What's Happening in the World of Music
Hawaii musician invited to inauguration (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
HONOLULU (KHNL) - With President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration just day's away, one local singer songwriter is packing up his slippers to perform at the historical event. Grammy award winning musician John Cruz plays his acoustic guitar at the beach. Its the warmth before the cold.
Saluting the sun: Local musician designs enviro-friendly homes (Colorado Daily)
Local musician Rob Galloway has shared stages with major recording acts, but he always dreamed of something a bit more practical: designing an energy-efficient, affordable home.
Local musician still wooing celebrity chef (The Buffalo News)
Nelson Starr is used to having an all-access pass that allows him to go backstage at rock concerts. Now the Buffalo musician is offering others an all-access pass that goes behind the scenes of area restaurants for ?a fresh take on Buffalo food and dining? in a new online series.
Chuck Smart, artist and musician (Seattle Times)
In his own words, Chuck Smart, a Kitsap County transplant from Ohio, was a musician and artist born into a family of musicians and artists...
Crash seriously hurts local musician, 26 (The Grass Valley Union)
A well-known Nevada City musician was in critical condition with major injuries Tuesday at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after he crashed his vehicle in North San Juan Monday night, California Highway Patrol spokesman Rich Nickell said.
Song by Australian Maltese musician chosen for Alzheimer?s campaign (Maltamedia.com Daily News)
The song Think Ahead to Go Ahead by Joseph Portelli, an Australian Maltese musician, was selected by the Alzheimer?s Australia for a media campaign to raise awareness about Alzheimer?s. Joseph Portelli, who goes by the stage name Jay P, had his father diagnosed with dementia and it was this fact that urged Portelli to start collaborating [...]
GOOP: It's a portal into Gwyneth Paltrow's life (USA Today)
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, 36, a veteran of the silver screen, is making her latest debut on your computer screen. The actress, activist, wife and mother is sharing her take on living with GOOP.com, a lifestyle newsletter and website. While Paltrow's husband, musician Chris Martin, took the kids (Apple, 4, and Moses, 2) ice skating, this busy mom spoke with USA TODAY from her London home to give ...
Jeff Price: From MTV to YouTube: When the Net Pays Everyone But the Musician (HuffingtonPost)
In 1981, video killed the radio star. Here's to hoping the Internet does not inadvertently kill the musician.
Teenage Musician On Edge Of World Stage (WCVB Boston)
Grace Kelly, 16, doesn?t yet have her driver?s license but she is attending Berklee College of Music on scholarship and already performing with some of the greatest jazz musicians of our time, including Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis.
Nina Persson: Evolution of an indie princess (CNN)
Nina Persson has spent most of her life involved with music, but she's still reluctant to call herself a musician. "I'm still only a singer," the artist best known for fronting Swedish indie-pop band The Cardigans likes to say. "I still haven't bothered to learn an instrument."
