Musicbusiness Worldwide : WITH 1M GLOBAL ALBUM SALES, CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS READY NEXT STEP

The debut album from Christine & The Queens has sold more than 1m equivalent albums worldwide – as both the artist and her team at Because Music ready the next phase of her career.

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Kreiszeitung : Über Leidenschaften, Geister und konsequentes Handeln

Ottersberg - Von Bernd Hägermann. Kaum etwas mögen junge Musiker weniger als Vergleiche mit ihren erfolgreichen Eltern. Das gilt für Julian Lennon ebenso wie für Ben Taylor, Sohn der lebenden Legenden James Taylor und Carly Simon. Der Vater von Max Buskohl, Sänger und Gitarrist der Berliner Band „Söhnke“, heißt Carl Carlton.

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Sky News : Glastonbury 2017: Country legend Kris Kristofferson to perform

Kris Kristofferson has been announced as the second confirmed act to play the Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury this year.

The tour listings on the singer's official website include the festival on 23 June.

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Rolling Stone : Kenny Rogers, Kris Kristofferson to Receive Texas Medal of Arts Honor

“The Gambler” singer is the Lifetime Achievement recipient, while Kristofferson is acknowledged for his work in multimedia 

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Alternative Press : ANTI-FLAG SEND MESSAGE WITH NEW VIDEO: WE MUST NOT ALLOW BIGOTRY TO BECOME NORMALIZED

With the January 20-release date of Anti-Flag’s first live album, Live Vol. 1, quickly approaching, the band have put out a new video for the lead track “Death Of A Nation.”

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DW : Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: Happy birthday, Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull was one of only few female pop icons to emerge in the 1960s. For years she battled with drug abuse but later celebrated a massive comeback not only as a singer but also as an actress.

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Houston Press : Steely Dan Fans Have Just Hit the Jackpot

Fans of Steely Dan — we see you lurking in either the “literature” or “true crime” section of the bookstore — have great reason to thank Brian Sweet’s mother for having him.

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Glide Magazine : BOB WEIR, MICHAEL MCDONALD, ALISON KRAUSS AND MORE MAKE 28TH WARREN HAYNES’ X-MAS JAM ONE FOR THE AGES

There was tangible excitement around the 28th iteration of the Christmas Jam that hadn’t been felt since the astounding 25th anniversary blowout in 2013. The chilly weather in Asheville, NC signaled the true start of winter in the region, but even without that motivation, people seemed more anxious than ever to get inside the US Cellular Center and spend 8 hours experiencing the always-satisfying show.

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Grateful Web : "RAMBLE ON ROSE" REX BENEFIT | REVIEW

The storied, original Fillmore in San Francisco played host to “Ramble on Rose,” an elegant Rex Foundation benefit on December 3 that featured the Midnight Ramble Band along with a bunch of renowned local guest players. The group, which over the years recorded three “Midnight Ramble Sessions” live CDs with The Band’s co-founder Levon Helm, and was Helm’s final music ensemble before his passing in 2012, rarely performs and even more rarely comes to the West Coast.

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JIMMY BARNES SHARES HIS STORY IN EXTRAORDINARY OPERA HOUSE GIG

There’s something bizarre about being a national treasure of Jimmy Barnes’ standing. Australians everywhere feel a sense of ownership over the performer but, until this year, Barnes has kept much of his life very private.

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Abc 13 News : Another Habitat home built thanks to Warren Haynes Christmas Jam

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Because of a huge holiday tradition in Asheville, a family will be rockin' and rollin' in a new home.

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Rolling Stone : Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson Score Surprise Grammy Nominations

When the nominees were announced for the 59th Grammy Awards earlier this week, a number of country artists found their names in some unexpected categories.

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Rolling Stone : Carly Simon on Trolling Trump With ‘You’re So Vain,’ Lost Mick Jagger Duet

Singer-songwriter opens up about friendship with Hillary Clinton, discovering EDM and the time she hired a P.I. 



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GRATEFUL WEB INTERVIEW WITH AMY HELM

Grateful Web recently had a humbling opportunity to speak with Amy Helm, mandolinist, singer/songwriter, and bandleader of The Handsome Strangers. She also cofounded Midnight Ramble Band, whose roots began with her father the late and great Levon Helm, an Arkansan who met a gifted group of Canadian musicians and inevitably formed The Band in 1964.

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Mercury News : The Last Waltz at 40: What really happened at The Band’s legendary farewell concert?

For some of music’s best-known artists, Thanksgiving Day 1976 was anything but a restful holiday.

Instead it was a long, frenzied but ultimately triumphant day as the famed roots-rock act The Band came to San Francisco to perform its final concert at legendary promoter Bill Graham’s Winterland Ballroom. Dubbed “The Last Waltz,” the show featuring a who’s who of rock’s greatest artists would become one of the most famous concerts ever, in part because director Martin Scorsese recorded the event in his groundbreaking 1978 documentary of the same name.

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Rolling Stone : Robbie Robertson’s Chronicle of Life With the Band: 10 Things We Learned

From Bob Dylan’s near-drowning to an affair with Carly Simon, revelations from guitarist/songwriter’s tell-all ‘Testimony’

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BBC : Paris attacks: Bataclan reopens with Sting concert

The Bataclan concert hall in Paris has reopened with a performance by Sting, a year after Islamist militants killed 90 people at the venue.

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NME : Christine And The Queens talks ‘creepy and sexy’ second album Read more at https://www.nme.com/news/music/christine-queens-talks-creepy-sexy-next-album-1846507#QeMOlJPl7Qv3C3BV.99

Christine And The Queens‘ Héloïse Letissier has spoken to NME about her next album.

The French musician released her debut ‘Chaleur Humaine’ in the UK in February, having originally issued the French edition in June 2014. Letissier appears on the cover of this week’s NME.


Read more at https://www.nme.com/news/music/christine-queens-talks-creepy-sexy-next-album-1846507#QeMOlJPl7Qv3C3BV.99

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Rolling Stone : Leonard Cohen Dead at 82

Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned nearly 50 years, died Monday at the age of 82. Cohen’s label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer’s Facebook page Thursday evening.

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