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Fill your holiday stocking with Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Brandy, Andrea Bocelli and more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — What is a holiday season without festive music? The classics are great, but the classics performed by some of the best performers across pop, R&B, rock, opera, soul and beyond? That's a real reason to celebrate. In honor of the most wonderful time of the...
Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and The Doobie Brothers. The...
Book Review: Rock 'n' roller and Rush pioneer Geddy Lee goes deep in his memoir, 'My Effin' Life'
Geddy Lee is a rock star, that's undeniable. But he's also a polite Canadian to the core. So it's fitting that the Rush icon picked a not-too-bawdy title for his memoir. “My Effin’ Life” is an engrossing tale of a “classic underachiever” who became a Rock & Roll Hall of...
Today in History: November 14, Marshall University football team killed in plane crash
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2023. There are 47 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75...
SZA leads the 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in the leading categories
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and releasing her critically acclaimed sophomore album “SOS” earlier this year? That was a great one. SZA is the lead contender for the 66th Grammy Awards, with nine nominations announced Friday. ...
Huey Lewis' rom-com musical 'The Heart of Rock & Roll' finds a stage on Broadway in spring
NEW YORK (AP) — Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage. Lewis and executive producer Hunter Arnold tell The Associated Press...
Today in History: October 29, “Black Tuesday” on Wall Street sets off panic, starts Great Depression
Today in History Today is Sunday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2023. There are 63 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended on the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling...
Today in History: October 27, Gunman kills 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue
Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2023. There are 65 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life...
Today in History: October 24, the United Nations is officially born
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2023. There are 68 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. On this...
Today in History: October 23, Beirut truck bombing kills 241 US service members
Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2023. There are 69 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut...
