Alex De Grassi

   
Artist: Alex De Grassi

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Now and Then

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Tata Monk

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 8


   
 The Music Of James Taylor

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10


   
 Interpretation Of Simon and Garfunkel

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10


   
 Bolivian Blues Bar

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 The Water Garden

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10


   
 The World's Getting Loud

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 10


   
 A Windham Hill Retrospective

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 15


   
 Altiplano

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 8


   
 Southern Exposure

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 10


   
 Deep At Night

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 10


   
 Clockwork

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 8


   
 Slow Circle

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 9


   
 Turning, Turning Back

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 10

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Music has long been a kin matter for Alex de Grassi. Though he's in the first place self-taught as a guitarist, his grandad played violin with The San Francisco Symphony and his father was a classical piano player. Even more significant ar de Grassi's ties to one of contemporaneous implemental music's virtually influential labels: Windham Hill. In addition to his status as unmatchable of the company's finest and virtually systematically intriguing artists, de Grassi is literally a penis of the Windham Hill kin group. After earning a degree in urban geographics from U. C. Berkeley and performing as a street musician in London, he made ends meet by encyclopaedism the woodwork barter from his cousin Will Ackerman, wHO was just starting a small instrumental record tag. De Grassi was encouraged to record his first album, Turning: Turning Back, for the fledgeling Windham Hill company. As it turns kO'd, he had more going for him than good connections. Over the years, de Grassi has proven to be an advanced guitar player and composer whose mastery of acoustic finger-picking styles has adult to include a change of other techniques and ethnic influences. Though he left briefly to record with RCA Novus, de Grassi has since returned to the Windham Hill fold. In the mid '80s, his travels to Bolivia became a major inspiration. He made numerous subject area recordings during his visits and start incorporated indigenous influences from the culture on his 1987 RCA Novus acquittance Altiplano. His contacts with Bolivia's Contemporary Orchestra of Native Instruments too arrange in motion the ensemble's start American acquittance Arawl on the New Albion mark. De Grassi continued experimenting with different genres and sounds that included guitar lullabies (1996's Beyond the Night Sky), his 1999 album of James Taylor interpretation, and 2000's collaboration with cosmos music artist Quique Cruz, Tata Monk. Moving gage to solo guitar work, his exploration of American kinsfolk music tin be heard on 2003's Now and Then: Folk Songs for the twenty-first Century.

Ape applicant vies for star on Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES —

Three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have gone to the dogs, so why can't Cheeta the chimp get some love? The animal actor, whose credits include the 1967 comedy "Dr. Doolittle" and the "Tarzan" movies, is trying for the seventh time to get a sidewalk star and become the first monkey to get the honor. His handlers have launched an online petition to get supporters to urge the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to give him a star in 2009.

Each June, the Walk of Fame Committee picks from hundreds of nominations a list of inductees for the next year.

Cheeta's "inclusion on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will not only give recognition to one of the international, animal megastars of all time, but focus attention on his fellow primates in the wilds of Africa who now face extinction," the petition reads.

The petition notes that Cheeta's canine colleagues Lassie, and 1920s stars Rin Tin Tin and Strongheart are immortalized on the boulevard, along with fictional animals Kermit the Frog, Godzilla and Donald Duck.

"He's up against really big celebrities," Ana Martinez-Holler, a spokeswoman for the Chamber of Commerce said.

This year, Cheeta will be considered along with some 200 entertainers. The chamber usually chooses about 24 a year.

Martinez-Holler said chamber members will announce their selections near the end of the month. She wouldn't speculate whether the seventh time will be a charm for Cheeta.

The 76-year-old chimp, who the Guinness World Records has called the oldest living, non-human primate, is retired and lives in Palm Springs. Cheeta also has a MySpace page, which lists painting "Ape-Stract Art" among his hobbies, and The Monkees his favorite band.

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On the Net: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/GoCheeta/

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Dan Fogelberg

   
Artist: Dan Fogelberg

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Nether Lands

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


   
 Super Hits

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10


   
 Love Songs

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 10


   
 River of Souls

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 10


   
 Windows and Walls

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 8


   
 The Innocent Age (cd2)

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 9


   
 The Innocent Age (cd1)

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 8


   
 Souvenirs

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 11


   
 Phoenix

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


   
 Home Free

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


   
 High Country Snows

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 11


   
 Exiles

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


   
 Captured Angel

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 8

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Country musician Jim Hager dies at 66

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Jim Hager, who gained fame performing with his twin, Jon, on the nationally syndicated comedy and music television show "Hee Haw," has died of a heart attack, a friend said.


Hager, 66, slumped over on Thursday in the parking lot of a coffee house, according to family friend Adam Dread. He was pronounced dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.


Hager and his brother, natives of Chicago, won a management contract after performing at Disneyland in California. In 1969 they moved to "Hee Haw" in Nashville, where they became regulars on the show.


The duo also charted five country singles on Capitol Records.


"Hee Haw," which ended in the 1990s, featured music and comedy skits performed by celebrities and country stars including Buck Owens and Roy Clark.


(Reporting by Pat Harris; Editing by Andrew Stern and Xavier Briand)

Sharon Little's Breakdown Debuts This Spring

LOS ANGELES, May 8 -- Perfect Time For A Breakdown is
Sharon Little's debut national release and a signpost of a career very much
on the ascent. The album, set for rush release May 27, was completed only
one week before Sharon hit the road for a string of tour dates in support
of Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and T Bone Burnett on the first leg of their
Raising Sand North American Tour. June will see her join the tour for its
second leg which includes stops in New York and Los Angeles. Sharon was
chosen by the headliners for this supporting role over numerous other
artists. Remarkably, it's only been since January of this year that the
Philadelphia native has made the transformation from waitress to major
concert attraction.

Little has earned critical kudos for her earlier independently released
recordings and club appearances, including a rave from Los Angeles area
critic/HITS Magazine columnist Roy Trakin: "[Little possesses] a sultry
croon capable of soothing, arousing or exploding into a Janis Joplin-esque
howl when you least expect it ... By all rights, Little should be a big
star." Helen Leicht of the influential Philadelphia radio station WXPN
wrote of a recent live performance, "What soul! You always hope to be that
moved by a concert."

The songs on Perfect Time For A Breakdown were written by Sharon and
her collaborator, Scot Sax, who co-produced the album with Mark Howard,
noted for his work with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams. The
album's 11 tunes were inspired, in part by numerous, cross-country train
adventures Little and Sax have experienced over the past two years. Those
journeys further strengthened a musical and personal collaboration that
began in 2006 with a meeting at Milkboy Coffee Shop in Philadelphia.

As Sharon explains, "We knew we had each met our creative match within
minutes of sitting down with each other. Scot and I found that we brought
different approaches to songwriting, and discovered that each possessed
what the other one needed. Before we met, we were two separate halves of a
whole, and now, looking back, in each other we met ourselves."

Sharon Little's musical passion and songwriting began as an outlet for
her grief over the loss of a close friend at the age of 16. She sang backup
for many Philadelphia bands and developed her style and burgeoning
reputation while singing blues and jazz standards at local clubs to make
ends meet.

While she was gaining fans and earning compliments wherever she sang
and played, Sharon credits her partnership with Scot for putting her career
on track. "He was the first person experienced in the business who didn't
just talk about what I should be doing -- he actually did something about
it." From co-writing and recording, to taking pictures and traversing the
country with Sharon for low-paying gigs, Scot helped plot a course to where
Sharon needed - - and deserved -- to be.

Two independent records and countless gigs across the U.S. brought
Sharon to the attention of CBS Records who hotly pursued her after a brief
performance at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007. As CBS
Records head Larry Jenkins explained, "It took all of two minutes of
hearing Sharon sing and watching her perform for all of us to look at each
other knowing that we would do everything possible to bring her to the
label. We made it our mission to share her amazing artistry with the
world."

The whirlwind of recent activity has seen Sharon Little, a coffee shop
waitress in January who became a recording artist in February. By April,
she was earning standing ovations at major concert dates. Upcoming: the May
release of Perfect Time For A Breakdown followed, in June, by a string of
major market bookings with Page/Krauss/Burnett in support of the album's
release. Don't, however, mistake Sharon Little for an overnight sensation.
That's an understandable, but erroneous, conclusion to draw; the reality is
that she's been honing her craft as a songwriter and performer for almost a
decade. It's only that her time, clearly, has come and that time, by all
indications, is now.




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Benji pens love song for Paris

ALL together now, 'Awww'.

Despite his rock exterior, tattooed BENJI MADDEN has gone all gooey
inside and penned a love song for his girlfriend PARIS HILTON.

The GOOD CHARLOTTE guitarist has risked his hardman credibility by
writing a soppy tune called Shine Your Light for his socialite squeeze.

Hotel heiress Paris said: "He actually wrote me a beautiful song, and
actually recorded it in the studio.

"He surprised me with it... it's this really beautiful love song about
me. It was the sweetest thing that anyone has ever done for me!"
Place your bets on how long it'll be before she gets a tattoo of his name?

Vera dies on Coronation St tonight

One of 'Coronation Street's most-loved characters, Vera Duckworth, will die during tonight's double episode.
Viewers will see husband Jack (Bill Tarmey) distraught as Vera's (Liz Dawn) body is taken away by funeral directors.
Details of how Vera dies have been a closely guarded secret; three different endings were written and the character's final scenes were shot amidst tight security.
Actress Dawn, who suffers from the lung disease emphysema, decided to leave the show to spend more time with her husband, children and grandchildren.
She has appeared in more than 3,000 'Coronation Street' episodes over the past 33 years.
Commenting on leaving the show, she said: "It was very emotional filming Vera's death scenes but I do think it is the right decision for the character.  I have had 33 marvellous years in 'Coronation Street' and will miss everyone very much."
Her co-star Tarmey said: "Liz is a wonderful woman. I have worked with her for 29 years and we have never had a cross word. She only left a few weeks ago but already I miss walking on set and seeing her there, I miss working with her - we all do. But we wish her all the love in the world and want her to enjoy her retirement, she deserves it."