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*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the [...]
*Recordings by Richard Pryor, Whitney Houston, James Brown and Ray Charles are among the 27 that will be added to the Grammy Hall of Fame this year for its 40th anniversary. Charles’ “Hit the Road Jack,” Brown’s “I Feel Good” and Houston’s self-titled 1985 will join other historic recordings in the Hall, including Richard Pryor’s [...]
*Snoop Dogg will be saluted as a BMI Icon at the BMI Urban Awards, slated for Friday, August 26 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. BMI President & CEO Del Bryant will share hosting duties with Catherine Brewton, Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Atlanta, as the entertainment community gathers to celebrate the most-performed urban songs, songwriters [...]
*The Georgia Music Hall of Fame, a museum dedicated to the state’s legendary performers including James Brown, Little Richard and Otis Redding, will close next month due to low attendance and budget cuts. The museum’s governing board voted Tuesday to shutter the Music Hall of Fame in Macon on June 12 and move its collection [...]
*A collection of live and unreleased Jimi Hendrix songs will see the light of day through a new box set titled “West Coast Seattle Boy – The Jimi Hendrix Anthology.” Due Nov. 15, the live tracks, demos and alternative takes of Hendrix tracks are spread across four CDs, with one disc dedicated to cover versions [...]
*Tupac Shakur’s song “Dear Mama,” Bill Cosby’s second comedy album and a classic from Little Richard are among 25 recordings the Library of Congress is preserving for their cultural significance. Under the terms of 2000′s National Recording Preservation Act, the work must be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” and be at least 10 [...]
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