Reuters - To write about the top of this
week's sales charts, only the first two letters of the alphabet
are necessary, because thanks to the film "Mamma Mia!,"
everything's ABBA.
Reuters - The recording studio of
Daddy Yankee is in a modest house that looks just like any
other in Carolina, a town on the outskirts of San Juan, Puerto
Rico, that is home to the reggaeton movement. Inside, it's a
different story. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:05:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Although Chris Difford and Glenn
Tilbrook, the principals of English pop-rock band Squeeze, have
reunited and will soon embark on a U.S. tour, they have no
plans for a new Squeeze album. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:06:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian singer's on-stage moves are "too sexy," an official said Monday.
Reuters - Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival
Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for
Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa
nova, died on Saturday. He was 94.
AP - Johnny Moore, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites, died of cancer on Saturday. He was 70. -- read full article
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:32:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations.
Reuters - Rock star Jackson Browne has sued
U.S. presidential candidate John McCain for copyright
infringement, accusing the presumptive Republican nominee of
using the singer's 1977 hit "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad
without permission.
AP - Jerry Wexler not only coined the phrase rhythm and blues, the legendary music producer was one of the key architects of the genre. He revolutionized popular music with seminal, superstar-making recordings of acts such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and others.