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Singer Makeba Dies After Concert

MIriam Makeba collapses as she exits stage in Italy

(Newser) - The South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, known to many as “Mama Africa,” died today of an apparent heart attack, the New York Times reports. Makeba, who was 76, was exiled from South Africa in 1960. Her music was also banned from her home country in 1976...

Madge or Ex? A-Rod Can't Decide

Slugger asks wife to hang on

(Newser) - Sounds like Alex Rodriguez is caught between a rock star and a familiar place. The Yankees’ third baseman still loves ex-wife Cynthia, reports the New York Post’s Page Six, but he’s “in awe of Madonna,” says a baseball insider. He’s reportedly asking Cynthia, his “...

Who's Singing the Blues Now?
 Who's Singing the Blues Now? 
Nov 8, 2008 7:00 PM CST

Who's Singing the Blues Now?

(Newser) - Chicago has bid adieu to old blues music and welcomed a new legion of players, many foreign-born, who are transforming the city's low-down tradition, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Largely abandoned by blacks, the blues has moved from Chicago's shuttered South- and West-Side clubs to the friendlier, gentrified North Side—...

Brit, JT to Reunite at Madonna Show

Former lovebirds to perform tonight with Madonna

(Newser) - It can be awkward bumping into an old flame, but Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears are banking on the Material Girl to run interference. Access Hollywood reports that the onetime lovebirds will reunite—onstage—at Madonna’s performance tonight in Los Angeles. “They’re going to be on stage,...

Frampton's Obama Signs Stolen

Pro-GOP Cincinnati suburb unfriendly to naturalized citizen's Dem tendencies

(Newser) - Peter Frampton is ticked that vandals in his GOP-leaning Cincinnati suburb keep stealing his Barack Obama lawn signs, he tells the Enquirer. The British-born naturalized US citizen wore an Obama shirt at his last local concert in protest, and has installed security cameras. “They are frustrating my attempt to...

AC/DC Is No. 1? Must Be a Recession

When the band's record sales go up, the economy goes down

(Newser) - Forget complicated economic indicators—the surest sign that recession looms is that AC/DC is back on top of the charts after 28 years, writes Alexis Petridis in the Guardian. It seems that whenever the Aussie rockers have a best-selling album, at least in Britain, the economy's in the tank. See...

Bj&ouml;rk: Iceland Must Heal Itself
 Björk: Iceland Must Heal Itself 
OPINION
Oct 28, 2008 4:25 PM CDT

Björk: Iceland Must Heal Itself

Singer rails against more aluminum smelters on island, pushes self-reliance

(Newser) - Given Iceland’s economic crisis, it would be madness to add to the country’s dependence on aluminum smelters, native singer Björk writes in the Times of London. In addition to environmental damage, lessons learned from the collapse of Iceland’s fishing industry should warn against putting “all...

Pumpkins Want 20th Anniversary to Be a Smash
Pumpkins Want 20th Anniversary to Be a Smash
GLOSSIES
Oct 18, 2008 9:24 AM CDT

Pumpkins Want 20th Anniversary to Be a Smash

Corgan hopes to be seen as more than a 'reunion band'

(Newser) - The re-formed Smashing Pumpkins start their 20th-anniversary tour next month, shrugging off the blasé reception that met their 2006 tour. Frontman Billy Corgan—who admits the group's breakup in 2000 was "a total mistake"—tells Rolling Stone that fans who attend multiple shows in some cities will be...

Four Tops Singer Dead At 72
 Four Tops Singer Dead At 72 
Oct 17, 2008 2:50 PM CDT

Four Tops Singer Dead At 72

Stubbs' baritone was featured on many Motown hits

(Newser) - Baritone Levi Stubbs, the heart of the Four Tops, died today in Detroit at age 72, the Detroit News reports. With Abdul Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo Benson, Stubbs recorded many iconic hits of the Motown era, including Bernadette, Reach Out (I’ll Be There), and Standing in the Shadows ...

'Stayin' Alive' in Rhythm With CPR

(Newser) - Disco may be dead, but it can still help others live. So say University of Illinois researchers, who found that med students performed CPR more effectively to the beat of the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive,” notes the Health Blog of the Wall Street Journal. Seems the song...

McGraw Apologizes for New CD

(Newser) - Tim McGraw has a message for fans regarding his new greatest hits album: I'm sorry. McGraw issued a statement today ripping into his label, Curb Records, for releasing Greatest Hits 3 only 2 years after Greatest Hits 2, CMT reports. The country star says he had nothing to do with...

Rolling Stone Shrinks to Smaller Format

After 40 years, magazine shifts to a more standard size

(Newser) - Who better to welcome an iconic shift at Rolling Stone than self-proclaimed agent of change Barack Obama? The presidential candidate beams on the smaller, standard-sized cover of the Oct. 30 issue, which features a glossier, thicker look after 41 years of the large format. Last month's final big issue featured...

What to Play When You're Poor
 What to Play When You're Poor
Oct 13, 2008 5:22 PM CDT

What to Play When You're Poor

LA Times delivers the perfect soundtrack for financial woe

(Newser) - No matter how bad the current financial situation gets, popular music offers something to ease your woes. Hope you haven't pawned that iPod just yet: the LA Times brings you the best in recession-tastic classics:
  • "Can't Buy Me Love" (Beatles): Single, former Lehman Bros workers will be spinning this
...

Brit Struts With New Confidence in Vid
 Brit Struts 
 With New Confidence in Vid 
glossies
Oct 11, 2008 5:57 PM CDT

Brit Struts With New Confidence in Vid

Spears gets tough in new racy offering

(Newser) - Let the Circus begin: Britney Spears debuted her new Womanizer music video last night on ABC’s 20/20, People reports. In the racy video, the recovering pop star shows off her toned bod and moonlights as a wife, working woman, and sexy waitress. “Womanizer” is the first single from...

Ice Cube Video Honors Slain Teen

(Newser) - The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star shot to death outside his home. The song "Why Me?" speaks out against senseless violence and gun crime devastating communities. "It just was a tragic, tragic story of why,...

McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song
 McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song 
Oct 3, 2008 10:55 AM CDT

McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song

(Newser) - Paul McCartney takes a stab at ex-wife Heather Mills in a song off his upcoming album, Electric Arguments. “The last thing you do was to try and betray me … I’ll never forget it …” one tune goes, according to the tabloid Sun. “Oh woman betrayed...

Thicke's Blue-Eyed Soul Hits Big Across Racial Divide

Hollywood-raised Canadian R&B star proud his fans are 'mostly grown black women'

(Newser) - In a society that says white men can't dance, Robin Thicke has surmounted the race barrier: His single, Lost Without U, topped Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 11 weeks last year, outperforming songs by Beyonce, Usher, and Alicia Keys. "Eighty or 90% of my fans are...

Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music

Arms-race mastering is losing musical detail, listeners and engineers complain

(Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic, the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic...

Despite Rumors, Miley 'Fully Committed to Hannah'

Cyrus upset by reports of on-set mischief

(Newser) - Tweens can rest easy: Miley Cyrus says she remains devoted to alter ego Hannah Montana and her TV series. Gossip sites buzzed this weekend with reports that Miley and dad/co-star Billy Ray Cyrus had caused scenes on set and talked openly about leaving, but Disney reps dismissed the reports as...

Black Ice Signals New AC/DC Blitz

Aussie power rock group gets back to roots with album you can only get at Wal-Mart

(Newser) - After an 8-year hiatus, AC/DC is back—in black, one might say, as their album Black Ice is poised to go on sale exclusively at Wal-Mart stores Oct. 20, Rolling Stone reports. In 2 months of studio work, the Aussie rock icons churned out 15 new songs (including four with...

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