MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Nov 10, 2011

Secret diary of a band: what's really up with Lana Del Rey? The Guardian (blog) It's not a brilliant song, it's just ok. Does authenticity and whether or not the artist is manufactured matter? To me it does. (I guess that makes me some sort of hipstermusic snob these days.) I would like to think that the artist or artists ... See all stories on this topic »

'X Factor' Redux: Chris Rene, Rachel Crow Find Themselves (Video) Hollywood Reporter The final 11 performers hit the stage with songs from movie soundtracks on Wednesday's episode of Fox's The X Factor. What seemed very appropriate for a movie themed night was that many of theartists tried to show their true character. ... See all stories on this topic »

CMA Winners Look Familiar, With Minor Disruptions New York Times Rascal Flatts duetted with the pop singer Natasha Bedingfield on “Easy.” Better was the moving rendition of “You & Tequila” by Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter, maybe the most melancholy songof Mr. Chesney's career (and a winner here for Music Video of ... See all stories on this topic »

Christina Perri 'A Thousand Years' Music Video Featuring Twilight Clips Released KOvideo Seen in Perri's 'A Thousand Years' video, according to BSCKids, is a slew of lit candles all burning to Perri's love song featuring her vocals with the piano in the backdrop. The clip also shows off a few of the highly anticipated wedding scenes ... See all stories on this topic » KOvideo

Miranda Lambert: I'm a normal country girl with a great job (Video) OnTheRedCarpet.com Miranda Lambert and her husband Blake Shelton took home Female and Male Vocalist of the Year awards at the 2011 Country Music Association Awards on November 9, but the singer says she doesn't plan to get a big head. "I think I'll always be the same," ... See all stories on this topic » OnTheRedCarpet.com

Christian Band Downhere Wins Two GMA Awards, Lead Singer Possible New Frontman ... Christian Post Round two will show each member of the competition playing a song assigned to them. The press release states vocalists must submit a video of themselves performing "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Drummers must perform "One Vision," while guitarists ... See all stories on this topic »

Ricky Nelson Remembered filled with music, memories SouthtownStar Not only does Ricky Nelson Remembered feature the live music of Ricky Nelson's hits — including “Hello Mary Lou,” “Travelin' Man” and “Garden Party” — but the multimedia show also includes rare big-screen video footage of the Nelson family with ... See all stories on this topic »

This Year's Top K-Pop Music Videos on YouTube Soompi This year three K-Pop music videos have surpassed 20 million views on YouTube, while another nine surpassed 10 million. The artists behind this record are Super Junior, HyunA, 2NE1, followed by SNSD, Big Bang and Kara. However it is possible more will ... See all stories on this topic »

Lincoln songwriter's work recorded by Trey Songz, Lil' Wayne Lincoln Journal Star The song, "Don't Love Me (featuring Lil Wayne)," is on Trey Songz's mixtape "#Lemmeholdthatbeat2," which was released on Nov. 1. The videos for the songs received more than 100000 views in their first week on YouTube, an indicator of the likelihood ... See all stories on this topic »

Weird Al Yankovic: Beyond the Music OC Weekly Yankovic, after all, creates comedy gold using other people's songs—but he's also an accomplishedsinger and songwriter who produces original music. Just recently, he added another bullet point to his résumé: children's-book author. ... See all stories on this topic »

Young's passion is driving her music San Antonio Express “He saw a video of me,” she said. “His record producer, Tony Visconti (who has also producedmusic with David Bowie, T. Rex and Young) videotaped one of my shows. He was working with Morrissey at Ennio Morricone's studio. Tony wanted to check his video ... See all stories on this topic »

50 years, two wars and a love rectangle _ to music San Francisco Chronicle And so, as he sings his first song, the video screen behind translates his words into English. But, story aside, no one wants to hear an entire song in, er, Maxperanto, and so Kudisch starts singingin English — whereupon the translation behind him ... See all stories on this topic »

CMAs: Shelton top male vocalist Tucson Citizen 10 pm: “Not high-profile enough for broadcast” award time: Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter win thevideo prize for their crossover hit You and Tequila. “I think it just reflects the way that people listen tomusic today,” Chesney says of the song's ... See all stories on this topic »

Tyler, The Creator's Concert Grungy, Yet Entertaining Minaret Despite that, Tyler has gained recognition and was the winner of MTV's Video MusicAward for Best New Artist in 2011. The group grabs attention as soon as their mouths reach the mic. Tyler's song, “Yonkers,” begins with, “I'maf***** walkin paradox, ... See all stories on this topic » Minaret

The Muse of Tecnobrega Boosts Brazil's Latest Musical Export Huffington Post (blog) The DJs work at huge festas de aparelhagem (sound system parties), which move from location to location, and they can turn unknown songs into instant hits. The shows can include smoke machines, laser displays and giant video screens. ... See all stories on this topic »

Skrillex helps power music style deeper into America's heartland Chicago Sun-Times Part of a new documentary, “RE:GENERATION” — in which five popular DJs and producers are matched with artists from different genres to record new music — Moore crafted the new song with the Doors' Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. ... See all stories on this topic »

DSC YouTubers show what it takes to get famous The Dixie Sun And now he's one of the most popular young artists. On the other end of the spectrum, Black is known for "Friday," which received more than three million "dislikes" and not even half a million "likes" on YouTube. But her song was sold on iTunes, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Chosen Few: Rock Gods Pick Their Favorite Judas Priest Songs Gibson Slash, Hetfield, Slipknot's Corey Taylor and the other song-pickers aren't casual choices. They are artists who have been inspired and influenced by these kings of British metal, and The Chosen Few is part of their payback. ... See all stories on this topic » Gibson

Roll out the carpet for O video awards Independent Online (blog) Have fun, go crazy, don't stop, the show goes on and so on. No time to waste time.I'ma performer, so I'm comfortable with that. This ain'ta movie,” he said. lThe Channel OMusic Video Awards are on tomorrow and they will be aired live on Channel O ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online (blog)

Choral Society begins 40th season Lexington Dispatch The song incorporates verses of "Silent Night" in which the audience participates. "Unfortunately, we're still using that piece," she noted. Phil Rector said the dozen or so songs for this year'sconcert were selected by the society's membership. ... See all stories on this topic »

Song of the Day: 'Money Earnin' Mount Vernon,' Heavy D & the Boyz The Star-Ledger - NJ.com For every song he did about chasing girls, he did another about his town, his friends, and his day-to-day life. If he never sounded anguished -- if, in fact, he always seemed to be downright thrilled to be on the microphone -- well, wasn't that a ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Family Planning Campaign Hits all the Right Notes 50th extra USAID (press release) The poster was inspired by two of the most popular singers in the region at the time, Tatiana and Johnny. Tatiana and Johnny, two of the most popular singers in Mexico in the mid-1980s, perform on the set of a music video for one of their hit songs. ... See all stories on this topic »

Eye on entertainment Washington Post Bruno Mars performs onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 live show in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lady Gaga holds her four awards for Best Video, Best Song, Best Female and Biggest Fans, at the MTV European Music Awards (EMA) in Belfast, ... See all stories on this topic »

Pink Floyd tribute a fundraiser London Free Press Again are heard playing an unplugged version of the benefit concert's theme song in this week's Reaney's Pick video. "It's the name of the show," guitarist and singer Jesse Hildebrand-Nestor, 19, said Tuesday of the trio's performance of Floyd's Wish ... See all stories on this topic »

Italian Couture Eyewear Designer Persol presents Art Video exhibition at Art Miami E-Flux The highly anticipated exhibition will unveil a works from artists, who research the human condition and experiment with the variety of tools that video art provides. The collective works reveals a glimpse beyond the ordinary and discovers the ... See all stories on this topic »

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