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  • June 2008

    • I Was Never In It to Win It: 'Accidental' Idol

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 15, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      I Was Never In It to Win It: 'Accidental' Idol

      (Newser) - David Cook almost didn't audition for American Idol —he was there to offer moral support to his younger brother. But goading from his family kicked off a whirlwind journey that took him from fledgling Midwest rocker to Billboard star. Cook tells Rolling Stone about his modest beginnings—and his early skepticism about the Idol pop machine. More »

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      celebrity  • music  • reality TV  • American Idol  • pop music  • pop culture  • Rolling Stone  • interview  • TV shows  • David Cook

    • Bruni Sings of Drugs, '30 Lovers'

      Reuters  |  Jun 11, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Bruni Sings of Drugs, '30 Lovers'

      (Newser) - French first lady Carla Bruni would like you to know she's "a child despite my 40 years and 30 lovers"—at least according to one of the more standout lines on her third album, due for release in July. As If Nothing had Happened is her first collection of songs since tying the knot with President Nicolas Sarkozy, and "showcases her fragile yet intense voice and unique melodic style," writes a critic for Le Figaro . More »

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      France  • music  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • album

    • Retro Diddy Back to Puff Daddy

      E! Online  |  Jun 10, 08 10:21 AM CDT

      Retro Diddy Back to Puff Daddy

      (Newser) - Rapper Sean Combs—also variously known as Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Diddy—appears to be going retro and reverting back to Puff Daddy, which he hasn’t used since 2001, E! Online reports. His rep says there’s no change in the works, but Combs suggested otherwise on his MySpace page and on a new single. More »

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      music  • hip-hop  • rap music  • rapper  • P Diddy  • Sean Combs

    • Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

      Variety  |  Jun 6, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

      (Newser) - A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and fine very seriously” and was working to clean up its language. More »

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      television  • music  • racism  • censorship  • MTV  • homophobia  • profanity

    • Musicians Plug Upgrades to Flat-Sounding Digital

      USA Today  |  Jun 4, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      Musicians Plug Upgrades to Flat-Sounding Digital

      (Newser) - Musicians dissatisfied with the sound of digital media are releasing albums as higher-quality downloads, on high-definition DVDs and even on vinyl, USA Today reports. Last year, Amazon and iTunes agreed to boost the quality of their MP3s, but some groups are using even better versions to eliminate what Neil Young calls "unacceptable quality compromises" made for CDs and the like. More »

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      music  • music downloads  • CDs  • Neil Young  • MP3s  • vinyl  • quality control

    • Celeb Kids Raise Indie Bands' Profiles

      W  |  Jun 2, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Celeb Kids Raise Indie Bands' Profiles

      (Newser) - The indie music scene abounds with newcomers, but few have the A-list relations the Ellis Unit does. The group includes the 18-year-old son of Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin and Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner's 17-year-old son. Gus Wenner has jammed with Bob Dylan, and his connections have landed his band the services of a famed talent booker, reports W. More »

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      celebrity  • music  • bands  • Ellen Barkin  • Susan Sarandon  • Jann Wenner

    • Vinyl Back for Another Spin

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 2, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Vinyl Back for Another Spin

      (Newser) - It might seem unlikely in an age where the CD’s obituary has already been written, but vinyl records are making a comeback as younger fans fall for the big artwork and warm analog sounds, the Boston Globe reports. Music stores report big yearly sales increases, and big-box stores like Best Buy are stocking new-age turntables and their accessories. More »

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      music  • music industry  • music sales  • record  • record sales  • album  • vinyl

    • Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT

      Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      (Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five: Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry's "true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever." Purple Haze : How Jimi Hendrix "opened a new age of expression." More »

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      music  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • Rolling Stone  • Led Zeppelin  • guitar  • Nirvana  • Jimi Hendrix  • Van Halen  • Chuck Berry

  • May 2008

    • Kassin+2 Lets Sun Shine In

      Spin  |  May 26, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Kassin+2 Lets Sun Shine In

      (Newser) - Kassin+2's Futurismo is a superb summer album, writes Chandler Levack in Spin . The trend-setting Brazilian trio mixes "samba, airy folk, and sheer mysticism" to wrap up their album trilogy in fine fashion. Notable tracks include "Pra Lembrar," which "floats on soft keys," and "Samba Machine," with a blazing electric guitar. The Tropicália band—Alexandre Kassin, plus Moreno Veloso and Domenico Lancellotti—hails from Rio de Janeiro. More »

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      music

    • 50 Top Pop Brainiacs

      Blender  |  May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      50 Top Pop Brainiacs

      (Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10: Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original." John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles from a covers band to the world’s best-loved and most influential pop act." Chuck Berry: His guitar riffs are still the "bedrock" of rock and roll five decades on. Bob Marley: "No one did more to define and popularize a musical genre." Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: Duo created "decade of classics." More »

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      celebrity  • music  • Madonna  • musician  • pop music  • rock stars  • John Lennon  • Bob Dylan  • Mick Jagger  • Keith Richards  • Kurt Cobain  • Stevie Wonder  • Thom Yorke  • Chuck Berry  • Bob Marley  • Miles Davis

    • Which David Is Our Idol ?

      Kansas City Star  |  May 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Which David Is Our Idol ?

      (Newser) - We're only hours away from Fox crowning either balladeer (and Simon Cowell fave) David Archuleta, 17, or rocker David Cook, 25, as this season's American Idol. Cook seemed to win last night's live audience, the Kansas City Star reports. More »

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      television  • music  • reality TV  • Fox  • American Idol  • Simon Cowell  • contest  • David Archuleta  • David Cook  • singing

    • Shakira Shakes Cash Loose for Charity

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Shakira Shakes Cash Loose for Charity

      (Newser) - Shakira, Ricky Martin, and dozens of other Spanish-speaking pop stars performed at simultaneous fundraising concerts in Mexico City and Buenos Aires yesterday, reports the LA Times . “It is doable, we can really eradicate poverty,” said the Colombian singer, whose shows benefited Alas, a charity that helps Latin America's neediest children. Shakira secured nearly $200 million in donations from billionaires Howard Buffet (son of Warren) and Carlos Slim, reports the BBC. More »

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      music  • charity  • concert  • Latin America  • philanthropy  • fundraiser  • Mexico City  • Buenos Aires  • Shakira  • Ricky Martin

    • Bird Lives! And He Does It in Fanatic Detail

      New Yorker  |  May 17, 08 6:38 PM CDT

      Bird Lives! And He Does It in Fanatic Detail

      (Newser) - A white guy from Queens may be our best link to a music rooted in black history. Phil Schapp grew up in a home full of jazz, and has hosted a radio show obsessed with the music's minutiae for decades, the New Yorker reports. He's liable to digress on Charlie Parker's pronunciation of "Okiedoke," but that's an improvement: "For the first twenty years, I was concerned about telling you absolutely everything about every tune," he said. More »

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      New York City  • music  • radio  • jazz  • Charlie Parker

    • How to Avoid R. Kelly Jury Duty

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 16, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      How to Avoid R. Kelly Jury Duty

      (Newser) - R. Kelly's jury is complete, and the arduous process of getting it filled contains a lesson: Should you ever be called upon to weigh in at a child pornography trial, the Chicago Tribune offers some proven ways—at least they worked in this case— to avoid getting trapped in the jury box: Mention your teenage daughter. Argue the age of consent is too high. Explain that you're a doctor with lives to save. More »

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      list  • music  • sex scandal  • celebrity trials  • R. Kelly  • sex tape  • Chicago Tribune  • jury selection

    • Scarlett's Waits Tribute: Unnecessary, But Not Bad

      Village Voice  |  May 14, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      Scarlett's Waits Tribute: Unnecessary, But Not Bad

      (Newser) - “Even the most sympathetic critics,” writes Tom Breihan for the Village Voice , have to grant that Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits tribute album, “is a fundamentally ridiculous enterprise, almost stunning in its total lack of need to exist.” That said, Breihan thinks the record is actually pretty good, made stronger by the fact that it sounds absolutely nothing like Tom Waits. More »

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      celebrity  • music  • music review  • Scarlett Johansson  • Tom Waits  • cover song

    • Duffy Latest to Give Motown a UK Twist

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 12, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      Duffy Latest to Give Motown a UK Twist

      (Newser) - A 23-year-old Welsh singer is the latest in a wave of pop artists—female, British ones—to channel 1960s Motown, the Wall Street Journal reports. Duffy, who storms the US this week with TV talk-show appearances and a performance at the Apollo tonight, is already a hit across Europe, her soul sound coming on the heels of fellow Brit Amy Winehouse’s multi-platinum success. More »

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      music  • Amy Winehouse  • Wales  • Aretha Franklin  • soul  • Motown  • Duffy

    • Mega-Brand Rollout Revives Ol' Blue Eyes

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 11, 08 2:59 PM CDT

      Mega-Brand Rollout Revives Ol' Blue Eyes

      (Newser) - Ol' Blue Eyes is still doing it his way—or his heirs' way, to be more precise. Frank Sinatra's family has inked a deal with Warner Music Group to ensure the singer's return on the 10th anniversary of his death: A postage stamp and new CD and DVD collections are coming out, as is a digital resurrection of the Pack Master turned ad pitchman, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      music  • death  • Warner Music  • branding  • stamps  • resurrection  • Rat Pack  • Frank Sinatra

    • Underwood Joins Grand Ole Opry

      Associated Press  |  May 11, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Underwood Joins Grand Ole Opry

      (Newser) - "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood ratcheted up her country cred last night, reports the AP, and can now call herself a Grand Ole Opry cast member. Underwood joined the longest-running radio show, fighting back tears as Garth Brooks handled her induction. "This really seems like a great family to be part of," she said. "I promise I'll do everything I possibly can to not make you regret it." More »

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      music  • radio  • American Idol  • country music  • awards  • Carrie Underwood  • Grand Ole Opry

    • Judge Begins Jury Selection in R. Kelly Trial

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 9, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      Judge Begins Jury Selection in R. Kelly Trial

      (Newser) - A Chicago judge today denied R. Kelly's attempt to further delay his child-pornography trial—already six years in the making—and began jury selection before recessing for the weekend, reports the Tribune in its gavel-to-gavel coverage. A circus atmosphere earlier prevailed outside the court, with fans and detractors of the R&B singer loudly heralding his arrival. More »

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      music  • court  • celebrity trials  • child pornography  • R. Kelly

    • Muti to Lead Chicago Symphony

      New York Times  |  May 5, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      Muti to Lead Chicago Symphony

      (Newser) - After four years of searching for a new music director, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has finally found its man: Italian maestro Riccardo Muti. He will take over for the 2010-11 season on a five-year contract. In September, Muti rejected the idea of an American music directorship because of hefty administrative duties, but a month of guest conducting changed his tune. More »

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      music  • Chicago  • classical music  • New York Philharmonic

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