Family keeps hit songwriter Lori McKenna grounded, inspired
Saturday, 6 August 2016, 15:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
Singer-songwriter Lori McKenna now has a Grammy trophy sitting on her piano at her home in Massachusetts, thanks to Little Big Town's hit song "Girl Crush," but her five kids still don't think that...
Joe Lovano 2005 live set spotlights Hank Jones
Friday, 5 August 2016, 15:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
With this summer's Newport Jazz Festival about to begin, Joe Lovano has pulled from the vaults his 2005 performance there with a quartet that included the late pianist Hank Jones, then 87. The...
Kiwanuka sings about being a 'Black Man in a White World'
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 15:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
At 24, without a hit record to his name, Kiwanuka was invited to tour with Adele. He also worked on music with Kanye West, and although the collaboration didn't see the light of day, Kiwanuka says the...
Exciting performances from singer Tomi Lunsford
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 15:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Come On Blue" includes wah-wah guitar, pedal steel and a saw, and singer Tomi Lunsford mimics them all. Elsewhere her voice sounds like a trombone, trumpet or sax, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley or a...
Steven Tyler hits pause on Aerosmith to go a little country
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 14:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
He's led the bad-boy rock band Aerosmith for decades, written a book, learned to parasail, and is the father of four children. But Steven Tyler had at least one more goal before hitting 70: his first...
Prince bought Minneapolis house featured in 'Purple Rain'
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 14:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
A real estate agent says Prince last year bought a Minneapolis "fixer-upper" featured in his 1984 hit movie "Purple Rain," though the megastar never lived in the home. Deborah Larsen of Coldwell...