Paul McCartney Honored As MusiCares Person Of The Year
Posted on Feb 11, 2012 @ 11:00AM - Add a comment
Sir Paul McCartney was honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year Friday in Hollywood.
Joined by his bride Nancy Shevell, McCartney was celebrated by the legendary Neil Young, along with Alicia Keys, Nora Jones and Yoko Ono at the annual event that takes place annually on the Friday night prior to the Grammy Awards.
But it was Katy Perry's hat that stole the show!
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Looking like something you'd wear to the Kentucky Derby -- or maybe a royal wedding -- Katy (and her hat) overshadowed other guests, including Giuliana and Bill Rancic, Hugh Hefner and Sir Richard Branson.
Even Legends Get Older! Rock Stars Then And Now
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New Music: Lil’s Wayne To Mark Ronson
Posted on Sep 28, 2010 @ 03:05PM - Add a comment
Producer extraordinaire Mark Ronson follows up his successful 2007 solo album with Record Collection by Mark Ronson and the Business Intl. The album finds Ronson experimenting with vintage keyboards found on eBay to create a synth-driven pop album over big old-school beats and hints of French electro.
Music News: Two Musical Legends Collaborate
Posted on Jul 07, 2010 @ 06:30PM - Add a comment
Elton John and Leon Russell have made a record together, called, appropriately, The Union, which will be available October 19 in the U.S.
Scissor Sisters Bring Back The "Night Work"
Posted on Jun 29, 2010 @ 02:51PM - Add a comment
New York’s favorite multi-platinum glam-disco-rockers Scissor Sisters are back! Night Work—which was produced by Stuart Price of Madonna and The Killers fame—celebrates the club scene of the ‘70s and ‘80s, as depicted on the album cover, which features a spandex-covered booty shot by the late Robert Mapplethorpe. The first single is Invisible Light and the album includes a surprising spoken-word interlude from Sir Ian McKellan, and vocals lent from The Harlem Gospel Choir….
The third album from the Boulder-based electro-pop duo 3OH!3 is entitled Streets of Gold and features guest stars Katy Perry and Ke$ha….
Just Across the River features covers of classic Jimmy Webb songs like Galveston and By the Time I Get to Phoenix and features an array of impressive guests, including Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Linda Ronstadt and Glen Campbell…..
Neil Young’s wife, Pegi Young, has a new album called Foul Deeds, which features a special guest appearance from—who else?—Neil Young!
Semi Precious Weapons offer up You Love You, which was executive produced by Lady Gaga….
The-Dream’s new album Love King features a guest appearance by T.I.….
Performance artist Laurie Anderson—a.k.a. Mrs. Lou Reed—has a new album entitled Homeland….
Kenny G’s latest album, Heart and Soul, has special guests Robin Thicke and Babyface….
Judy Collins’ latest effort, Paradise, features cameos from Joan Baez and Stephen Stills…..
Guitarist Robby Krieger, formerly of The Doors, releases the instrumental album Singularity….
White Horses is the new album from Kate Tucker….
Canadian industrial rockers Tribal Machine have a new album entitled The Orwellian Night, a concept album inspired by George Orwell’s 1984….
VIDEO: Stars Shine For Neil Young At MusiCares Gala
Posted on Jan 30, 2010 @ 12:33PM - Add a comment
Neil Young was celebrated with 20 of his best known hits sung by a star-studded line-up, including Elton John, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews, as he was honored by the US Recording Academy in Los Angeles last night.
The 64-year-old was named the MusiCares Person of the Year for his "influential artistic accomplishments and philanthropic work".
The guest list included a who's who of musicians and actors. Tony Bennett, Brian Wilson and Al Jardine (who had an impromptu reunion in front of reporters), John C. Reilly and Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban all walked the velvet rope.
However, one of the best performance’s on the carpet was Jason Mraz’s impromptu performance of ‘I'm Yours’, for RadarOnline.com.
The Grammy nominee is a big fan of Young and MusiCares, revealing he once received assistance from the foundation.
"MusiCares is my insurance company,” he said.
“If anything should happen to me down the road I know I could come to MusiCares. If anything should ever happen to one of my band members, whether it's a family tragedy or a medical issue, I know that MusiCares has our back.
“I've had experiences the past where MusiCares has come to my rescue."
Josh Groban was also on hand to toast Young. He told RadarOnline.com that he was once the lucky recipient of a pep talk from the rock legend.
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"I've been a fan of his for my whole life,” said Josh Groban, who revealed he once received a pep talk from the rock legend.
“I was so nervous backstage because I was the token not-rock-guy on the show. I kind of said to him that I was nervous about this and he pulled me into my dressing room and said let's rehearse a song.
“It was just me on piano and him on guitar and I was like, ‘Just take a photograph!
‘He patted me on the back and said everybody knows you sing your ass off, just go out there and relax and have a good time and sing stuff you like."
Young’s former band mate Graham Nash also recalled memories, a bizarre tale about superhuman powers. Watch the video and find out what it was!
Conan's Tonight Show Finale Was An "Awesome" Party
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 @ 03:22PM - 15 comments
Conan O'Brien did his Tonight Show swan song on Friday and despite the undercurrent of sadness over his departure from the show and NBC, the mood in the studio was overwhelmingly festive.
"It was awesome in there!" audience member Laurie Wolf from Austin, TX, told RadarOnline.com. "He got choked up when he thanked the crew and he thanked NBC for the 20 years and said don't be cynical, he hates cynisism."
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Benevolent as he said goodbye, the host even told the guests they could take everything from the studio.
Will Ferrell, who was Conan's first guest when he took over for Jay Leno, stopped by to bid the host farewell as did Steve Carell, Beck and Neil Young.
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Young performed Long May You Run that Wolf said had an effect on O'Brien. "It was a great song, perfect for the moment. Conan was sad, you could see he got choked up a little."
Ferrell, as one of the guys from ZZ Top played in the band, sang Free Bird which got everybody on their feet.
Carell got the the heart of the matter, conducting a fake interview with Conan. Audience member Mellisa Perry from Texas said the actor asked Conan if he would work for NBC again and whether his experience was positive, very positive or extremely positive.
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Conan said it was just positive and as for whether he would return to NBC, he responded that he "couldn't answer right now."
O'Brien added that while he cannot host a show for 7 months, he would be his right-hand man Andy Richter's sidekick.
Neil Young’s Re-mastered Masterpieces Coming Soon!
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 @ 03:09PM - Add a comment
Neil Young's first four solo albums have been re-mastered from the original analog master tapes, and are being re-released as part of Reprise Records reissue campaign, the record company announced.
"In all my years of working vinyl releases, I was shocked at just how incredible these Neil Young re-masters sound," Warner Bros. GM Tom Biery told RadarOnline.com. "There is no doubt in my mind that when listening to these recordings on the new, upgraded vinyl format, it will be as close as anyone will audibly come to actually being in the studio listening to the original master tapes. It now sounds as if you are in the room with Neil during the session."
The albums -- 1969’s Neil Young and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, 1970’s After the Gold Rush, and 1972’s Harvest -- will be available on both vinyl and CD, in a variety of assortments priced to the consumer's budget.
Three-thousand gold foil-stamped box sets of all four records, pressed on audiophile 180 gram vinyl, will be available exclusively through NeilYoung.com, as well as Becausesoundmatters.com. Also available is a set of all four albums encased in 24 karat gold CDs, and packaged in Gary Burden-designed cardboard wallet packs.
The re-mastered albums hit stores Nov. 23; special editions are available via the aforementioned Web sites.
