Reuters - Pop diva Whitney Houston will release a new album in September, her first in seven years, Arista Records said on Thursday, announcing the long-awaited comeback for the talented but troubled star.
Reuters - Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor, the "Queen of the Blues" who belted out her signature hit, "Wang Dang Doodle," at hundreds of concerts, died on Wednesday, her record label said. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:33:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Elvis Costello celebrated the release of his "Sacred, Profane & Sugarcane" album with an intimate solo acoustic show Thursday (June 2) in Manhattan's financial district.
AP - Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:17:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - The Ford Foundation is boosting the struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a three-year, $1 million grant to help expand its donor base. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:21:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman is performing with Venezuela's top young musicians and says he is impressed by their spirit and intensity. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:38:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Dave Matthews Band will likely bow at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week with "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King," which industry prognosticators are suggesting could sell as many as 390,000 copies in its first week. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:26:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
