entertainment - "music"

The music paused on the open air stage at this year's Wychwood music festival as Simon Emmerson, of the Imagined Village announced, " This is a very proud moment for me" and welcomed Annie D and Nick from the Talk A While Forum on stage. They had come to present three "Hancock Awards" to the Imagined Village who had come top in the votes for Best Album, Best Traditional Track with Cold Haily Rainy Night and Best Original Song for Benjamin Zephania's Tam Lyn Retold in what were previously known cheekily as, "not the BBC 2 Folk Awards". The Hancock Awards follow the categories and nominees in the BBC Radio 2 Folk awards but this is just the start of the fun. The 3,000 strong community debate whether or not the nominees should be in the category or indeed, whether m...

HER ex is making sweet music with a model blonde and now Natalie Imbruglia has been linked to a new romance of her own - reportedly with an ex-con.

These days, all it takes to make great music is a laptop and a mic. That said, it doesn't hurt if you also have a voice that channels Ben Gibbard, not to mention a keen sense for layering electronic blips and synths with real instruments. Mike Boggs, aka We Were Pirates, recorded his debut five-song EP, The Wolf, on his trusty iBook using the program GarageBand and two microphones. The homespun product is soft, beautifully textured electronic pop perfectly tailored for headphones listening.

The Simpson clan is still rallying to keep money flowing. Jessica's adventures in country music were welcomed with a lukewarm response. Her venture into the perfume industry can now be found in bargain bins at Walgreens and her shoe line is so-so. Now Jess is going to add bra designer to the mix. A Jessica [...]

After 10 years of being heralded as the 'next big thing,' the singer-songwriter has finally cracked the Billboard charts. As the son of a Pentecostal preacher, Thorn has no trouble infusing his latest CD with elements of gospel music.

It's no surprise the new music DVD When in Rome 2007 from Genesis is a well-crafted, three-disc document of the group's first ...

First of all, if your nickname is 'Pumper', chances are you are either a fuel dispersal engineer (you know, that guy who fills your car with gas) or your profession involves some sleazy jazz music and fruit rollup underwear. There is nothing in this name that screams, 'Hey, this guy can play some serious poker!' Well despite the handicap of a rather silly moniker, Duncan 'Pumper' Bell showed some world class poker skill, as well as ran a clinic on how to play with the lead as he took Event #13 ($2,500 No Limit Holdem) Championship.

Scheinman is an in-demand violinist who's appeared with Aretha Franklin, Bill Frisell and Lou Reed. She also plays classical music with string quartets and orchestras, and has released many albums of instrumental jazz. But her latest album, Jenny Scheinman, features her singing.

Nichols' quiet and unassuming folk tunes convey astonishing warmth, whisking listeners away to his home in the rural farmland of Northern Wales. In a session on World Cafe, the singer-songwriter plays music from his latest CD, Days Are Mighty.

Klein's writing for large ensemble creates a space where many genres warp under the sun of jazz improvisation. In 'Vaca,' the composer and his cohorts in Los Guachos do little to protect the purity of essence. They're far too busy making indescribable, essential music.