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 I'm Not Out of Control: 
 Winehouse 

Singer says bad behavior is her idea of fun

Jan 16, 09 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite photos and reports that suggest otherwise, Amy Winehouse says she isn’t a drunken mess—wreaking havoc at a Caribbean resort is her idea of a good time. “I’m not out of control,” she tells the Daily Mail. “Yes, I’ve had a few drinks,... More »

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alcohol abuse • behavior • drinking • vacation • musician • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • singer • resorts • public drinking

OPINION



 Sorry, Pops, 
 Lily Allen Ain't 
 My Mouthpiece 

Mockney posturing does not make her an expert on gang violence

Dec 21, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - British pop singer Lily Allen can carry a cute tune, but "spokesperson for her generation"? Puh-leeze, Emily Hill writes in Spiked. Allen's first album, Alright, Still, "soundtracked a summer," inspiring middle-aged music hacks to praise her and London Mayor Boris Johnson to ask for her insight... More »

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British • youth • gang violence • musician • Boris Johnson • Lily Allen • cockny

British Rocker Has Fans Fund New Album

For a $15 investment, you'll own a piece of Patrick Wolf's music

Dec 10, 08 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The British indie musician Patrick Wolf thinks fan involvement is the future of the music industry, and he's willing to put their money where his mouth is, NME reports. Fans who sign up through the website Bandstocks.com will be able to help fund Wolf's album—and earn perks like... More »

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music industry • shares • investment • musician • indie rock

Bands Blast Blaring 'Music Torture' at Gitmo

Campaign against use of rock to break war prisoners

Dec 10, 08 2:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Rock musicians are banding together to protest use of their music—played loudly and incessantly—to torture war prisoners. US interrogators have bragged about breaking detainees by endlessly playing the same pulsating music for months. "Plenty lost their minds"—not just to Eminem, but Sesame Street songs and... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • musician • interrogation techniques • rock music • detainees • Sesame Street

ANALYSIS

Ad's Choice
of Song Sparks Debate on Artists' Lives

HP yanks tune by pedophile Gary Glitter

Oct 31, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - HP's decision to change an ad because it featured a song by convicted child molester Gary Glitter has Charlie Moran in Advertising Age wondering about how far we should go in drawing the line between the artist and his art. The ad for the TouchSmart PC drew complaints because it... More »

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United Kingdom • child molestation • musician • advertisements • child pornography • Joan Jett • controversy • Gary Glitter • Hewlett-Packard

Glossies

Chronicler of Heartbreak
Gets Happy

Lucinda Williams hits high note after giving
up 'bad boy' rockers

Oct 30, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having written more than 20 songs at the end of yet another troubled relationship, Lucinda Williams had doubts when she found love with a former music executive. She worried that her songwriting skills depended on ties to bad boys, but her new disc, Little Honey, proves that fear unfounded, writes... More »

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Hollywood • love • country music • rock and roll • musician • Lucinda Williams • Tom Overby

 Facebooked: Bono Caught 
 Cavorting With Teens 

19-year-olds post photos on social site after partying in St. Tropez with U2 frontman

Oct 27, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, Bono fans, Facebook doesn't lie. The married U2 frontman spent a night in St. Tropez partying with two 19-year-olds, Australia’s News Network reports after the girls posted pics—and details—on their Facebook pages. But Bono didn't cross the line. “For somebody who's much older than I... More »

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Facebook • Bono • U2 • musician • the Edge

Rockers Form Group to Fight for Rights

Coalition aims to give UK bards more control over copyright

Oct 4, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of British rock stars have joined together to form an organization that seeks more control over the music they create, the Guardian reports. The manifesto of the Featured Artists' Coalition calls for bands to have much more say over copyright—one of the issues that spurred founding members Radiohead... More »

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music industry • rock stars • copyright • file sharing • union • musician • Pink Floyd • Radiohead

Thicke's Blue-Eyed Soul Hits Big Across Racial Divide

Hollywood-raised Canadian R&B star proud his fans are 'mostly grown black women'

Sep 29, 08 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a society that says white men can't dance, Robin Thicke has surmounted the race barrier: His single, Lost Without U, topped Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 11 weeks last year, outperforming songs by Beyonce, Usher, and Alicia Keys. "Eighty or 90% of my fans are... More »

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music • race • African Americans • Billboard Music awards • artist • musician • Robin Thicke • R&B

(AP) - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM are expected to fully recover from burns they suffered in a fiery South Carolina jet crash that killed the other four people aboard, their doctor said today. The two suffered second- and third-degree burns but had no other injuries... More »

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South Carolina • celebrity • plane crash • musician • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein

Athletes Got Nothin' on
Rock 'n Roll Drummers

Sports scientists say they're like Olympians

Jul 23, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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health • athlete • drums • musician • rock music

Appreciation

 Bo Diddley's
 Beat Sure
 to Carry 

No moment of silence possible for rock's 'Originator'

Jun 3, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - You can’t have a moment of silence for Bo Diddley, J. Freedom du Lac writes in the Washington 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... More »

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

 Bo Diddley 
 Dead at 79  

Innovator could never capitalize on his status

Jun 2, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 50 Top Pop Brainiacs 

Lennon, Marley, Berry rock on

May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(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:
  1. Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original."
  2. John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles
... More »

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

 Jazzman Giuffre Dead at 86 

Adventurous instrumentalist and composer Jimmy Giuffre was a '50s jazz hero

Apr 26, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(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... More »

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music • obituary • jazz • musician • saxophone

 Leonard Cohen to Tour 

Gloomy balladeer hits road for first time in 15 years

Mar 19, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Ugh! 10 Worst Smiles in Music

Some rockers seem to have chronic dental hygiene problems, gold grill addictions

Feb 28, 08 5:07 PM CST
(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.
  1. Pogues frontman Shane McGowan's utterly decomposed dents
  2. Amy Winehouse's missing canine
... More »

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Keith Richards • list • teeth • musician • Amy Winehouse • Thom Yorke • Paul Wall • David Bowie • Shane McGowan • Mick Jones • Trick Daddy • Jewel

Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

Jazz virtuoso known for quickness at the keyboard

Dec 24, 07 2:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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music • Canada • obituary • jazz • musician • Oscar Peterson • piano • Toronto • Montreal • Charlie Parker • Ella Fitzgerald • Louis Armstrong

Singer, Songwriter
Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

Lost 3-year battle
with prostate cancer

Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST
(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,... More »

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music • prostate cancer • obituary • death • musician • Dan Fogelberg

Sonic Youth Frontman Flies High, Solo

New CD from hipster elder statesman Thurston Moore

Sep 19, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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music • musician • Sonic Youth • Thurston Moore • Pitchfork • music review

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