Met Conductor to Miss Rest of Season (AP)
March 11, 2006
AP - Conductor James Levine will miss the rest of the Metropolitan Opera's season because of a shoulder injury that requires surgery.
Aid groups keeping music alive in New Orleans (Reuters)
March 11, 2006Reuters - It was a high-energy homecoming as Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove blasted out the funk at New Orleans' Maple Leaf Bar to fans and old friends who couldn't help but dance long after midnight.
Sex Pistol Lydon Bashes Harassing Fans (AP)
March 11, 2006
AP - Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon says harassing fans, such as those who threw bottles at the band at a Danish music festival, are "the very people we hate the most."
Judge Tells Man to Stay Away From Ronstadt (AP)
March 11, 2006AP - A Colorado man accused of stalking singer Linda Ronstadt for nearly a decade has been ordered by an Arizona judge to stay away from her.
Antheil Composition Gets All-Robotic Show (AP)
March 11, 2006AP - It's a concert without musicians when 16 baby grand player-pianos accompanied by a variety of drums, bells, xylophones and a siren perform American composer George Antheil's "Ballet Mecanique," or Mechanical Ballet.
Jackson Faces Deadline to Pay Workers (AP)
March 11, 2006
AP - State regulators said Friday they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch.
Usher Wants to Teach Teens How to Succeed (AP)
March 11, 2006AP - Grammy-winning R&B artist Usher wants to teach teenagers how to succeed in the sports and entertainment industries.
10-year-old Rock and Roll Hall spreads the word (Reuters)
March 11, 2006Reuters - When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum staged its 10th annual American Music Masters concert last November at Cleveland's State Theater as a tribute to Sam Cooke, even the performers were star-struck. Elvis Costello, for one, walked offstage in a haze, leaving behind Solomon Burke and Aretha Franklin to sing "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Indie labels multiply in gospel realm (Reuters)
March 11, 2006Reuters - Though mainstream corporations have become a major presence in Christian music as EMI, Warner Bros. and Sony BMG have staked claims on the Christian/gospel landscape during the past decade, independents manage still to enjoy a share of the pie. And even though the climate is difficult, new companies keep springing up.
Kiwi band Die! Die! Die! eyes deal! deal! deal! (Reuters)
March 11, 2006Reuters - Hailed at home as New Zealand's most exciting new band, uncompromising art-punk trio Die! Die! Die! aims to lock in label and agency deals for the United States and Europe during its stateside visit around the time of the March 15-19 South by Southwest music festival.
Blondie enters Hall of Fame in style (Reuters)
March 11, 2006
Reuters - Blondie sure knows how to celebrate
its 30th anniversary. On March 13, the legendary band -- along
with the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis and Lynyrd
Skynyrd -- will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.
Q&A with Van Morrison (Reuters)
March 11, 2006
Reuters - Few long-term recording artists remain
as enigmatic as Van Morrison. The Belfast, Northern
Ireland-born creator of countless classic albums and songs is
notoriously media-wary and prefers to focus his energy on a
prodigious recording output since leaving the ranks of the
influential Northern Irish beat band Them in the 1960s.
Classic R&B thriving on indie releases (Reuters)
March 11, 2006Reuters - The success of youngsters like Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo has many observers trumpeting the refrain "R&B is back."