Reuters - Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding
member Richard Wright died on Monday after a short battle with
cancer, his spokesman said. He was 65. -- read full article
Reuters - News Corp's MySpace, the world's
largest social networking site, said on Sunday its
long-expected MySpace Music joint venture with three major
music labels will launch with four major sponsors underwriting
the costs of streaming free music to millions of MySpace users. -- read full article
AP - Cries of adulation — and hunger — followed Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon as they toured flood-ravaged Gonaives on Sunday to call attention to widespread suffering in the marooned city.
AP - Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma is such a master of the traditional Arab stringed instrument called the oud that he has taught himself to play one-handed. -- read full article
AP - Matt Damon kept his cool as he helped distribute food from a truck that got stuck in the mud in a western Haitian town where Hurricane Ike left hundreds of people homeless and hungry.
Reuters - Morocco's Gnawa, heirs to a
musical and spiritual tradition brought north across the Sahara
centuries ago by black slaves, are enjoying new fame as their
hypnotic rhythms hook listeners across the world.
Reuters - A new museum devoted to the pop
supergroup ABBA will not open as planned next year, although
organizers say the project will definitely still go ahead.
