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Monday, 18 August 2014
Review: Country artists rock out for Motley Crue
Various Artists, "Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue" (Big Machine/Eleven Seven)Country artists have long paid tribute to rock acts compatible with country music, from the Eagles to Buddy Holly to country-loving British...
Review: Rice has clever take on new country sound
Chase Rice, "Ignite the Night" (Dack Janiels/Columbia)On "Do It Like This," country singer Chase Rice suggests he and his friends prefer pulling out a fiddle at a back-country bonfire to dancing under a disco ball. But the track...
Source: Craig Ferguson to launch new talk show
NEW YORK (AP) Craig Ferguson is close to a deal to launch an early-evening talk show starting in fall 2015.The outgoing host of CBS' "The Late Late Show" would introduce his half-hour syndicated series on stations in a slot just...
Celeb birthdays for the week of Aug. 24-30
Aug. 24: Actor Kenny Baker ("Star Wars") is 80. R&B singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 72. Actress Anne Archer is 67. Actor Joe Regalbuto is 65. Actor-writer Stephen Fry is 57. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 56. Talk-show host...
Review: Amy Grant shows another side with remixes
Amy Grant, "In Motion - The Remixes" (Sparrow/Capitol)Amy Grant never has shied away from experimentation and change. Having transformed herself from devout singer-songwriter to upbeat pop star more than 20 years ago, she now leaps...
Ace Frehley outta this world on 'Space Invader'
Ace Frehley, "Space Invader" (eOne)With seven-plus years of sobriety under his belt, the original Kiss lead guitarist has recorded his best solo album since his groundbreaking self-titled album in 1978.With walls of wailing guitars,...
Review: Coryell sings of love, lust on new album
Murali Coryell, "Restless Mind" (Shake-It-Sugar)A musician walks into a bar. A female stranger kisses him. He flees.For Murali Coryell, this is no joke. Love-life dysfunction is a recurring theme on "Restless Mind," and luckily...
NBC's 'Blacklist' gets A-list marketing treatment
LOS ANGELES (AP) NBC is giving its No. 1 drama, "The Blacklist," an A-list marketing push with ads and promotions."The Blacklist" and its star, James Spader, will be featured on 11 mock magazine covers, on billboards and online,...
Review: Artists cover landmark Johnny Cash album
NEW YORK (AP) Various Artists, "Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited" (Sony Masterworks)Throughout his career, Johnny Cash sang about the downtrodden, giving a voice to the voiceless. But his 1964 concept...
Who wants to play Gloria Estefan on Broadway?
NEW YORK (AP) The musical about Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio is dancing to Broadway and you could earn a part in it even playing Gloria.Producers of "On Your Feet!" said Monday they'll offer performers around the world...
Madden ratings guru has the players' attention
DENVER (AP) Donny Moore can be the most reviled man in NFL locker rooms.He's not a coach, a referee or a drug tester. He has never played or coached a game. Still, NFL players and millions of fans can't wait to see what he has...
Smokey Robinson, still writing, duets with friends
LOS ANGELES (AP) After five decades in show business, the man who shaped Motown with instantly recognizable hits like "My Girl" and "Tears of a Clown" says he can't stop writing.Smokey Robinson says he scribbles down lyrics on...
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