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  • July 2008

    • Athletes Got Nothin' on Rock 'n Roll Drummers

      Times Literary Supplement  |  Jul 23, 08 7:05 PM CDT

      Athletes Got Nothin' on Rock 'n Roll Drummers

      (Newser) - Sure, the lead singer gets all the attention, but how about a little respect for the drummer? Sports scientists are taking up the cause with a new study that says the rockers are as fit as Olympic athletes, the Times of London reports. The best of them lose 2 quarts of water a night, burn about 500 calories an hour, and have a heart rate that rivals a top soccer player. "You get a three-hour workout every night," says the Blur's Dave Rowntree. More »

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      health  • athlete  • musician  • rock music  • drums

  • June 2008

    • Bo Diddley's Beat Sure to Carry

      Washington Post  |  Jun 3, 08 12:21 PM CDT

      Bo Diddley's Beat Sure to Carry

      (Newser) - You can’t have a moment of silence for Bo Diddley, J. Freedom du Lac writes in the W ashington Post . It’s not that the music world hasn’t lost a great pioneer—it surely has. It’s that the mere mention of Diddley’s name sets your feet tapping to the “Bo Diddley beat,” the most imitated rhythm line in rock and roll: Bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp. Bomp-bomp. More »

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      death  • musician  • rock and roll  • Mick Jagger  • blues  • Bo Diddley

    • Bo Diddley Dead at 79

      Associated Press  |  Jun 2, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      Bo Diddley Dead at 79

      (Newser) - Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who made his first recordings in 1955 and was still touring last year, died today at 79, the AP reports. The singer and guitarist, born Ellas Bates in Mississippi in 1928, not only pioneered distorted guitar tones; his bragging, syncopated style foreshadowed rap as well, Billboard reports. More »

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      death  • musician  • rock and roll  • blues  • heart failure  • Bo Diddley

  • 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  • Keith Richards  • Mick Jagger  • Kurt Cobain  • Stevie Wonder  • Thom Yorke  • Chuck Berry  • Miles Davis

  • April 2008

    • Jazzman Giuffre Dead at 86

      New York Times  |  Apr 26, 08 6:26 AM CDT

      Jazzman Giuffre Dead at 86

      (Newser) - The iconoclastic clarinetist and composer Jimmy Giuffre died Thursday, two days before what would have been his 87th birthday, the New York Times reports. The Texas-born jazz legend's 50-year career took him from big-band hits with Woody Herman to minimalist trios, with a stint playing in mess halls as a GI in WWII. Giuffre's experimental, blues-infused styling made him a leading figure in the '50s "cool jazz" scene. More »

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      music  • obituary  • musician  • jazz  • saxophone

  • March 2008

    • Leonard Cohen to Tour

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 19, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      Leonard Cohen to Tour

      (Newser) - The man Lou Reed called “one of the most important songwriters of our time” will hit the road this summer. Leonard Cohen, 73, will kick off his first tour in 15 years in his native Canada and then head to Europe, the Independent reports. So far, there are no US dates for Cohen, who was enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month. More »

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      music  • Canada  • Europe  • musician  • tour  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  • Leonard Cohen

  • February 2008

    • Ugh! 10 Worst Smiles in Music

      Blender  |  Feb 28, 08 5:07 PM CST

      Ugh! 10 Worst Smiles in Music

      (Newser) - Inspiring melodies and tongue-twisting rhymes may issue from their pipes, but for some rockers the sound passes through a terrifying portal. Blender inspects the 10 worst sets of teeth in music, starting with the bottom of the barrel. Pogues frontman Shane McGowan's utterly decomposed dents Amy Winehouse's missing canine Young David Bowie, pre-American makeover Trick Daddy's gold grill; more like precious dentures More »

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      list  • Amy Winehouse  • musician  • Keith Richards  • teeth  • Thom Yorke  • Jewel

  • December 2007

    • Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

      CBC (Canada)  |  Dec 24, 07 2:10 PM CST

      Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

      (Newser) - Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died last night at his home near Toronto from kidney failure, CBC News reports. He was 82. The Canadian musician made hundreds of recordings, won seven Grammys, and played alongside greats like Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald. "The world has lost the world's greatest jazz player," said Peterson's hometown mayor. More »

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      music  • obituary  • Canada  • musician  • jazz  • Toronto  • Charlie Parker  • Louis Armstrong  • piano

    • Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      Associated Press  |  Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST

      Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      (Newser) - Soft rock singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died yesterday morning at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 56. Fogelberg was most popular in the '70s and early '80s with hits like "Longer," "Leader of the Band," "Same Old Lang Syne," and "The Power of Gold." His songs were known for their emotional weight and captivating story lines. More »

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      music  • obituary  • death  • musician  • prostate cancer

  • September 2007

    • Sonic Youth Frontman Flies High, Solo

      Pitchfork Media  |  Sep 19, 07 5:35 PM CDT

      Sonic Youth Frontman Flies High, Solo

      (Newser) - Bandleader to experimental music pioneer Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore dropped his first proper solo record in 12 years today; "Trees Outside the Academy "drew a strong if not excellent 7.9 rating from hipster bible Pitchfork. Depsite the "basement icon's"  recent patronage of difficult underground talent, the new record is direct, uncomplicated and even “song-based.” More »

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      music  • music review  • musician  • Sonic Youth  • Pitchfork

    • Kanye Prevails in Battle of the Hip-Hop Stars

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 12, 07 10:52 AM CDT

      Kanye Prevails in Battle of the Hip-Hop Stars

      (Newser) - In the much-hyped battled between two music titans, early sales indicate hip-hop fans are going West. Kanye West’s latest album, Graduation, has been outselling rival 50 Cent’s Curtis —by 2 to 1 at one Hollywood store, the LA Times reports — since the two went on sale yesterday. Fitty, 32, famously threatened to retire if West’s album sales bested his. More »

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      hip-hop  • musician  • Kanye West  • album release  • music sales  • 50 Cent  • CDs  • Virgin  • graduation

    • Jazz Giant Zawinul Dead at 75

      Associated Press  |  Sep 11, 07 7:28 PM CDT

      Jazz Giant Zawinul Dead at 75

      (Newser) - Joe Zawinul, the keyboardist who plugged America into "Electric Jazz" in the 1970s, has died at age 75. Best known for playing jazz-rock fusion with Miles Davis and starting up Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, Zawinul defended his electric sound against jazz purists. "There is no difference between a Stradivarius or a beautiful synthesizer sound," he once said. More »

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      obituary  • Austria  • musician  • Vienna  • jazz  • Miles Davis  • electric

    • Kid Rock, Tommy Lee Tussle

      People  |  Sep 10, 07 1:03 PM CDT

      Kid Rock, Tommy Lee Tussle

      (Newser) - The audience at the MTV Video Movie Awards experienced some unscheduled excitement last night, in the form of a brawl between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee—both rockers who've been wed to Pamela Anderson. The cause of the scuffle was unclear, but witnesses say Kid walked over to Tommy's table and threw a punch. More »

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      celebrity  • musician  • fight  • Pamela Anderson  • Kid Rock  • MTV Movie Awards  • Tommy Lee

    • Music Vids Shrink as $$$ Fade

      Associated Press  |  Sep 9, 07 4:47 PM CDT

      Music Vids Shrink as $$$ Fade

      (Newser) - A music industry headed for financial crash-and-burn has radically downsized its once-extravagant videos, the AP reports. Viewers of today’s MTV Video Awards will see more single-camera videos and quirky YouTube-inspired concepts that save cash—all suited for play on small screens. "A comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs are dying," says video director Samuel Bayer. "There's a new age coming.” More »

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      music industry  • musician  • Justin Timberlake  • music videos  • Beck

    • Opera World Mourns 'King of the High Cs'

      New York Times  |  Sep 6, 07 8:05 AM CDT

      Opera World Mourns 'King of the High Cs'

      (Newser) - Placido Domingo is the better musician, but no other voice could match the late Luciano Pavarotti's, Anthony Tommasini writes in today's Times . The music critic looks at a career dotted with highs as lofty as the high Cs Pavarotti "tossed off" with "ease, pinging tone and utter glee" and concludes his take on Pavarotti's "Nessun dorma" with an unapologetic "Wow!" More »

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      obituary  • musician  • opera  • Luciano Pavarotti  • Placido Domingo

    • Only the Good Die Young

      BBC  |  Sep 4, 07 9:59 AM CDT

      Only the Good Die Young

      (Newser) - The cliché "live fast, die young" now has backing from science. More than 1,000 American and European musicians active from 1956 through 1999 came under British researchers' scrutiny, and the stats are grim: The performers were twice as likely as civilians to die young, with drug and alcohol problems accounting for a quarter of those deaths, the BBC reports. More »

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      celebrity  • drugs  • alcohol  • death  • musician

    • Perfect Pitch Might Come Built Right In

      Scientific American  |  Sep 1, 07 5:00 AM CDT

      Perfect Pitch Might Come Built Right In

      (Newser) - Sounds like absolute pitch—the ability to identify a note without a reference tone—might be genetically determined. “Either you have it or you don’t,” said the lead researcher in a report in Scientific American , who cautioned that even those with the theoretical genetic predisposition must be exposed to music early. It remains to be seen if a single gene controls the tonal gift. More »

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      music  • genes  • musician

  • August 2007

    • Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

      Associated Press  |  Aug 29, 07 11:18 AM CDT

      Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

      (Newser) - Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,” the AP reports. More »

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      concert  • musician  • Sweden  • Rolling Stones  • Keith Richards

    • Family Pleads: Don't Buy CDs

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 28, 07 12:41 PM CDT

      Family Pleads: Don't Buy CDs

      (Newser) - The continuing drama surrounding "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse took a bizarre new turn this morning when her in-laws, in an plea broadcast on the BBC, begged fans not to buy her records. Her husband's parents called for a boycott to force the couple into rehab, the Guardian reports. "One of them, if not both of them, eventually will die," they said. More »

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      drugs  • Amy Winehouse  • musician  • rehab  • singer  • Blake Fielder Civil

    • Musicians March Silently Through New Orleans

      Times-Picayune (New Orleans)  |  Aug 27, 07 1:29 PM CDT

      Musicians March Silently Through New Orleans

      (Newser) - The battered post-Katrina economy drove jazz musicians into the streets of New Orleans yesterday, holding instruments silent at their sides in what they termed a “solidarity march.” Ninety percent of city musicians were living at or below the poverty line even before the hurricane, the Times-Picayune reports, and now competition for remaining spots has bands playing for peanuts. More »

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      music  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • musician  • Katrina aftermath  • jazz

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