Tag: Music
Q&A: Saweetie on success and working with Dr. Luke (sort of)
LOS ANGELES — Platinum-selling rapper Saweetie has incorporated choreography in her live performances, but ask her about working with controversial music producer Dr. Luke...
‘Head lesbian,’ singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80
NEW YORK — The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a t-shirt that read...
CMA board limits Morgan Wallen’s award eligibility
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country singer Morgan Wallen will be eligible for multiple awards at this year’s CMA Awards but not the show’s top prize,...
Kennedy Center Honors slims down in response to pandemic
WASHINGTON — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.
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U.S. rapper Flo Rida to rap in San Marino’s Eurovision song
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — American rapper Flo Rida will inject extra star power to the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday night,...
Streaming series shows collision of music, history in 1971
NEW YORK — Chrissie Hynde wouldn't make her own mark in music until a few years later, but her memories of how 1971's daily...
Biden meets with Kennedy Center honorees at White House
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spent Thursday morning in a star-studded meeting with this year’s Kennedy Center honorees.
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Former girl group members unite on BET to form supergroup
NEW YORK — BET is forming the next big R&B girl group — with the help of members from platinum-selling ensembles like 702, Total,...
Cyprus’ devout want no part of Eurovision entry ‘El Diablo’
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Several dozen Orthodox Christian faithful and clergy members held up wooden crucifixes, icons of saints and a banner declaring Cyprus’ love...
Cher’s star power helps rescue the ‘loneliest elephant’
LOS ANGELES — Cher’s rescue of an elephant long held in dismal conditions is a one-of-a-kind story, as would be expected from the singular...
