Velvet voiced R & B crooner Barry White, whose lush baritone and throbbing musical compositions oozed sex appeal on songs like “Can
A Tribe Called Quest have begun laying down tracks for a reunion album, which would be the pioneering hip-hop outfit’s first since 1998’s “The Love Movement.” Sources report that group members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have put the project on hold until various logistical issues can be straightened out.
Among them is the group’s contract with longtime label Jive, which has yet to be fulfilled. A label spokesperson did not return a call seeking comment. Last month, Jive released an 18-track retrospective titled “Hits, Rarities & Remixes.”
Source Billboard.com.
Having tired of the big publicity machine that is the major record label world, Ben Folds has mentioned that the recent downturn in the record industry is allowing him to release three five-song EPs this year via Epic, beginning with “Speed Graphic” on July 22.
“I’m going to do things that are really more about the music for me and less about the hype,” says Folds. “Because I’m on a major label, there is no escaping the way that we have to do business when I release an album — everybody wants the ‘Album of the Year’ Rolling Stone bullsh*t where you get two-stars in the review and your face is all over the front. The way to bypass that for me is just to not go through the normal channels. And if I put out an EP, nobody can take it seriously.”
While he predicts an Epic album release in early 2004, the piano man is turning his attention to producing actor William Shatner’s upcoming album, sessions for which are slated to begin later this year and due in stores next year. Folds worked with Shatner on his 1998 solo album “Volume 1.”
Source Billboard.com.
Two female suicide bombers killed 14 people Saturday outside a rock concert in Moscow, Russian authorities said.
Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov blamed Chechen separatists for the attack.
“Two explosions occurred. There were two women suicide bombers,” Gryzlov said.
Authorities said two women came up to the perimeter of the stadium at the Tushino airfield in northwest Moscow where they were stopped from entering.
The first blast occurred when one woman stopped by guards at the festival entrance detonated an explosives belt. The second blast was at a nearby market 15 minutes later.
Source CNN.com.
