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Music News for July 20, 2008
Miranda Lambert's revenge tale shoots up chart (Reuters)
Reuters - Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale "Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 (AP)
AP - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.
"Hot" Mexican musical genre picks up steam in U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - Mexico's music from the hotlands -- better-known by its Spanish term, "musica de tierra caliente" -- has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense.
Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser finally cracks U.S. charts (Reuters)
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on iTunes' editors' picks list.
Billboard single reviews: Carrie Underwood, Beck (Reuters)
Reuters - The fourth single from Carrie Underwood's double-platinum "Carnival Ride" finds the singer charting new territory.
Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
Music retailer thrives serving captive audience (Reuters)
Reuters - As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.
Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.
Heartland rockers Hinder back with 2nd album (Reuters)
Reuters - After moving nearly 3 million copies of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album, "Take It to the Limit."
Nine Gets Fergalicious (E! Online)
E! Online - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.
