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Donna Summer Dead at 63
TMZ reports that ’70s disco diva Donna Summer has died of cancer in Florida. She was 63. Summer was the winner of five GRAMMY awards and best known for woman-empowering hits like “She Works Hard for the Money,” “Bad Girls,” “Last Dance,” and “Hot Stuff,” as well as her steamy-for-the-time “Love To Love You, Baby.” [...]
Heart Releases Box Set Retrospective on June 5th
Strange Euphoria, Heart’s first career-spanning box set, will be released on June 5th through Epic Records and Legacy Recordings – marking sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson’s 35th year as a band. The box set will be an anthology of hits, rarities, demos, live performances and more and includes three CDs and one DVD. Strange Euphoria is personally [...]
Britney and Demi: X Factors’ New Judges
After months of speculation, rumor and casting overhauls, Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have been tapped to replace sacked “X Factor” judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger on Fox’s one-season-old singing competition. Unlike “American Idol,” but similar to “The Voice,” the judges on “X Factor” mentor, compete against each other and decide who is eliminated [...]
Coal Miner’s New Girl?
Loretta Lynn announced from the Ryman Theater stage at a Grand Ol’ Opry show in Nashville last night that actress/singer Zooey Deschanel will play her in the Broadway stage version of Coal Miner’s Daughter.” The 1980 film about the life of Loretta Lynn starred Sissy Spacek, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of the beloved [...]
Elaine Bradley: Drumming While Pregnant
Drummer Elaine Bradley set off an Internet firestorm yesterday after announcing she is six months pregnant but planning to continue touring and performing with her band, Neon Trees, a while longer. Bradley broke the baby news in the midst of an interview with Boston radio station Mix 104.1. “It’s not a private — well it is [...]
Beth Harrington Needs Cash (for Carters)
Filmmaker Beth Harrington is an award-winning independent producer, director and writer — a native Bostonian now transplanted to the Pacific Northwest. She has been making media professionally since 1977 and tends to focus on work that explores American history, music and culture. Harrington’s independent production Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly, a music [...]
Amanda Palmer sets Kickstarter Record
Former Dresden Doll and Twitter darling Amanda Palmer set an all time record on Kickstarter this week after raising nearly $500,000 in three days to fund the recording of her next album – her first since splitting from her former label, Roadrunner Records. The campaign also includes funding for the release of an art book [...]
Tori Amos Launches Record Label
Tori Amos has announced the first signing to her new record label, Transmission Galactic: the album Top Hats and Scary Tales by the UK trio, The Adventures Of … “The idea to start the label came from my desire to support music and artists outside of the major label system,” Amos said. “Giving them a platform [...]
Courtney Love: Draw Through This
Courtney Love’s very first art gallery show, entitled “And She’s Not Even Pretty,” opens May 3rd at the Fred Torres Gallery in New York City. The display runs through June 15th and features 45 of Love’s original drawings. Love studied fine art at the San Francisco Art Institute during the ’80s and has drawn throughout [...]
Santigold Releases New Album
Santi White – aka Santigold (formerly Santogold) has a brand new album coming out tomorrow. It’s called Master of My Make-Believe. The Philadelphia native claims she was a “mean girl” at the private schools she attended growing up, but has since become a role model for other women. “I was told, ‘To make a hit [...]
