Doug Cameron

   
Artist: Doug Cameron

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Celtic Crossroads; The Uncharted Path

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 15


   
 Celtic Crossroads

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 15


   
 Passport

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 10


   
 Rendezvous

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


   
 Journey To You

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


   
 Mil Amores

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 9

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Doug Cameron is an excellent electric violinist world Health Organization so far has been substance to execute generally in the crosswalk and pop/jazz line of business. Growing up in New York, Cameron started on the violin when he was five-spot. He developed cursorily and was still in grammar school when he played in the Westchester Conservatory Orchestra and the New York State Youth Orchestra. He for the most part studied classical music up to high school (including starring a group called the Baroque Bums), then became interested in improvising and was particularly doting of the recordings of the Allman Brothers. Attending the University of Buffalo, Cameron often played in local clubs. One day Gregg Allman sat in and he was so impressed by Cameron that the violinist joined him for a tour and a recording. Graduating from college in 1978, Cameron settled in Los Angeles. Since then he has worked in the studios and with such musicians as David Benoit, George Benson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Doc Severinson's nuclear fusion reaction band Xebron, Jose Feliciano and many others. As a leader, Doug Cameron has emphasised instrumental pop in his music, recording sets for Spindletop (starting in 1986), Narada Equinox and Higher Octave.





RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER

Controversial lineup plagues Glastonbury fest

With three days to go before Glastonbury there are still tickets available, an unusual situation for the annual celebration of pop music which many people blame on this year�s controversial lineup.

Armed with wellington boots and enough toilet paper to last four days, 134,000 fans will pitch tents and share 3,000 temporary toilets on a 400-acre dairy farm in southwest England.

There they will hope to catch performances from the likes of Amy Winehouse, Leonard Cohen and Jay-Z over the three-day event.

�I would think in the 1990s there were occasions when it got to the point that tickets were still on sale at this moment,� said festival spokesman Crispin Aubrey.

�Certainly since 2001, when we introduced a new impenetrable fence it has sold out every year since then until now,� he added. �It�s been rather slow selling the last twenty thousand.�

The usual excitement that surrounds the festival, which started in 1970, has been overshadowed by U.S. rapper Jay-Z�s headline appearance.

�(Jay-Z) has caused a lot of discussion but we�ve had a lot of people who�ve said it�s a brilliant, brave decision to do something different,� Aubrey said. �We often try to have relatively mainstream people at the top of the bill, like Paul McCartney, and I think it was thought this year �let�s go for something different�, like a solo black performer.�

The festival�s cause was not helped when British rock royalty in the form of Oasis� Noel Gallagher weighed into the debate saying a hip-hop act was wrong for a festival whose roots are in guitar. Jay-Z responded earlier this month by dismissing the debate as �ridiculous.�

�If we don�t embrace what is new, then how do we progress?� he told BBC Radio.

Some traditional Glastonbury-goers are happy about the choice of Jay-Z, saying the backlash against him is unnecessary. 

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Hollywood studios in a retro mood

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - For those ready to move past the endless stream of dark dramas from fall 2007, get ready for a new barrage -- from the 1960s, the 1940s and the 1780s.


Studios are preparing to unleash a hailstorm of period movies -- in broad terms, films set in an era other than the current -- in the fall, at times turning the multiplex circa 2008 into a veritable cinematic museum.


The films range from large studio productions (Clint Eastwood's 1920s missing-child drama "Changeling" and Baz Luhrmann's World War II epic "Australia") to specialty releases (the mid-century Southern tale "The Secret Life of Bees" and the 1960s Catholic-school drama "Doubt").


They veer from costume dramas (the 18th century Keira Knightley quill-and-wig extravaganza "The Duchess") to political sagas (Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon") to 1950s family dramas (the Sam Mendes-Leonardo DiCaprio collaboration "Revolutionary Road") to biopics (Gus Van Sant's "Milk") to yet more WWII throwbacks (Ed Zwick's "Defiance," Mikael Hafstrom's "Shanghai" and Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna").


"It seems like Hollywood is merging with the History Channel," media critic Robert Thompson noted wryly.


Studios have a long tradition of producing movies set in previous eras, from epics like "Ben-Hur" to intimate stories like "The Ice Storm." But the latest wave of period movies is notable for several reasons.


These movies are coming all at once -- scores of pictures crammed into a period of just 10 or 12 weeks. The stakes and expectations for these movies also are higher because the overall number of fall specialty releases is expected to be down by as much as 25% from the nearly 70 titles released last year. And, maybe most critical, these period films are being released at a moment when questions linger from last season about whether the audience can find enough to identify with in fall releases.


That combination is enough to make some executives nervous. "It's a lot of period movies, and it's going to be a question of who'll be able to connect," said one high-ranking arthouse-studio executive releasing a period film. 

Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne Fans Duped By Fake Gig

Hundreds of LIL WAYNE fans were left fuming after a phony promoter tricked a nightclub into advertising a fake gig by the rapper.

More than 700 people turned up at Club Illusions in Alabama on Saturday (21Jun08) night, only to find the star was a no show.

And the club's manager has now revealed the gig was part of an elaborate scam by a bogus concert promoter, who promised a gig by the Lollipop star and then allegedly disappeared with over $45,000 (GBP22,500) from ticket sales.

Manager Esa Jones admits that all the club officials were fooled by the man, who identified himself as Tony Lee and claimed to be a representative for Coastal Boy Entertainment.

She says, "We got scammed real bad. It looked planned, they printed tickets, had radio advertisements, ticket locations, it looks so legit."

A police investigation has now been launched into the alleged fraud.

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Mindy McCready charged with violating probation

FRANKLIN, Tenn. —

Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation.

Authorities accuse the 32-year-old country singer of falsifying her community service records.

Williamson County Sheriff's Department officer Charlotte Spencer says McCready turned herself in Monday, posted the $5,000 bond and was released two hours later.

She is on probation for a 2004 drug charge.

Her attorney, Lee Ofman, declined Thursday to comment on the new charge.

A corrections official says McCready will go before the judge who sentenced her, and he will decide what, if any, action to take.

McCready's court date wasn't immediately available.

She had a number one single in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time."

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Brian Gingrich

   
Artist: Brian Gingrich

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 The White Rim Of Heaven

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 7

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Lindsay Lohan Glams Up In Louis Vuitton

Rivers Describes Her Ouster From British TV Show

Joan Rivers has put her ousting from the British TV show Loose Women to comedic good use. In an interview with the London Daily Mirror Rivers recounted what happened during a commercial break after she used two verboten terms to describe Russell Crowe, whom she once attempted to interview during a red-carpet affair. Saying that she expected her words to be bleeped (in fact she warned the technical crew on camera, "Get ready to bleep this" before letting loose), Rivers said, "I was having a great time and everybody was laughing. Then these people -- these IDIOTS -- came running on to the set and RIPPED me off my seat and dragged me off. They were saying, 'Let's go, let's go, let's go.' I thought I was being arrested. Then I thought something must be wrong at my house. I have a sick dog at home and I thought, 'Oh God, it must be Lulu, ' because they bundled me away so quickly. My toes are still bleeding from where they were dragged across the carpet. They ruined a beautiful pair of Manolo Blahniks. I mean, I'm not a young woman. I might have osteoporosis and they could have snapped my limbs. I didn't even have time to say goodbye. When the audience saw my empty chair I worried that because of my age, they might think I'd wet it because my diaper leaked." Rivers is 75. Rivers said that the show's producers said they were worried that they'd be fined as a result of her remarks. "I'm worried I won't be paid."

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Amy Winehouse - Winehouse Punch Victim She Got The Wrong Person

LATEST: A man who was reportedly attacked by AMY WINEHOUSE at legendary English music festival Glastonbury states he is "disappointed" by the star's actions - because it was a case of mistaken identity.

The 24-year-old was singing her hit track Rehab to 75,000 fans on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (28Jun08) when she jumped down into the security pit.

The star - who has been receiving medical attention for the lung disease emphysema - then appeared to turn on a member of the crowd, striking a fan with her fist.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis and a spokesperson for the Winehouse quickly defended her actions, insisting she only lost her temper because someone tried to manhandle her and pull her hair.

But James Gostelow, the fan who felt the brunt of the star's fiery display at the event, insists he was the wrong person to get hit - because it was a reveller behind him who had upset the singer.

He tells BBC online, "I saw a hat being thrown from behind me and it hit Amy's beehive. She looked down, saw me looking up, and her elbow went for me."

However Gostelow, who states he has no intention of taking the issue further by making an official complaint, claims he is pleased with Winehouse's outburst - because it got him close to the star.

He says, "At the end of the day it is all part of being at the front and being pushed by thousands of people. It is all part of the Glastonbury experience.

"I'm just pleased I got to see her. She did a great act. Not everyone can say they have been hit by Amy Winehouse. I just want to shake (the hand of) the person who threw the hat."

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Kinzaza

   
Artist: Kinzaza

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   

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Discography:


   
 Number One In Shambala

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 12

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Kazumasa Oda

   
Artist: Kazumasa Oda

   Genre(s): 
Pop: Japan
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Jiko Best-2

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 15

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California man claims singer Eddy Arnold was his father, wants DNA test

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A California man has filed a petition asking a Nashville court to order DNA testing he believes will prove the late singer Eddy Arnold was his father.

Christopher Edward Tanner, 47, of Anaheim, Calif., said that he submitted the request last week for paternity testing on Arnold's remains.

"I really don't want to have to exhume the body, but we've got no choice now," Tanner said.

Arnold died last month at 89. His vocals on songs such as the 1965 "Make the World Go Away," a Top 10 pop hit as well as a No. 1 country hit, made him one of the most successful country singers in history.

Bryan Howard, the lawyer for Arnold's estate, said the singer had denied fathering Tanner, although he may not have done so publicly.

Howard said he plans to object to an exhumation, noting a response to Tanner's petition must be filed within 30 days. He said he speaks for Arnold's two children, who had no comment.

Tanner's mother, Arlene Tanner-Glynn, 69, said she met Arnold while working as a secretary at Decca Records in the late 50s. She said she asked the singer to undergo paternity testing while he was alive, but he never did.

"He probably figured if he dragged it out long enough I would give up," she said.

She said that although Arnold never acknowledged Tanner as his son, he never denied to her that he fathered the child - even after she went public with her claims in The New York Post in 1992.

Upon learning the singer had died, Tanner-Glynn said she contacted Howard to renew her request for a paternity test.

She said Howard initially led her to believe the paternity test would be conducted before Arnold was buried. When it wasn't, she and her son decided to go to court.

"I got angry enough to say, 'That's it,' " she said. "He's thumbed his nose at us long enough."

Howard said Arnold's grieving children did not want to deal with DNA testing as they prepared to bury their father.

"They've had 47 years to do this and to wait this long is just absurd," he said. "And now to dig up someone who is dead and buried - that's something that they, that the family, just don't want to do."

Tanner's lawyer, J.D. Kious, said he hopes to work things out with Howard without having to go to court. No hearing date has been set.

Kious said Tanner is not pursuing any claims against the estate at this time, but he would not rule out that possibility in the future.

Howard declined to discuss Arnold's estate but said Tanner will not get any of it because Arnold left specific instructions about how to dispose of it.

"Tennessee law allows you to pick who you will pass on your estate to," he said.

Tanner said he never met Arnold but would like to meet his remaining family one day. Over the years he sent Arnold letters and cards, telling him what was going on in his life.

"I'd like to think he kept them," Tanner said. "It's nice to think there was some part of him that did care."

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Johnnie Johnson

   
Artist: Johnnie Johnson

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   

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Discography:


   
 Johnnie Be Back

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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