Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest
(Reuters)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:25:53 GMT
Reuters - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards.
Read more...Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74
(AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:19:56 GMT
AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
Read more...Jay-Z, Beyonce make Billboard industry power list
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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:28 GMT
Reuters - Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce joined a list of top music executives, led by Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff, on Billboard magazine's first Power 100 chart on Friday.
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