Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s collaboration “I Had Some Help” could make both men big winners at Wednesday’s night’s Country Music Association Awards. The huge hit from the rapper-singer and one of country’s biggest stars helped make wallen the night’s top nominee and puts a spotlight on the crossover moment the country is having —…
NEW YORK — It looks like the 2025 grammy awards may be a different kind of award show. beyoncé leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to a record-breaking 99 nominations. There’s an incredible diversity of genres represented across the major categories, and women continue to succeed. So… who didn’t make the cut?…
NEW YORK — The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced, and Beyoncé leads the way. She received 11 nominations, including for album, song and record of the year for music from “Cowboy Carter,” her much-anticipated country album. Post Malone also received nominations in the country categories, including nods for “I Had Some…
NEW YORK — An eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, The War and Treaty, Lea Salonga, Kylie Cantrall, The Temptations, Chlöe,…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of October. 27-Nov. 2 Oct. 27: Actor-comedian John Cleese is 85. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 82. Country singer-guitarist Jack Daniels (Highway 101) is 75. Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 75. Author Fran Lebowitz is 74. Guitarist KK Downing (Judas Priest) is 73….
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals of Acadians and Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, arts, food and community. What started as a one day concert in 1974 to entertain 150 French-speaking journalists gathered in Lafayette — considered the…
CAIRO– As the performers took the stage and the traditional drum beat gained momentum, Sudanese refugees sitting in the audience were moved to tears. Hadia Moussa said the melody reminded her of the country’s Nuba Mountains, her family’s ancestral home. “Performances like this help people mentally affected by the war. It reminds us of the…
NEW YORK — Reaction to the death of Kris KristoffersonThe singer-songwriter and actor died Saturday at his home in Hawaii surrounded by family at age 88. , “The first time I saw Kris performing at the Troubadour club in LA I knew he was something special.” — Barbra Streisand, Kristofferson’s co-star in “A Star is…
SALEM, Ore. — Country singer Jelly Roll has been playing sold-out shows across the US as part of his “Beautifully Broken” tour. But earlier this week, his venue wasn’t a massive arena: it was the Oregon State Penitentiary. The award-winning artist posted a video and photos of his visit to the Salem prison on Instagram,…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14: Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 84. Actor Alan Feinstein is 83. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 82. Bassist Will Lee of the CBS Orchestra (“Late Show with David Letterman”) is 72. Actor Heather Thomas (“The Fall Guy”) is 67. Singer Aimee…
