<![CDATA[Music News]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showforum.php?fid/9/What is new and interesting in the world of music? This is the place to share current news stories.enFri, 03 May 2013 05:15:50 GMTFri, 03 May 2013 05:15:50 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 3.1 Final 2 (www.fusionbb.com)<![CDATA[Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149450http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149450
  • Wikipedia Said:
    • "Hanneman withdrew from active touring in early 2011 after he contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a debilitating skin disorder. By 2012, bandmate Tom Araya had announced his recovery from the disease, however later in February, 2013, Kerry King revealed continuing health problems that kept him from working with Slayer. Hanneman died on May 2, 2013 near his home in Southern California's Inland Empire. He was in a local hospital and suffered liver failure. It is not known if the skin ailment was connected to his liver failure."

    ]]>    Fri, 03 May 2013 05:02:03 GMT    <![CDATA[Chris Kelly Dead: Kris Kross Rapper Dies at Age 34]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149448http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149448
    The Medical Examiner's Office said it could not provide more details about the circumstances of his death at this time.

    Unnamed sources told CBS Atlanta that Kelly was found dead at his Atlanta home.

    Kelly was pronounced dead at 5p.m. Wednesday, authorities told the Associated Press. His cause of death is yet to be determined.
    ]]>    Thu, 02 May 2013 03:27:57 GMT    <![CDATA[George Jones Passes Away at 81]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149446http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149446George Jones


    He Stopped Loving Her Today - I guess the lyrics are true now. RIP Mr Jones.

    ]]>    Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:20:31 GMT    <![CDATA[Richie Havens dead at age 72]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149444http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149444
    Havens had a long career as a musician, but if he had done nothing else, his performance at Woodstock would secure his place in American music history. Havens was the first performer to walk onto the stage at the festival; he sat on a stool and performed for nearly two hours — including an improvisation that incorporated the spiritual "Motherless Child," later called "Freedom." It became a highlight of the documentary about the festival and introduced him to audiences around the world.






    As a black performer, he was a rarity in the folk-dominated Greenwich Village scene. His sandpaper soft voice and percussive guitar playing caught the ear of folk impresario Albert Grossman, who first signed Bob Dylan and helped create Peter, Paul and Mary. Havens released his breakout album, Mixed Bag, in 1967.


    Richie Havens.

    Studio Sessions

    Richie Havens: No More Crowns

    Havens went on to act in films and on television, and he continued recording for more than 40 years. He had a Top 20 hit in 1971 with a cover of The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" and released his last album, Nobody Left to Crown, in 2008. But it was onstage — with his guitar — that Havens was in his element. He toured constantly and in 2008 told NPR that he never planned his shows beyond the opening and closing songs.

    "Many times people have come up to me after and they'd, they'd say, 'Richie, do you know what you did?' I'd say, 'What?' They'd go, 'I wrote these songs down for you to sing and you sang 'em all in a row.' That's the kind of communication happens, you know," Havens said. "It's like if you let the audience lead, then you are the audience."

    Havens connected with audiences from stages large and small for more than 50 years
    ]]>    Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:22:18 GMT    <![CDATA[Divinyls' Singer Chrissy Amphlett Dies]]>http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149443http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/149443
    "Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, diseases she vigorously fought with exceptional bravery and dignity," her musician husband Charley Drayton said in a statement.

    "Chrissy's light burns so very brightly. Hers was a life of passion and creativity. She always lived it to the fullest. With her force of character and vocal strength, she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women," he said.

    Amphlett was an icon of Australian music renowned for her distinctive singing voice as well as edgy stage performances clad in school uniforms and fishnet stockings.

    She was born on Oct. 25, 1959, in Geelong city in Victoria state, cousin of 1960s Australian pop star Patricia Amphlett, known as "Little Pattie," who was at her New York bedside on Sunday.

    Amphlett met musician Mark McEntee at a concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and the pair formed the Divinyls.

    The band released six albums between 1982 and 1996, peaking in 1991 with the success of the single "I Touch Myself" which reached No. 1 in Australia, No. 4 in the United States and No. 10 in Britain.

    The band reformed briefly in 2006. Amphlett announced in 2007 that she had multiple sclerosis and in 2010 that she had cancer.

    Amphlett was also an actress who made her movie debut in the 1982 Australian film "Monkey Grip," which featured several Divinyls tracks.

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