nearly six decades after his
start in the recording industry, legendary producer George
Martin is at work on a documentary about the history of
recorded music.
Reuters - Cali, a sprawling metropolis nestled
amid Colombia's southwestern mountain ranges, has long been
known as the country's capital of salsa and the breeding ground
for an ultra-rapid, particularly aggressive form of the music. -- read full article
Reuters - Walt Disney's imminent release of
two new film versions of "High School Musical" in Mexico and
Argentina marks another expansion in the company's efforts to
produce more localized content for international markets.
Reuters - It may have seemed like a fad at
first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice
niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement
that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all
four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon.
Reuters - Crystal Shawanda, whose surname
means "dawn of a new day," is a full-blooded Ojibwa and was
born and raised on a reservation in Ontario, Canada. But the
singer-songwriter calls her move to Nashville "inevitable." -- read full article
Reuters - In classic country fashion,
once-bitten, twice-shy Jamey Johnson owes at least part of his
new record deal to not one, but two breakups. -- read full article
AP - Travis Dryden spent his childhood listening to his parent's records. And then he left them behind with the other detritus of his pre-college years to be sold for pennies at a yard sale.
AP - Her parents are in the middle of a tawdry divorce, her brother is in jail and she's cut off contact with her mom because of her mother's teenage boyfriend. It would seem that with all the drama engulfing Brooke Hogan these days, the last place she'd want to be is in front of the cameras.
