entertainment / Music
Music marketers target female shoppers at home
(Reuters)Reuters - With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording artists. Among the new sales and marketing vehicles are Tara Leigh Music Party and musicShop.
yahoo.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Postcard from the road: Jonas Brothers hit NashvilleThe Jonas Brothers had lots of covers, and lots of time for friends, at their sold-out, off-tour concert Sunday night in Nashville. ...
USATODAY.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009This hand-crafted guitar is Eddie Van Halen's babyHis fingers aren't fingers. Think muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to fretboard with the force of a rivet gun. ...
USATODAY.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Music fans opting for layaway plans on tickets
(Reuters)Reuters - What's good enough for Kmart is evidently good enough for rock festivals.
yahoo.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Lyrics, longevity, new album by Tom JonesWelsh star Tom Jones is "like the William Shatner of classic-pop singers." More than four decades after his new-artist Grammy, ...
USATODAY.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Leona Lewis - Lewis To Pen MemoirsBritish pop sensation LEONA LEWIS has signed a deal to release her memoirs - at the age of 23.
The Bleeding Love singer has teamed up with publishers Hodder + Stoughton ...
contactmusic.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Lily Allen - Allen In Lead For Dr Who RolePop star LILY ALLEN has been linked to a starring role in iconic British sci-fi series DR WHO.
The British singer was namechecked as one of the possible stars BBC bosses ...
contactmusic.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009Blue Note Records Celebrates 70 Years Of JazzFrom before bebop to the present day, some of the best jazz albums of all time have been issued by Blue Note Records. The label celebrates its 70th anniversary this week, and to honor the occasion, pianist Bill Charlap has chosen five of his all-time favorite Blue Note songs.
NPR Tuesday, January 06, 2009Cincinnati Symphony's Uncommon MahlerGustav Mahler's larger-than-life symphonies have become orchestra staples. With that in mind, conductor Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony programmed three of Mahler's lesser-known orchestral works. The result is a fresh take on the music of the monumental but troubled genius.
NPR Tuesday, January 06, 2009Somali Rapper K'Naan Schools American MCsNews from Somalia usually involves violent warlords or pirates hijacking ships off the coast. Other than that, average Somalis don't have much of a voice. The rapper K'Naan is trying to change that, and in the world of hip-hop, he's become an artist to watch.
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