Reuters - Hip-hop superstar Kanye West and
industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails on Sunday put
exclamation points on a successful Lollapalooza music festival
on Chicago's lakefront.
Reuters - The Edinburgh Fringe hit its stride
over the weekend, offering a record number of productions
through the festival month including comedy, drama, music, and
a host of would-be stars aiming to break into the big time. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:35:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Swedish supergroup ABBA made British
chart history as their "Gold -- Greatest Hits" compilation
became the oldest album to reach number one, the Official UK
Charts Company said on Sunday.
Reuters - Surrounded by thousands of
screaming fans, Mariah Carey performed five songs during a
brief concert at a Hollywood shopping mall on Thursday.
Reuters - Seventy-four-year-old legend
Loretta Lynn, whose first single, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," hit
the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever.
Reuters - A few months ago, famed dobro player
Jerry Douglas was having what he describes as "the worst day of
my life." It concerned something seemingly trivial: an
advertising campaign for a new line of guitars, and amid the
"throwdown" that was ensuing, his wife called him, asking if he
was sitting down. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:18:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Ballad singer Luis Fonsi looked for
songs for 18 months. He looked for them from within, writing
like a maniac; he looked for them by writing with others; he
listened to whatever was sent his way.
