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...
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country and pop recording singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and actress. Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift is one of two children born to Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker, and Andrea Finlay Gardner, a homemaker, and...
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....
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...
Damien Rice is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician who plays the guitar, piano, clarinet, and percussion. Rice was born on December 7, 1973 to George and Maureen Rice and spent his childhood in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. Damien spent much of his childhood on the banks of the River...
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...
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...
Snow Patrol’s eighteen year path to success as an alternative/rock band was guided largely by an uncharted map. Since formation during 1994, the combination of exceptional talent, well placed intention, and a series of lucky “accidents” have carried this Northern Irish/Scottish band to far ranging...
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”...
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...
