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  • May 2008

    • 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  • contest  • Simon Cowell  • David Cook  • David Archuleta  • 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  • celebrity trials  • court  • 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