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Music News Archive
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Lady Antebellum play “mini-prom” for students in tornado-hit Indiana town – Washington Post
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsLOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Grammy Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performed a “mini-prom” for students of a southern Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in early March. Henryville Junior-Senior High School students won an o... -
Go-go music creator Chuck Brown dead at 75 – New York Daily News
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsNick Wass/AP Go-go music man Chuck Brown at show in Washington in 2010. WASHINGTON — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died. He was 75. Brown had recently ... -
Students in Tornado-Hit Ind. Town Await ‘Lady A’ – ABC News
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsTornadoes battered their school and homes, and spring break was spent cleaning up. Henryville has only begun to rebuild, but for one night, its high school students will get to put aside their worries for a private show by one of country music's bi... -
Pioneer of ‘go-go’ funk music Chuck Brown dies at 75 – Fox News
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON – Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in ... -
Teyana Taylor Is GOOD Music’s ‘Spoiled Brat’ – MTV.com
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsTeyana Taylor collaborated with Kanye West on his 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and now, as an official member of the G.O.O.D. Music team, the Harlem rapper confirms that she will also appear on the upcoming G.O.O.D. compilation albu... -
Chuck Brown, Pioneer Of ‘Go-Go’ Funk Music, Dies – NPR
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON May 16, 2012, 07:07 pm ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown died Wednesd... -
MTV’s Hip Hop POV Finale: Waka Flocka Admits Wiz Khalifa Beef Was Over Weed – MTV.com (blog)
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsBy Sowmya Krishnamurthy Tonight's season finale episode of MTV's "Hip Hop POV" (airs midnight ET) is filled with reveals and insider gossip. Waka Flocka Flame opens up about his beef with fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa. Despite appearing on the same epi... -
Adam Lambert on Music Biz Mistakes, Triumphs and One ‘Ballsy’ Request for Exec … – Hollywood Reporter
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsAdam Lambert is widely regarded as one of the most successful contestants to come out of American Idol. In that sense, he defies the odds. After all, so many alums of the No. 1 Fox show fizzle as quickly as they skyrocketed to fame. But Lambert, n... -
Cerabino: Concussions bigger threat to football than raunchy rapper Luther … – Palm Beach Post
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsBy Frank Cerabino Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 6:27 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Posted: 6:26 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 You'd think that rapper Luther Campbell is the most dangerous thing that can happen to Florida high school fo... -
Chuck Brown dies: The ‘Godfather of Go-Go’ was 75 – Washington Post
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsChuck Brown, the gravelly voiced bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in black Washington for more than three decades, died May 16 at the Johns Hopkins University hospit... -
Hasidic Rapper Comes Out As Gay – FailedMessiah.com
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No Comments“I feel like I’ve wasted years of my life worrying that it would alienate the community I dedicated my life to as an artist and as a man. But my hope is that it will open their eyes—and hearts.” Out Magazine has an interview with the (former... -
Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await ‘Lady A’ – The Associated Press
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsStudents in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A' By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press – 45 minutes ago INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tornadoes battered their school and homes, and spring break was spent cleaning up. Henryville has only begun to rebuild, b... -
Why You Should Fear the Big Universal Music-EMI Merger – The Atlantic
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe world's biggest record label wants to get even bigger. Here's why the government should say no. Pop star Katy Perry is one of the artists Universal would acquire in its bid to purchase EMI (Reuters) Even by the standards of major corporations, b... -
Rapper Wraps Up Role in Film About Rapping – The Atlantic
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsA dispatch from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The AtlanticRapper Jean Grae on the set of Big Words (Richard Louissaint) Wait, Why I Am I Directing a Movie? Getting Thrown Out of a Bar, Hollywood Style The Shoot Must Go On, Bu... -
Uniting Through Music – Huffington Post
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsHave you ever heard a song on the radio only to somehow be reminded of a feeling you felt years ago when you last heard it? You are not even sure when you last heard it, or who you were with when it was playing, but that feeling from when you he...
