A UK poll has predictably christened engaged and expecting Oscar frontrunner Natalie Portman the world’s most desirable celebrity bride. In other non-shocking news, celeb trainwreck Charlie Sheen has also topped the poll for the dude you’d least like to marry. Tough break, Carlos. Natalie beat the likes of Megan Fox and Kim Kardashian to snatch [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amy Winehouse’
Amy Winehouse Hospitalized With “Flu-Like Symptomsâ€
January 31st, 2011 |
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Pimp Down! Amy Winehouse has checked into a private hospital in London after falling ill with flu-like symptoms. The singer is recuperating at the same hospital back where she had breast augmentation surgery nearly two years ago. She was rushed to the same hospital a year later after she was injured in a druken fall, [...]
Cee-Lo Amy Winehouse Duet
January 24th, 2011 |
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Singer/songwriter Cee-Lo Green is teaming up to make musical magic with “Rehab” Comeback Kid Amy Winehouse. Green — who’s up for a Song of the Year Grammy for his 2010 smash “Forget You” — is collaborating with the five-time Grammy winner, who staged a musical comeback with a raved-about concert in Brazil earlier this month. [...]
Winehouse reunites with former lover Traviss?
January 8th, 2011 |
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Singer Amy Winehouse is reportedly rekindling her romance with ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss. The “Back To Black” hitmaker moved on from her failed marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil by dating British director Traviss last year, reports contactmusic.com. Despite hailing the filmmaker as her new love, the romance came to an end in August after he was snapped [...]
Amy Winehouse Concert Comeback In Brazil
November 18th, 2010 |
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Amy Winehouse is charting a return to the music world for the first time since her Grammy-winning album Back to Black became an international bestseller three years ago. Winehouse, 27, is set to hit the Brazilian stage with “Tightrope” star Janelle Monae early next year for her first full live shows since 2008, when she [...]
Amy Winehouse to hit the stage again
November 10th, 2010 |
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Amy Winehouse is back on track, ready to hit the stage after two years. She has been booked to sing in Russia next month before a jaunt to Brazil in January for a six-day tour – pocketing around 300,000 dollars, reports The Sun. Winehouse got rave reviews for her two intimate performances last month. Her [...]
New Charlotte Church Album “Back to Scratch†Available Stateside Early 2011
November 4th, 2010 |
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Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church is readying a new album — her first compilation of new material in more than a decade — for release stateside early next year. One things for sure though, Church’s next effort will be unlike anything we’ve heard from the crooner before. “I grew out of the R&B stage when I [...]
Amy Winehouse “It’s My Party†Cover For Quincy Jones Tribute Album
November 2nd, 2010 |
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Producer Mark Ronson recently re-teamed with bluesy “Back to Black” star Amy Winehouse to record a cover of Lesley Gore’s 1963 single “It’s My Party.” The track was the first big hit for pop/jazz/R&B superproducer Quincy Jones and is set to appear on a forthcoming tribute album honoring the music legend, legendary producer Quincy Jones. [...]
15 (Thankfully) Imaginary Celebrity Fragrances
October 25th, 2010 |
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Celebrities love to sell themselves. No matter what they’re famous for (even if it’s just famous for being famous), eventually they want to diversify to gain more of their favorite things: money and attention.
Elton John Retires From Pop; Explains “American Idol†Snub
October 19th, 2010 |
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Pop legend Elton John has made some controversial comments about contemporary pop music, the tarts who sing it, and snubbing American Idol in a new interview. In a chat with Britain’s Radio Times Magazine, the “Candle in the Wind” hitmaker explains his decision to snub a rumored eight-figure deal to replace music titan Simon Cowell [...]
Songwriters today are pretty awful, says Sir Elton John
October 19th, 2010 |
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Sir Elton John has described today”s songwriters as “pretty awful,” but says he admires singers Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga. “Songwriters today are pretty awful, which is why everything sounds the same. Contemporary pop isn”t very inspiring,” the BBC quoted him as saying. Sir Elton also said he admired stars such as Lily [...]
Amy Winehouse Talks Love, Fashion, And “Old Jewish Black Men†With Harper’s Bazaar
October 14th, 2010 |
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In the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, pop/jazz star Amy Winehouse chats about her new fashion line with designer Fred Perry, love with beau Reg Traviss — and dressing like “an old Jewish Black Man.” Amy On Working With Designer Fred Perry On Her New Fashion Line: “I knew exactly what I wanted. And [...]
Amy Winehouse getting in shape to woo Reg Traviss
October 9th, 2010 |
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Amy Winehouse is apparently putting every effort to win back her love interest Reg Traviss. And in this bid Winehouse has adopted a Rocky Balboa-style training regime. The singer is exercising like a boxer in her London gaff, running on the spot and doing 1,000 sit-ups a night. Amy – mocked up as Sly Stallone [...]
Amy Winehouse claims she hasnâ€t used drugs in almost 3 years
October 6th, 2010 |
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Pop diva Amy Winehouse has claimed that she hasn”t used drugs in almost three years. The Grammy winner”s addiction to cocaine and heroin had put her in hospital in 2007. But the singer insists she has now kicked the habit that threatened to destroy her career and life. “I”m much healthier now. I used to [...]
15 Stars Swimming Laps in the Celeb Death Pool
September 29th, 2010 |
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Like infants set loose on a floor of broken glass, anti-freeze and exposed outlets, they often live on the edge of death by stupidity and substance abuse. Be it drugs, alcohol, excessive plastic surgery or other such heinously unnatural things as old age, some have been scooting closer than others.
Russell Brand Banned From America? Brand Visa In Danger After Paparazzi-Fueled Arrest
September 20th, 2010 |
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Russell Brand’s alleged fight with photographers broke out because he was “protecting†fiancee Katy Perry, but will the ultimate act of chivalry get the British-born funnyman banned from the United States altogether?Brand, 35, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon after a scuffle broke out between the comedian and a photographer. Russ [...]
Wanda Jackson: New Jack White Produced LP
September 13th, 2010 |
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THE QUEEN OF ROCK UNVEILS HER NEW ALBUM JANUARY 25
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Third Man and Nonesuch Records announce the release of the new album from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson. The Party
Ain’t Over, produced by her friend Jack White, will be out January 25, 2011.
The two teamed up last year to record a 45rpm single for White’s Third Man Records. The vinyl and iTunes release, a
cover of Amy Winehouse‘s “You Know
I’m No Good” b/w “Shakin All Over” was a big success and the pair hatched a plan to record a full-length album.
The Party Ain’t Over was recorded in Nashville at White’s studio, where he brought together a formidable
band, including himself, Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather/Raconteurs), Carl Broemel (My
Morning Jacket), Patrick Keeler (Raconteurs), Ashley Monroe, Jackson Smith and
Karen Elson, to name a few, and hand picked the songs – 11 tracks dating in origin from the early 1900′s
to 2007. The result: a retro modern collection of music that showcases Wanda, now in her seventh decade and
sounding as wickedly charismatic as ever.
Check out this review of Wanda Jackson’s performance at
the Goose On The Lake Festival by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook.
Tracklist
1. Shakin All Over
2. Rip It Up
3. Busted
4. Rum and Coca-Cola
5. Thunder on the Mountain
6. You Know I’m No Good
7. Like A Baby
8. Nervous Breakdown
9. Dust on the Bible
10. Teach Me Tonight
11. Blue Yodle #6
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Amy Winehouse parts ways with Reg Traviss
September 4th, 2010 |
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Amy Winehouse’s new romance with director Reg Traviss has ended within four months of it’s commencement. They couple had a blazing argument after Traviss was spotted hand in hand with his dancer ex, Raven. “She hasn””t spoken to Reg since and she””s told everyone that it””s over. She””s pretty cut up about it, as she [...]
JamBase Questionnaire: Cochemea Gastelum
August 26th, 2010 |
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Welcome back to JamBase’s baker’s dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from These United States.
Whether searing the fat off jam music in Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, lighting up a Broadway stage as part of the Fela! band, keeping soul music soulful with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, getting deep with Archie Shepp or blazing a session with the likes of Amy Winehouse and Paul Simon, NYC fixture Cochemea Gastelum is the living embodiment of “coming correct.” His crisp, lethal, adventurous sax and flute playing find the sweet spot in whatever type of music he’s involved in, and unlike many horn players, he never overstays his welcome, playing just what’s needed and leaving listeners hungry for more. Though clearly well grounded in the work of his predecessors, Gastelum synthesizes honking 50s big band rumble, 60s modal moves, 70s electricity, New Orleans slink and more in a way that simply announces a man in total command of his instrument, free of other’s fingerprints and ready to engage in whatever comes his way.
Gastelum’s long-awaited debut as bandleader, The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow (released July 20 via MOWO! Inc.), unfurls an intoxicating array of sounds, tapping into On The Corner Miles-isms, vintage Fania salsoul, warm Brecker Brothers-esque excursions, the Latin pop of War and El Chicano, and the charged, forward thinking feel of late 60s/early 70s jazz, particularly the electric sax work of Eddie Harris and the impossible-to-place groove of Phil Woods’ European Rhythm Machine. Co-produced by Gastelum and Mocean Worker, the album rolls along layered percussion and a controlled, powered-up energy – a flowing inducement to move, to swing, to sway, aided by guest turns from Joe Russo, Brian Jordan, Zak Najor, Chris Stillwell and more.
It’s bloody sexy music, and executed so smoothly that it’s only upon further inspection that one realizes how much is actually going on. Yet, The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow never feels overstuffed or confusingly diverse. Like Gastelum’s playing, it is exactly what it needs to be and a fantastic snapshot of a rich musical mind in full flight. (Dennis Cook)
Here’s what Gastelum had to say to our inquiries.
 Cochemea Gastelum by Greg Aiello |
Nickname: “Cheme” pronounced /tchem-ay/
1. Great music rarely happens withoutÂ…
Listening, letting go, and in the immortal words of Fred Wesley, playing like you don’t give a fuck.
2. The first album I bought wasÂ…
Charlie Parker’s “Hot House“
3. The last song or album to really flip my wig wasÂ…
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Contou’s “Echos Hypnotiques”
4. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to beÂ…
A drummer
5. My favorite sort of gig isÂ…
A sweaty dance party
6. One thing I wish people knew about me isÂ…
There are moments when I may seem detached or distant, but I just like to be quiet and watch sometimes.
7. I love the sound ofÂ…
The ocean
8. One day I hope to make an album as fantastic asÂ…
Sly & The Family Stone’s There’s A Riot Going On
9. The best meal I ever had on tour was atÂ…
Au Virage Lepic in Paris
10. I always find the coolest audiences inÂ…
Unexpected places
11. The worst habit I’ve picked up being on the road all the time isÂ…
Eating late night junk food!
12. The Beatles or the Stones? Por que?
Hmmm, probably The Beatles. My mom used to play their records all the time growing up, and I always seem to go back to their songs for some inspirado. Been on a big Stones kick lately, though.
13. The craziest thing I ever saw wasÂ…
Ornette Coleman having a jam session in his apartment.
Cheme will perform perform the entire solo album in its entirety on September 10th in New York City at 92Y Tribeca with ten piece band, including members of Antibalas and Budos Band.
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