Archive for the Music Category


Emeli Sande wins two top UK singer-songwriter awards

By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) – An invitation from the White House robbed Emeli Sande on Thursday of the chance to celebrate the latest mark of her success in an unstoppable rise to the front ranks of British female singers. The Scottish singer-songwriter's "Next To Me" single won both the best song and most performed [...]

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One Direction reveals ‘edgy’ new album and 2014 world tour

LONDON (Reuters) – British boy band One Direction, one of the pop industry's biggest acts of the last 18 months, are working on an "edgy" third album and will start a world tour next year. The five singers told a press conference in London that their new album, which the music press speculated would share [...]

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Jennifer Nettles Recording Solo Album With Producer Rick Rubin

Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is working with famed producer Rick Rubin for her first solo album. CMT News

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OFFSTAGE: American Idol: Nice Girls Finish First — and Second

I wish I could recap the American Idol finale with tales of cat fights and eye rolls and backstage drama. CMT News

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Lady Antebellum’s Golden Cops Top Album Niche

Sound the trumpets and clap your hands — Lady Antebellum has struck gold. CMT News

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Vocal acrobatics of “La Donna del Lago” an “Olympic” challenge

By Josie Cox LONDON (Reuters) – Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a lifetime. DiDonato and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez told Reuters at [...]

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After Health Issues, Influential Conductor Back At Met Opera

Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine’s return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two years. Music

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New album, book coming from Cody Simpson

“Surfers Paradise” drops July 16, with an autobiography due in the fall. USATODAY.com Feed

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‘Idol’ winner focusing on ‘not being put in a box’

This year’s winner will release her ‘Music Speaks’ album July 16. USATODAY.com Feed

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Singer Bob Dylan made honorary member of U.S. arts academy

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Singer Bob Dylan was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, joining the ranks of leading writers, composers and artists in the prestigious 115-year-old group. Henry Cobb, the president of the academy, said honorary members are people of great distinction in the creative arts. … Music [...]

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