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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Nov 04, 2011


Katy Perry, Diego Luna Break Up In 'One That Got Away' Tease
MTV.com
"I'm so pleased to select 'The One That Got Away' as my sixth single because thissong shows a very different side of me that I haven't shown with my past singles on this record. I think that everyone can relate to this song," Perry has previously said ...
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Belfast braced for Bieber-mania at MTV awards
Reuters
"So I'm glad that a lot of European artists will also be attending." Last year it was the flamboyant Gaga who dominated the MTV EMAs, picking up prizes for best female, best pop act and best song for "Bad Romance." Due to prior commitments the ...
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Reuters
Steve Smith: Catching up with Journey, Julian Lennon, Steve Tyler -- and more
Pasadena Star-News
These days, he says he's been doing a bit of film editing and writing music for what may be a future solo album. He's also recorded three covers songs but would say only that one is a Beatles song. The singer has had to deal with health problems for a ...
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First Friday Artists at Indie Artist Colony
WISH
Lena Bussman: A working artist for over 40 years and ordained minister, has focused on set design and styling for feature films and music videos. Her clients have included John Mellencamp, Sugar Ray Leonard, Good Charolette, Lauren Hutton, ...
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What Taylor Swift Nude Photo Scandal? Singer Among CMA Nominees 2011 for 'Mean'
Gather.com
Swift is nominated for Music Video of the Year for the song "Mean." Also she's up for Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Female Vocalist of the Year. That could make for a big year for Swift at the 2011 CMA Awards show. ...
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'Black Swan' director to helm music video
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Singing an Aretha Franklin song is a formidable task for anyone – even for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Chaka Khan. Khan says she's struggling to find the rightsong to pay tribute to Franklin at a concert at the Rock Hall in Cleveland. ...
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Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This
New York Times
By ALEX PAPPADEMAS A few years ago, before anyone knew his name, before rapartists from all over the country started hitting him up for music, the rap producer Lex Luger, born Lexus Lewis, now age 20, sat down in his dad's kitchen in Suffolk, Va., ...
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Duck Sauce Big Bad Wolf: Behind the filming of a viral wonder
WJLA
During the opening song -- performed by all the contestants -- one singerstarted moving his mouth way after you could hear his voice. Later in theshow ... the Stereo Hogzz backup singers didn't raise their mics at all. Oops. ...
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WJLA
Dierks Bentley on tour as country songwriter, singer
Wellsville Daily Reporter
“The songwriting part, to me, is a big part of the music,” he said. With eight No. 1 hits to his name, it's a formula that has worked for the 35-year-old country singer. On a recent weekday afternoon, Bentley was preparing for a concert in Pharr, ...
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Justin Bieber's Mistletoe v Matt Cardle's Starlight: Video Fight Club
Metro
Whether you are a Bieber fan or not, it is undeniable that the 17-year-old can hold a note and has a voice that separates him from his fellow teenage male singers. Matt Cardle takes Starlight and gives it a nice push with his vocals. The rock song is ...
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Metro
Christian outbound, MariƩ Digby inbound
Manila Bulletin
The songs in the album, the singer says, have a certain groove they're almost danceable. In the music video of the album's carrier, “All That's Left,” Christian is shown dancing to a new rhythm. He thinks the timing is perfect to showcase him as a...
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America's Next Top Model All-Stars – Episode 17-8 Review – “Meme Girls”
Inside Pulse
The girls couldn't have written cheesier, more generic songs. It was embarrassing. And my girl Allison was struggling. You know why? Because she's a freakin' model, not a singer! But she wrote a song about her father dying, and that was sweet. ...
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Inside Pulse
Fight The Power: Chuck D Sues Universal Music For Hundreds Of Millions In ...
Techdirt
The court in the Eminem/FBT case said that iTunes songs were licenses... and thus the higher rates applied. As we noted, when others started suing, this could lead to somewhere around $2 billion that the labels may need to pay out to artists, ...
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St. Vincent Live
Virginia Law Weekly
Through the concert, Clark sometimes stopped to share anecdotes about the nextsong she would perform. She would lean into the mic, almost staring the crowd down with her huge round eyes as she spoke softly. In my experience, artists say the stupidest ...
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Exclusive: Solo run for Irish tenor Paul Byrom - VIDEO
Irish Central
There's a lot of bloody awful singers out there and there are music fans looking for goodsongs sung by good singers. Any temptation to just do an Irish album and ride theshow's wave a bit? The obvious choice would be the Irish tenor thing and do an ...
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Solo John Doyle is incomparable - VIDEO
Irish Central
His steady work and musical prowess also caught the eye of folksinger Joan Baez, who employed him for a couple of years as her musical director which gave him the time and opportunity to hone his song-writing skills as well. In the downtime, and much...
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Peeples Place at KHTS, Nov. 4, 2011
KHTS Radio
SCV MUSIC ON TV: FLAVIA, GUSSIE ENCORE ON 'HOUSE BLEND' — "House Blend" hosted by yours truly on SCVTV Saturday night at 10 presents an encore broadcast of our second season's second showfeaturing spirited pop/funk/R&B singer, songwriter and producer ...
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KHTS Radio
The X Factor Chris Rene rocks the stage on the second live show (video)
Examiner.com
Put into the context of Chris Rene and artist means, singer, songwriter, and musician. On Wednesday night's show of Fox (channel 21 in Colorado Springs) the 'X Factor' Chris Rene sang a song and for the most part nailed the vocals. ...
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Kina Grannis: Music Video Uses 288000 Jelly Beans
ABC News (blog)
Singer Kina Grannis used more than 200000 colored jellybeans to paint a moving picture in her new music video “In Your Arms.” “I wanted to make a video that was very unique and really creative and feels very handmade,” Grannis said in the behind the...
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Funeral Songs: The Music of 'Six Feet Under'
PopMatters
These two sequences may not even be Six Feet Under 's most immediately recognizable musical instances—I am discussing neither the show's glassy Thomas Newman instrumental theme (another American Beauty connection), nor Sia's “Breathe Me”, the song ...
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PopMatters
Gallo Gets Weird: Master at musical manipulation brings his energetic live ...
Modesto Bee
That's more difficult than it may seem when you consider the range of styles the Weird Al show will present. The current tour includes Yankovic's words to a wide scope of artists. A Miley Cyrus hit becomes "Party in the CIA," Green Day's song is turned ...
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Modesto Bee
'X Factor': Vocal Sweeting? Lip Syncing? The Lowdown on the Show's Sound
Hollywood Reporter
... pre-recorded music. This is what happened on Thursday's elimination show as X Factor's Top 12 performed “Without You” by David Guetta (see video below). Says Fox in its own defense: “All survival songs are performed live, with just a backing track. ...
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Jon Lajoie brings his outrageous comedy to Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
And then I told her, 'From now on if you see my name on a video online, don't click on it.” Those videos that Lajoie started to make in 2007 – most are song parodies – were so successful that, according to the official bio on his web site, ...
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Eight Reasons Why Lana Del Rey Blew Up
Paste Magazine (blog)
Just read this MTV article about why “Singer Lana Del Rey's Vintage Style Is So Gangster Nancy Sinatra”. In the video for her song “VideoGames,” there are constant shots of Grant looking into the lens of what is clearly a webcam and lip-syncing; ...
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Paste Magazine (blog)
14 Best R&B and Rap Collaborations From the 1990s
The BoomBox
Rappers were rappers, singers were singers. Sometimes one would parlay into the other, but for the most part, if an R&B chanteuse wanted a rapper on a song, she would get one rather than try to rap herself. As an homage to days past, The BoomBox has ...
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Lady Gaga is busy: 10 things a Google search reveals
Syracuse.com (blog)
Joining Gaga in performing at the Odyssey Arena are Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Jessie J and LMFAO. Gaga is up for six awards, including Best Female, Best Live Act, Best Pop Act, Best Song and Best Video for "Born This Way." People Lady Gaga . JPG.
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Syracuse.com (blog)
Rihanna to Star in Spy Movie?
Showbiz Spy
The singer was forced to pull out of a show in Malmo, Sweden, on Monday after being hospitalized with a bout of flu, and her medical team are concerned she is going out too much while on tour. “Rihanna is running on empty but she's still been going out ...
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Showbiz Spy
Lady Gaga bad for Music Industry…
ThyBlackMan
With TV channels such as MTV and VH1 completely dedicated to themusic video, music artists produced highly articulate vignettes of intrigue with their videos. The band Tool produced a stop-motion animation video for the song “Stinkfist” with its own ...
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Can Ipswich Corn Exchange audience expect cakes from keen cook Elkie Brooks?
East Anglian Daily Times
Having been on a reality show before, ITV's music talent show Reborn in the USA, she's wary of appearing on another. “My husband never really wanted me to do it. He said 'it's going to be a naff programme'. “He was absolutely right, but on the positive ...
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East Anglian Daily Times
Kelly Prescott finds a new way to make music
Ottawa Citizen
The latest single, Jonesing for Your Love, is a joyous romp of a lost-love song, with a carefree vibe that's depicted in a colourful new video. “I always loved singing the blues,” Prescott says. “Dad would write these little blues tunes for me and I ...
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Matt Nathanson explores 'Modern Love' (and other matters) at Birmingham's ...
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
By Mary Colurso -- The Birmingham News Matt Nathanson's best-knownsong, "Come On Get Higher," went platinum and reached No. 3 on the adult contemporary charts. Several of Nathanson's tunes have been featured on TV shows such as "One Tree Hill," ...
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The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
Rock and Pop Listings for Nov. 4 — 10
New York Times
For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. ★ Joan Baez (Tuesday) Occupy Wall Street denizens, look sharp: there's always a chance that this incisive folksinger-songwriter and passionate human rights activist will stop by Zuccotti Park to ...
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Iyaz Says "Music Heals," Performs at Think Pink Rocks Saturday
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
We caught up with the singer to talk about breast cancer, Rhode Island versus BVI, and the feeling of success. You're performing at the Think Pink Rock Concert. I wanted to know if you'd had any personal experiences with breast cancer in your life. ...
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
Tony Bennett, still making hits at 85, returns to Heinz Hall on Saturday
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
She's one of the great artists of all time, as far as I'm concerned." His duet with Ms. Winehouse, on "Body and Soul," is a more sultry affair, with the British singer channeling another tragic figure, Billie Holiday. It is the last song she recorded ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Milton High School Stages 'Footloose' [VIDEO]
Patch.com
Last spring, Damiani selected the show and distributed the music. During the first week of school this year, the students auditioned for specific parts. After showing theirsinging and dancing skills, some students were called back for a second ...
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Google TV Sings Karaoke
PR.com (press release)
The app offers a selection of complimentary songs in the style of such artists as Lady GaGa, Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift, to name only a few. The free song list is updated regularly to ensure there will always be new and popular songs for everyone ...
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Jay-Z and Kanye West triumphant at Verizon Center
Washington Post (blog)
And while Jay-Z and West might be making some of the strongest music of their respective careers right now, they certainly aren't singing “We Shall Overcome.” So why did the duo's Thursday night concert at the sold-out Verizon Center feel so triumphant ...
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Led Zeppelin Experience brings the noise
The Barrie Examiner
MacMaster auditioned to be the band's singer and co-writer, and helped the band achieve pretty decent success, especially on the first album, 1989's Disregard of Timekeeping, which featured the hit song and video, Wait For You. ...
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Video: Outasight Performs “Tonight Is The Night” On 'X Factor USA' Results Show
Neon Limelight
The song is “Tonight Is The Night,” and the artist is singer/rapper Outasight. The Yonkers, NY native, born Richard Andrew, made his TV debut tonight to perform the infectious dance jam on the very first X Factor USA results show. ...
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Neon Limelight
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Dating: Puppy Love Discussed by Singer
Gather Celebs News Channel
It's apparent that it's true love for the "Love You Like a Love Song" singer with man's best friend. Does she love the dog more than Justin though? Selena is on a grueling tour to promote her latest album, but still brings the dog along with her. ...
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: MASTODON
Buzzine
Stefan Goldby: As we are actually here in LA on Halloween, that timing means there is really only one place to begin our chat: Can you tell us a little bit about the inspiration behind the song and horror-themed music video for The Hunter's latest ...
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Buzzine
New Bjƶrk!
PerezHilton.com
The singer, who has been recreating her latest experimental album, Biophilia, duringconcert residencies across the globe, has released one such performance of new single Thunderbolt from the Manchester International Festival - as its official music ...
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Barbershop Chorus Preserves Aging Art
Patch.com
This musical surround sound is created through overtones that are probably best heard than explained. Check out our videos with this story. A capella music is seeing a bit of a resurgence, Biehl said, with television shows like Glee and America's Got ...
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Rufus Wainwright Reviving His Family's Annual Christmas Concert ...
Singer/songwriter also talks new album with Mark Ronson. Tweet ... A lot of theseshows are improvised to some extent. How do you all prepare ... Do you seek out new songs to perform? ... VIDEOS Rob Sheffield Vs. Nick Offerman in Glare-Off ...
www.rollingstone.com/.../rufus-wainwright-reviving-his-famil...
New Song: Wale Featuring Big Sean, 'Slight Work'
Blog about pop music, pop videos, pop stars, and pop culture from inside the MTV ...New Song: Lady Gaga, 'Marry The Night (The Weeknd x Illangelo Remix)' ...
buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/10/26/wale-big-sean-slight-work/

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