Tag: American musician
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Jared Leto climbed the Empire State Building, but why?
This morning, there was a guy mounting the Empire State Building in a red jumpsuit if you were strolling down 34th Street in Manhattan. In most cases, this would be reason for concern, but not in this instance. Jared Leto, the Academy Award winner, was just checking something off his bucket list. Leto wasn’t training…
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Gary Wright, the vocalist of the mid-1970s hit ‘Dream Weaver,’ has died at the age of 80.
Gary Wright, well known for his hit hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has passed away. He was 80. Dorian Wright, Wright’s son, confirmed the news to Variety; no cause of death was given. He was a founding member of the U.K.-based band Spooky Tooth and an in-demand session player from the late ’60s…
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Jon Batiste Discusses New Album ‘World Music Radio,’ Claims to Be a ‘Top to Bottom Albums Artist’
Jon Batiste is an album artist through and through, as he said to Billboard News. In the most recent episode of Billboard, the Grammy winner sat down with the magazine to discuss his current project, World Music Radio, as well as his approach to success as a highly acclaimed musician. Speaking about World Music Radio,…
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There was no better punk singer than Rick Froberg.
The voice of Rick Froberg was the perfect blend of shrill and growl. Some male punk singers have the guttural depth of many hardcore bands or the back of the throat resonance of a Joey Ramone. Froberg didn’t intentionally attempt to seem harsh; it simply happened to sound that way, but his voice was still…