Artist: Roberta Gambarini and Hank Jones
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
You Are There
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Kiwi artist donates 51 works to gallery
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Roberta Gambarini and Hank Jones
Artist: Roberta Gambarini and Hank Jones
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
You Are There
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Kiwi artist donates 51 works to gallery
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Monday, 9 June 2008
Kidman gets Valentine's dedication
Country singer Keith Urban made a Valentine's Day dedication to his pregnant wife Nicole Kidman during a concert at Madison Square Garden last night.
According to People magazine, the singer paid tribute to his film star wife during the concert, which he co-headlined with 'American Idol' star Carrie Underwood.
Urban dedicated the track 'Got It Right This Time' to Kidman, who is currently in her native Australia.
He said: "It's Valentine's Day here tomorrow, but today it's already Valentine's Day in Australia."
According to People magazine, the singer paid tribute to his film star wife during the concert, which he co-headlined with 'American Idol' star Carrie Underwood.
Urban dedicated the track 'Got It Right This Time' to Kidman, who is currently in her native Australia.
He said: "It's Valentine's Day here tomorrow, but today it's already Valentine's Day in Australia."
Sunday, 1 June 2008
DMX Frat Gig In Indiana Ends With Front Row Getting Maced, In The Newsroom Blog
A DMX show at a fraternity in Indiana was shut down by police after the rapper was an hour late, and police reportedly maced the front row of the audience.
Sunday, 25 May 2008
All Dolled up
Dolly Parton wants to be a star.
Yeah, that Dolly. The 62-year-old icon with the legendary decolletage, dozens of gold records and piles of golden hair.
With the release of her latest album, “Backwoods Barbie,” and a world tour that stops at the Opera House on Monday, Parton wants to be the next Carrie Underwood - and not just because she’s taken to popping up on “American Idol.”
It seems odd because Parton already was the next Carrie Underwood when she made her debut on “The Porter Wagoner Show” in 1967. Parton went on to become one of the biggest country stars of the ’70s and ’80s. But after being ignored by the country music machine for a decade, she wants to wedge herself back into the industry and get heard alongside Underwood, Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert.
“I want to get played on country radio,” said Parton from her Nashville, Tenn., headquarters. “Lots of people my age have been dropped from country radio. They’ve been dropped from major labels. But I feel that this album is right for country radio.”
Parton says “Backwoods Barbie” is a mainstream country album. And she’s right, kind of. “Backwoods Barbie” is her most mainstream country record in 20 years. But it may be too uncontrived - a shock considering Parton is the ultimate dolled-up woman - for today’s Nashville to get behind.
The 12 tracks, nine of which were penned by Parton, brim with classic country’s witty but economic wordplay, deep-woods twang and harmonies. It also has some of the brilliant bluegrass she’s spent the past decade making.
“The majors didn’t really want me so I made my own label (Dolly Records) to put it out on,” the Locust Ridge, Tenn., native said. “I’ve always had my own style, but with my backwoods Barbie look, my big hair and big boobs, so it took a long time for people to see that when I started out.
“It might take time, but I think people will realize how young this music is,” she said before adding with a giggle, “There needs to be a stop to this attitude that old people ain’t any good (to) get me back on the radio.”
As of yet, Parton’s been unable to reverse the industry’s entrenched ageism. In February, “Backwoods Barbie” debuted at No. 2 on the country album charts, Parton’s highest first-week sales in almost two decades. It’s since tumbled down the charts.
But the bumps in the road haven’t stopped Parton from taking her own advice and “gettin’ to living.” After a few weeks sidelined by a back injury (insert your own breast joke here), she’s embarked on her biggest tour in years and is simultaneously finishing the music for the upcoming Broadway version of her hit movie, “9 to 5.”
“Oh, yeah, I’ll be staying busy,” she said. “I’ve got to head over to Europe for a big tour and I’ll keep writing. I know how to keep going, so that’s what I’ll do. Lots about me from my hair to my eyelashes is fake, but the show I put on and songs I write ain’t.”
Maybe that’s why Dolly hasn’t broken through with today’s country audiences: They like real hair and eyelashes - and fake music.
Dolly Parton, at the Opera House, Monday. Tickets: $95-$55; 617-931-2000.
Yeah, that Dolly. The 62-year-old icon with the legendary decolletage, dozens of gold records and piles of golden hair.
With the release of her latest album, “Backwoods Barbie,” and a world tour that stops at the Opera House on Monday, Parton wants to be the next Carrie Underwood - and not just because she’s taken to popping up on “American Idol.”
It seems odd because Parton already was the next Carrie Underwood when she made her debut on “The Porter Wagoner Show” in 1967. Parton went on to become one of the biggest country stars of the ’70s and ’80s. But after being ignored by the country music machine for a decade, she wants to wedge herself back into the industry and get heard alongside Underwood, Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert.
“I want to get played on country radio,” said Parton from her Nashville, Tenn., headquarters. “Lots of people my age have been dropped from country radio. They’ve been dropped from major labels. But I feel that this album is right for country radio.”
Parton says “Backwoods Barbie” is a mainstream country album. And she’s right, kind of. “Backwoods Barbie” is her most mainstream country record in 20 years. But it may be too uncontrived - a shock considering Parton is the ultimate dolled-up woman - for today’s Nashville to get behind.
The 12 tracks, nine of which were penned by Parton, brim with classic country’s witty but economic wordplay, deep-woods twang and harmonies. It also has some of the brilliant bluegrass she’s spent the past decade making.
“The majors didn’t really want me so I made my own label (Dolly Records) to put it out on,” the Locust Ridge, Tenn., native said. “I’ve always had my own style, but with my backwoods Barbie look, my big hair and big boobs, so it took a long time for people to see that when I started out.
“It might take time, but I think people will realize how young this music is,” she said before adding with a giggle, “There needs to be a stop to this attitude that old people ain’t any good (to) get me back on the radio.”
As of yet, Parton’s been unable to reverse the industry’s entrenched ageism. In February, “Backwoods Barbie” debuted at No. 2 on the country album charts, Parton’s highest first-week sales in almost two decades. It’s since tumbled down the charts.
But the bumps in the road haven’t stopped Parton from taking her own advice and “gettin’ to living.” After a few weeks sidelined by a back injury (insert your own breast joke here), she’s embarked on her biggest tour in years and is simultaneously finishing the music for the upcoming Broadway version of her hit movie, “9 to 5.”
“Oh, yeah, I’ll be staying busy,” she said. “I’ve got to head over to Europe for a big tour and I’ll keep writing. I know how to keep going, so that’s what I’ll do. Lots about me from my hair to my eyelashes is fake, but the show I put on and songs I write ain’t.”
Maybe that’s why Dolly hasn’t broken through with today’s country audiences: They like real hair and eyelashes - and fake music.
Dolly Parton, at the Opera House, Monday. Tickets: $95-$55; 617-931-2000.
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Saturday, 10 May 2008
New U2 movie premieres at Sundance
New U2 movie premieres at Sundance
U2's newly concert film 'U2 3D' premiered at the Sundance Movie Festival in Park Urban center, UT on Sabbatum night.
Speech production to the Associated Exhort ahead the screening, U2 guitar player The Edge said: "I was truly hoping we weren't shit after wholly these long time. As luck would have it we weren't."
He was joined at the screening by singer Bono, drummer Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton.
Commenting on eyesight himself in 3D on a cinema filmdom, Bono said: "It's kind of horrific. It's badly enough on a small screen. At present you experience to see the lard fundament 40-foot tall."
The flick, which is the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real time production, will be shown at Cineworld, Movies at Dundrum and Movies at Swords - altogether in Capital of Ireland - from 22 Feb. It will as well be screened at SGC Dungarvan in Co Waterford.
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