AP - Hurricane Katrina chased bluesman Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown from his adopted home in New Orleans to his hometown here on the Texas Gulf Coast, where he died in exile. Now, another hurricane has disturbed his rest.
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.
AP - Chris Botti has a few surprises up his trumpet when he makes his debut with the Boston Pops this week at two concerts that are being taped for national broadcast next spring during PBS' annual pledge drive.
Reuters - A planned covers album by the Who, to
be produced by T-Bone Burnett, is on hold but still on the
British duo's radar, according to frontman Roger Daltrey.
Reuters - Metallica's first album in five
years will take the No. 1 slot on the U.S. pop chart when sales
data are issued on Wednesday, according to preliminary
estimates.
AP - Cries of adulation and hunger followed Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon as they toured flood-ravaged Gonaives to call attention to widespread suffering in the marooned city.