After more than five years a cable TV reality star, Heidi Montag says she’s delighted to finally say goodbye to The Hills.
On Wednesday, MTV announced that it is pulling the plug on the once popular young adult docu-soap (We blame Jersey Shore.), and The Hills’ resident villainess is happy to close the chapter and focus [...]
Miley Cyrus will appear as a guest mentor to the remaining 11 finalists on tomorrow night’s American Idol. The 17-year-old Hannah Montana star will help the contestants prepare to perform songs that have hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart Hot 100.
Past mentors have included Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli, and Miley’s godmother Dolly Parton.
On Wednesday’s [...]
Young & In Love, Miley Cyrus is filming the final season of Hannah Montana — the Disney Channel series that shot her to teen superstardom — and the sometimes controversial starlet couldn’t be happier that the end of the show means she’ll no longer have to get dressed up in frilly pink outfits and a [...]
It’s safe to say, Dolly is not a Brangelina fan. Check out what The Queen of Country Music had to say about celebrity couples this week: “Aren’t Angelina and Brad meant to be having problems? And Madonna and her husband Guy (Ritchie) didn’t last long. There are so many break-ups that the names pass me [...]
Country singer Dolly Parton has revealed that she is currently working on her own biopic, with intentions of bringing it to the big screen.
Parton, 64, is putting plans into place for the story of how she went from a poor girl living in the mountains of Tennessee to one of the biggest-selling country singers in [...]
Singer songwriter Dolly Parton has opened up about the depression she went through when she could not have kids.
According to the Globe, Parton, 64, said the idea of not having children made her become so depressed during menopause in the mid-1980s, that she considered suicide.
“I went through a dark time – it lasted several months,†[...]
Music legend Dolly Parton suffered a vicious bout with depression that nearly drove her to suicide once she realized she was pre-menopausal and had waited too late to have children naturally with hubby Carl Dean.
The country star, 64, says she seriously thought about taking her life during that stormy period in the mid-’80s.
“I think [...]
Universal Pictures and the screenwriters who brought us Legally Blonde and The Twilight Saga are developing a big budget remake of the 1982 movie musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which starred Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. Screenwriters Karen McCulluh and Kirsten Smith have been tipped to rewrite the script and plot to the [...]
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO RETURNS TO U.S. WITH 2010 TOUR
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, “South Africa’s long-running musical treasure” (New York Times), returns to the U.S. in 2010, bringing the nine-man a cappella group’s high energy live show to over 40 cities nationwide, including two dates in New York City. The group will perform songs from their 2009 Grammy Award-winning album Ilembe, in addition to selections from their wide catalog.
“There is an honesty and integrity in their music that illuminates the best parts of humanity,” notes the Associated Press. “Using their majestic voices and nothing else,” adds the San Francisco Chronicle, “[Ladysmith Black Mambazo] produces a full orchestra of sound.”
The group marries the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music, garnering accolades worldwide and solidifying their identity as a cultural force. As Billboard explains, “Ladysmith is proof that music knows no boundaries.”
Over its forty-year career, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has earned three Grammy awards and received over 15 Grammy nominations, in addition to a Tony Award, and even an Oscar nomination. They’ve performed for kings, queens, presidents and popes. They accompanied Nelson Mandela when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and also recorded with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, among many others.
Tour Dates:
01/31/10 Sun Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI
02/03/10 Wed Highline Ballroom New York, NY
02/04/10 Thu B.B. King Blues Club New York, NY
02/05/10 Fri Colonial Theater Bethlehem, NH
02/06/10 Sat Sanders Theater Cambridge, MA
02/07/10 Sun Mahaiwe Theater Great Barrington, MA
02/10/10 Wed Western Illinois University macomb, IL
02/11/10 Thu West Side Theatre Gary, IN
02/12/10 Fri McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL
02/13/10 Sat Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
02/14/10 Sun Sheldon Concert Hall St. Louis, MO
02/16/10 Tue Jesse Auditorium Columbia, MO
02/18/10 Thu Bethel College Newton, KS
02/19/10 Fri Mccain Auditorium Manhattan, KS
02/20/10 Sat Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, AR
02/23/10 Tue Finney Chapel Oberlin, OH
02/24/10 Wed Akron Civic Theater Akron, OH
02/25/10 Thu Goodnight Theater Franklin, KY
02/27/10 Sat Avalon Theatre Easton, MD
02/28/10 Sun Byham Theater Pittsburgh, PA
03/02/10 Tue Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts St. Petersburg, FL
03/04/10 Thu Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC
03/05/10 Fri Strathmore North Bethesda, MD
03/06/10 Sat Washington PAC Olympia, WA
03/08/10 Mon Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA
03/10/10 Wed Montalvo Arts Center Saratoga, CA
03/11/10 Thu Congregation Sherith Israel San Francisco, CA
03/12/10 Fri Beckman Auditorium Pasadena, CA
03/13/10 Sat Anthology San Diego, CA
03/14/10 Sun Centennial Hall Tucson, AZ
03/16/10 Tue Newman Center for the Performing Arts Denver, CO
03/17/10 Wed Lincoln Center Performance Hall Fort Collins, CO
03/18/10 Thu Popejoy Hall | UNM Albuquerque, NM
03/19/10 Fri Avalon Theatre Grand Junction, CO
03/20/10 Sat Peerys Egyptian Theater Ogden, UT
03/23/10 Tue Emerson Center for the Arts Bozeman, MT
03/24/10 Wed University Theatre Missoula, MT
03/25/10 Thu Bing Crosby Theatre Spokane, WA
03/26/10 Fri Broadway Center for the Arts Tacoma, WA
03/27/10 Sat McIntyre Hall Mount Vernon, WA
03/28/10 Sun Ross Ragland Theater Klamath Falls, OR
03/30/10 Tue John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Eugene, OR
Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform “Homeless” at the Nobel Peace Concert:
Dolly Parton‘’s handwritten lyrics to hit ballad ‘I Will Always Love You’ fetched 7,150 dollars at a charity auction in Nashville, Tennessee.
The words penned by Parton became a massive hit for Whitney Houston and was the top item at the sale, reports Contactmusic.
Willie Nelson’’s handwritten lyrics ‘On the Road Again’ also went under the hammer [...]
Carrie wishes she was a bit more Dolly. Country starlet Carrie Underwood says legendary singer Dolly Parton is her style icon.
The American Idol winner – who had the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history with 2005’s Some Hearts – credits the busty blonde with often inspiring her country style.
Carrie, 26, reveals on [...]
Dolly Parton is under the care of a chiropractor, thanks to her famous bustline. The country legend says her 40DD boobs have been causing her a lot of pain recently.
“Aahhh chiropractor… Hurts so good,” Dolly, 63, wrote on Twitter. “You lug these around and see if your back don’t hurt!”
Pal Jessica Simpson, who is also [...]
American Idol-turned-country-star Carrie Underwood is returning the network that made her a star to host a variety special, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The two-hour special , tentatively titled Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special, will air December 7 on FOX.
Carrie — the most commercially-successful artist to emerge from Idol — will perform a string of [...]
The Hills’ Heidi Montag celebrated her 23rd birthday on Tuesday by welcoming a new member to the Montag-Pratt brood — a maltipoo puppy named after country music legend Dolly Parton.
The pooch pup was a birthday present from her husband. Ironically, Jessica Simpson’s 5-year-old Maltipoo, also named Dolly, disappeared after an encounter with a coyote earlier [...]
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Grammy Award-winning music legend Kris Kristofferson opens his latest release with the title track “Closer To The Bone,” an intense, intimate song that seems to sum up the entire album. The record, Kristofferson’s second with New West Records, continues with 11 poignant tracks and will be released on September 29. The new record was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Don Was (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt) who also produced Kristofferson’s last CD, the critically acclaimed This Old Road. Closer To The Bone will be released as a standard CD, deluxe two-CD set as well as limited edition 180 gram vinyl.
Closer To The Bone features Kristofferson on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Don Was on bass, Rami Jaffee on keys, Jim Keltner on drums and longtime friend, the late Stephen Bruton, to whom the album is dedicated, on guitar, mandolin and backing vocals. All lyrics and music were written solely by Kristofferson except “From Here To Forever” which was written in collaboration with Stephen Bruton and Glen Clark.
On November 10, Kristofferson will be honored with the BMI Icon Award at the performing rights organization’s 57th annual Country Awards, the oldest awards saluting country’s top music makers. The Icon designation is given to BMI songwriters and artists who have had “a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Kristofferson, who will be saluted with an all-star musical tribute that evening, joins an elite list of past honorees that includes country music stalwarts Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels, Loretta Lynn and last year’s honoree Hank Williams, Jr.
Closer To The Bone Track List:
1. Closer To The Bone
2. From Here To Forever
3. Holy Woman
4. Starlight And Stone
5. Sister Sinead
6. Hall Of Angels
7. Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
8. Good Morning John
9. Tell Me One More Time
10. Let The Walls Come Down
11. The Wonder
After 148 performances, 9 To 5: The Musical will close on Broadway this September.
The show, which opened at Manhattan’s Marriott Marquis Theatre on April 30, will halt production on Sept. 26.
9 To 5: The Musical — based on the screenplay of the hit 1980 film — was the Broadway debut of seven-time Grammy Award winning [...]
This week’s column features Ralston Bowles, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton, Arthur Crudup, Lola Flores, Colored Shadows and The Impressions.
