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Music News for July 6, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members (AP)
AP - As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans.
Mamma Mia! ABBA Reunites for Film Premiere (E! Online)
E! Online - Don't pull out the polyester and platforms just yet, folks. It was just for a movie premiere.
Huge trove of 78 rpm records donated to Syracuse U (AP)
AP - A vast collection of 78 rpm records — valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history — is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner.
ABBA foursome makes rare appearance (Reuters)
Reuters - All four members of supergroup ABBA
appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film
"Mamma Mia!," delighting fans with their first public showing
for years.
Rock musician Natasha Shneider dies of cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Singer/songwriter Natasha Shneider,
who collaborated with former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell
and rock band Queens of the Stone Age, died Tuesday of cancer.
Hizzoner, the Mayer of Fibbington (E! Online)
E! Online - With rumors spreading like wildfire, perhaps the best thing to do is spread some more...kinda like firemen setting a backfire to sap a blaze's energy. Maybe that's John Mayer's strategy, because he told the crowd at his St. Louis show last night:
Singing dentist wins $2 million music contract (Reuters)
Reuters - An opera-loving dentist is ready to swap
his drill for a microphone after winning a four-album recording
contract worth about $2 million.
Former Whitesnake guitarist dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Fellow musicians have paid tribute to
Mel Galley, former guitarist in British hard rock band
Whitesnake who died of cancer this week aged 60.
Springsteen Remembers Madam Marie (E! Online)
E! Online - It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning.
ZZ Top hitches ride with Rick Rubin for comeback (Reuters)
Reuters - Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to
producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a
commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior
Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond.
