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    Mar 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Pink Floyd Added To National Recording Registry

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Pink Floyd&lsquo;s legendary 1973 album, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among this year&rsquo;s class. In the release accompanying the announcement, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is called &ldquo;an example of brilliant, innovative production in service of the music.&rdquo; They go on to cite the harmonies of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, as well as the successful integration of Roger Waters&lsquo; interviews of the studio staff into the album&rsquo;s concept. Also added to the registry,&lsquo;Cheap Thrills&rsquo; by Big Brother and the Holding Company, which launched Janis Joplin to national prominence, the self-titled debut by the Ramones and the Bee Gees soundtrack to &lsquo;Saturday Night Fever.&rsquo; Created in 2000, the National Recording Registry annually selects 25 recordings that are &ldquo;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&rdquo; and &ldquo;reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience.&rdquo; You can find out about all of this year&rsquo;s inductees, which range from spoken word to opera to jazz, at the Library of Congress&rsquo; website.</span>
    Pink Floyd‘s legendary 1973 album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among...

    Tags: Roger Waters, Pink Floyd (music group), Music, Library of Congress, Entertainment

    2. Jul 11, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Tony Winning Actress Will Play Joplin

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Tony Award-winning actress Nina Arianda has been chosen to portray Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic simply titled Joplin, Deadline reports. Producer Peter Newman assures Arianda will sing all of Joplin&rsquo;s best-known tunes, saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never in my life seen an actress walk on a stage and convey the duality of vulnerability with overheated sexuality, which is what Janis was all about.&rdquo; The film will focus mainly on the last six months of the singer&rsquo;s life, using flashbacks to touch on key moments in her earlier career.</span>
    Tony Award-winning actress Nina Arianda has been chosen to portray Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic simply titled Joplin, Deadline reports. Producer Peter Newman assures Arianda will sing all of Joplin’s best-known...

    Tags: Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Celebrities

    3. Jun 25, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  3. Joplin Tapped For Posthumous Award

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin will receive yet another posthumous prize when she becomes the latest inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient will receive her very own star on Hollywood Blvd. next year, with an exact date for the ceremony to be announced soon.</span>
    Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin will receive yet another posthumous prize when she becomes the latest inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient will receive her very own star on Hollywood Blvd. next year,...
    4. Apr 13, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  4. Unreleased Joplin Music Coming Soon

    <span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;">The forthcoming&nbsp;<strong><span class="runtimeTopic">Janis Joplin</span></strong>&nbsp;rarities collection&nbsp;<em>The Pearl Sessions</em>&nbsp;will be available this Tuesday, April 17 and will include a previously unreleased alternate take of &ldquo;Move Over.&rdquo; .&nbsp;<em>The Pearl Sessions</em>&nbsp;features a selection of outtakes, live recordings, alternative mixes and additional previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for Joplin&rsquo;s posthumous<em>Pearl</em>.</span>
    The forthcoming Janis Joplin rarities collection The Pearl Sessions will be available this Tuesday, April 17 and will include a previously unreleased alternate take of “Move Over.” . The Pearl Sessions features a selection of outtakes, live...
    5. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'American Idol' recap: Top 7 try to rock out

    It was "rock week" on "American Idol" as the top 7 took on rock 'n' roll classics, with varying results. It also happened to be injury week, with top talents Kree Harrison and Candice Glover singing through their pain. Harrison had a pinched nerve...

    Tags: Nicki Minaj, Billy Joel, Ryan Seacrest, Music, Entertainment

    6. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. 'American Idol' recap, Final 7 take on rock 'n' roll legends

    Down to the final 7, last night's show had the contenders take on some of the legends of rock and roll and most were clearly outside of their comfort zones.
    Down to the final 7, last night's show had the contenders take on some of the legends of rock and roll and most were clearly outside of their comfort zones. Burnell's version of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" reminded us all that we love him...

    Tags: Billy Joel, Music, Bon Jovi (music group), Entertainment

    7. Apr 3, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  7. 'American Idol': Amber rocks it best

    They sure do say &quot;love" a lot on "<a href="http://www.americanidol.com/">American Idol,</a>" and I don't love that gushing.
    Staff writer
    They sure do say "love" a lot on "American Idol," and I don't love that gushing. I also don't love forcing contestants to sing song styles they’ll never perform. Rock night was a bad night for the last two men left. Burnell Taylor was in the...

    Tags: Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson, The Rolling Stones (music group), Billy Joel, Carrie Underwood

    8. Apr 3, 2013 | Zap2It

  8. 'American Idol': Kree Harrison gets her Janis Joplin on

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    For rock 'n roll week on "American Idol," Kree Harrison took on Janis Joplin with a bluesy, country version of "Piece of My Heart."...
    9. Mar 30, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. Chris Erskine's take on 'Janis Joplin' show in Pasadena

    Into the decadent world of Pasadena we go. . . . More and more I am drawn to that little triangle of treasures near Vroman's Bookstore: the Laemmle theaters, of course, where the audiences are either amazingly reverential or fully asleep, and the little...

    Tags: Porgy and Bess (movie), Music, Entertainment, Aretha Franklin

    10. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled

    <em>This post has been updated. See note below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...

    Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Music, Michelle Shocked, Saturday Night Fever (movie), Entertainment

    11. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Paulina Rubio will help coach Telemundo's 'La Voz Kids'

    Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio has been named as one of three vocal coaches for &quot;La Voz Kids," the kids-and-teens singing competition and Spanish-language spinoff of "The Voice," which will air this spring on the Telemundo network.
    Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio has been named as one of three vocal coaches for "La Voz Kids," the kids-and-teens singing competition and Spanish-language spinoff of "The Voice," which will air this spring on the Telemundo network. Rubio has prior...

    Tags: Nicki Minaj, Telemundo (tv network), Mexico

    12. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Motown: The Musical' earns $1 million its first week on Broadway

    Motown founder&nbsp;Berry Gordy has another hit on his hands: &quot;Motown: The Musical" cracked the million-dollar mark after its first week of previews on Broadway.
    Motown founder Berry Gordy has another hit on his hands: "Motown: The Musical" cracked the million-dollar mark after its first week of previews on Broadway. The show grossed $1.03 million after seven performances starting March 11 at the Lunt-Fontanne...

    Tags: Music Theater, The Book of Mormon (musical), Nora Ephron, Cinderella (movie), Theater

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