Rolling Stone : Kris Kristofferson’s 80th Birthday Celebrated With 16-Disc Box Set →

The 80th birthday of songwriter, actor and country-music icon Kris Kristofferson will be celebrated next month with the release of The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection, a 16-CD deluxe box set from Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings. Due June 10th, the collection will consist of 11 of Kristofferson’s studio albums spanning the entire decade of the Seventies. At the same time he was recording his own material, Kristofferson’s massive song catalog was mined for hits by artists ranging from Janis Joplin (“Me and Bobby McGee”) to Ray Price (“For the Good Times”) and beyond.

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DW : Blues, drugs and rock 'n' roll: Eric Burdon turns 75 →

The singer of "House of the Rising Sun" and founder of the band The Animals is considered one of the greatest white blues performer ever. Following his 75th birthday, Eric Burdon will once again go on tour.

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BBC : Christine and the Queens: The stage is a boxing ring →

"It's like being in your bedroom and the posters start to move in your direction."

That's how Heloise Letissier - AKA Christine and the Queens - describes the roll call of famous singers who she can call a fan.

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SCREENDAILY : Cannes: MK2 to launch Marianne Faithfull doc by Sandrine Bonnaire →

Paris-based MK2 Films will launch sales in Cannes on an upcoming bio-doc about 1960s icon Marianne Faithfull [pictured] by French actress and director SandrineBonnaire.

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The Guardian : Angélique Kidjo honoured with Amnesty International top human rights award →

Amnesty International has given its top 2016 human rights award to Grammy award-winning musician Angélique Kidjo and to three African youth activist movements for their work standing up to injustice, the organisation announced on Wednesday.

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Weltfälifche Nachrichten : „Max+?“ Lustig und musikalisch

Wenn Max Buskohl den Stargast ankündigt, recken sich die Hälse: Wer wird es sein? Martin Semmelrogge war schon da, Ina Paule Klink, Henning Wehland und viele andere. Am Montagabend steigt die nächste Show der Reihe „Max+?“. Zum Überraschungsgast gibt es nur wenige Hinweise... 

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Reverb Interview: Bluesman Keb’ Mo’ →

With three Grammy Awards and 10 studio albums, Kevin Moore, better known as Keb’ Mo’, seems to lead a charmed life, especially for a bluesman. 

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Off BEAT Magazine : Sonny Landreth →

Every spring, Sonny Landreth, master of the slide guitar and co-composer of the classic “Congo Square,” plays his annual marathon of South Louisiana festival and club gigs.

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Echoes of Iran: The Music and Art of Sussan Deyhim →

Most people have not heard of the late existentialist Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, who died tragically in a car accident in Tehran at the age of 32 in 1967. But Sussan Deyhim, herself a composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist born in Iran and living in exile for 30 years, the last eight in L.A., is intent upon changing that.

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Noz : Carl Carlton erinnert an Woodstock und Hippie-Rock →

Osnabrück. Einmal mehr ließ der in Ostfriesland geborene Musiker Carl Carlton seinen musikalischen Werdegang in Liedern und Geschichten Revue passieren. Im Rosenhof bat er den Osnabrücker Saxophonisten Tommy Schneller als Gast auf die Bühne.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung : Hinter jedem Ton ein ganzes Leben →

Das Konzert mit jenen vier Minuten, die für Freunde nun unter dem Titel "Damals, als du . . ." laufen, findet im Freiheiz statt, einer Konzerthalle nicht weit vom Münchner Hauptbahnhof gelegen. Sie ist nicht so groß, wie sie von der Bühne aus durch das Gleißen der Scheinwerferbatterien wirkt, wenn man nur die Menschen in den beiden vorderen Reihen sieht und dahinter eine rhythmisch wogende Menge.



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Rolling Stone : 10 Things We Learned From Carly Simon’s Revealing New Memoir →

Carly Simon could have gotten away with just the name-dropping. In her life, she’s crossed paths with an astonishing range of famous people, from Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendrix to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein.

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Rolling Stone : Bob Dylan and Levon Helm Collaborators Step Into Spotlight on New Duo LP →

Married roots-music aces Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams talk playing with legends, new duo debut



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Rolling Stone : Amy Helm on Finding Her Own Voice With ‘Didn’t It Rain’ Album →

Her dad was Levon Helm, the renowned drummer for the Band. Mom is singer-songwriter Libby Titus, and her stepfather is Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen. Still, when it comes to making music, Amy Helm is very much her own person.



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The Guardian : Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei honoured by Amnesty International →

On Thursday night, Ai Weiwei’s son took the stage for the first time. Called up by Tate Modern director Chris Dercon, six-year-old Ai Lao, buttoned up in a blue blazer, jeans and Velcro sneakers, hopped up onstage at the Berliner Festspiele in his hometown, Berlin

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Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei to receive top Award from Amnesty International →

Legendary folk singer Joan Baez and world-renowned artist Ai Weiwei – both committed activists – will be the joint recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2015, the human rights organization announced today.

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The Wall Street Journal : Malala Yousafzai Gets Amnesty's Top Honor →

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman last year, has been named as the recipient of Amnesty International's highest award.

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Radio Free Europe : Malala Receives Amnesty International Award →

Amnesty International says it has awarded its highest honor to the Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai.

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Los Angeles Times : Harry Belafonte, Malala Yousafzai to get Ambassador of Conscience Awards →

Singer-actor-activist Harry Belafonte is one of two 2013 recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Awards to be handed out Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland, along with Pakistani teen human rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES 2013 AMBASSADOR OF CONSCIENCE AWARDS; MALALA YOUSAFZAI AND HARRY BELAFONTE ARE NAMED RECIPIENTS →

(Dublin) — Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights and social justice activist Harry Belafonte have been jointly announced as the recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013.

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