Famous jazz singer and songwriter Abbey Lincoln died Saturday in New York at age 80. Lincoln has always been known for her phrasing, emotion and uncompromising style.Lincoln had been declining in health for the past year. Her death was confirmed by friend and filmmaker Carol Friedman. Friedman has...
Willie Nelson, a seventy seven year old country music singer and songwriter, has been busted for possession of 6 ounces of pot (marijuana). Nelson and three other people were nabbed by the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas early Friday morning when the tourbus they were on stopped at a Sierra Blanca...
Charlyn Marie Marshall, born on January 21, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American songwriter and musician best known by her stage names Chan Marshall or Cat Power. As an American singer and songwriter, Marshall has battled depression, addiction, and personal struggles to succeed in recording...
American singer, songwriter, and pianist Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is notorious for offering sweet melodies full of truth. With critical acclaim, commercial success, and a far reaching range of raw talent, her music stands a testament of her experiences with heartbreak, healing, and human nature....
Tom Waits, an American singer, songwriter, and actor has a voice made of gravel, mixed with whiskey, and frozen with smoke. Waits mixes blues, jazz, and vaudeville to form his distinct sound bordering "industrial" aesthetics. Waits has worked as a composer for film and plays as well as an actor...
Singer and songwriter Jewel Kilcher has announced she's pregnant. Jewel and her husband, rodeo cowboy Ty Murray issued a statement regarding their first child to PEOPLE magazine yesterday with: "I took a pregnancy test and it was positive" on the first day of filming her new Bravo reality series...
Bruce "The Boss" Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Springsteen was born to Douglas Frederick Springsteen, a bus driver of Irish and Dutch ancestry, and Adele Ann Serilli, a legal secretary of Italian descent....
The best songs withstand the test of time and anybody who grew up in the 80s knows this. Though many people scoff at “old music,” the fact of the matter is a good song is a good song no matter how old it is. When bands cover certain songs, the results can be horrific (think the Ataris’ cover of...
Grizzly Bear is an indie-rock band based in Brooklyn featuring an experimental earful of psychedelic pop and folk rock. Originally born as a solo project begun by singer/songwriter Edward Droste on vocals, guitar, omnichord, and keyboard, the band quickly expanded to include: Chris Taylor on...
Janell Wheeler a past girlfriend of University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is apparently one of the semi-finalists on the 2010 season American Idol. Janell Wheeler is an acoustic singer songwriter who has been wowing audiences with her renditions of songs such as “The House of the Rising Sun”...
