The Star Online: Entertainment: Music
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| Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:24 AM PST ERYKAH Badu is one of the hip hop scene's true visionaries and the 40-year-old is set to bring her soulful live show to the Plenary Hall, KL Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 28. Badu, who had to cancel her appearance at the Sunburst Festival in KL in 2009, is finally set to meet her fans here with a stand-alone concert. Her show in KL is also set to be an eventful one since it comes only two days after her 41th birthday. Badu's music has struck a chord in these parts with her hit single 'On & On'. However, since the Dallas, Texas-raised singer broke into the mainstream with her groundbreaking 1997 debut album, 'Baduizm', she has gone on to an eclectic and colourful career. Her seamless fusion of electronica-drenched jazz, soulful rock and hip hop have brought her a diverse fanbase while her artistic questing has led her to continually push hip hop from the inside. Badu's other studio albums include 'Mama's Gun' (2000), 'Worldwide Underground' (2003), 'New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)' (2008) and 'New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)' (2010). Badu is currently working on new material with LA-based producer Flying Lotus. Tickets details of Badu's upcoming show in KL will be announced soon. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Elvis Presley lands posthumous Grammy nomination Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:34 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Elvis may have left the building - and the planet, for that matter - but he's not done racking up accolades. ''Young Man With the Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters,'' a five-CD box set of Elvis Presley's early recordings, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Historical Album category by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The collection, put out to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Presley's 1956 RCA debut, was released this fall by Sony's Legacy Recordings. Songs in the sprawling collection include studio recordings of such early hits as ''Blue Suede Shoes'' and ''Lawdy, Miss Clawdy,'' plus live tracks, outtakes and interviews. Legacy will follow up on the ''Young Man'' collection in January with ''Elvis Country,'' a two-disc compilation of Presley's country recordings. During his lifetime, Presley logged 14 Grammy nominations, and won three awards, for the gospel recordings ''How Great Thou Art,'' ''He Touched Me'' and the live recording of ''How Great Thou Art.'' The singer was also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1971. Presley died in 1977, at the age of 42. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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