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Chesney, Brooks and Dunn Lead ACM Awards
Perhaps putting the telecast of the Academy of Country Music Awards up against American Idol was thought to be a way to neutralize the television juggernaut. Instead, country music fans simply waited to flip from Fox to CBS to watch the coverage of same old, same old.
Pop singer hiding under a cowboy hat Kenny Chesney won a third straight award, and perhaps the second he deserved, for Entertainer of the Year. […]
Ben Folds + Boston Pops = Fistfight?
Pity poor Ben Folds who has been traveling the globe for two years now, playing with orchestras from Australia to the US. Elton John’s old arranger, Paul Buckmaster, has even signed on, giving the prolific composer his own seal of approval.
And Folds is due some respect as he is quietly becoming this generation’s Randy Newman. On tour now with John Mayer, Folds helped the famed Boston Pops open their concert season last […]
Delp Death Ruled Suicide Say NH Authorities
New Hampshire authorities are ruling that Boston leader singer Brad Delp, 55, whose death last week sent shock waves through the rock world, was a suicide caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The small town of Atkinson, New Hampshire where Delp had settled had made no official comment on its web site — indeed, its police blotter dates back to only last year. Multiple media outlets are confirming the report, however, although not indicating whether […]