Gentleman, bürgerlich Tilmann Otto, ist in Osnabrück geboren und in Köln aufgewachsen. Trotzdem singt er im jamaikanischen Patois – und wurde damit der erste heimische Reggae-Star in Deutschland.
Read MoreRosanne Cash, daughter of the late legend Johnny Cash, is a Grammy Award-winning artist with 11 No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Her first chart-topper was “Seven Year Ache,” which was nominated for a Grammy in 1982. Cash has had No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, Americana/Folk Albums chart and World Albums chart.
Read MoreJIMMY Barnes says painful childhood memories are helping him be a better singer. But you will have to wait for the book to find out what happened. Until then, you can feel it in his music.
Read MoreDas ist schon ein besonderer Moment. Rocksänger Peter Maffay sitzt am Dienstagabend mit Akustikgitarre auf der Bühne des Wintergarten Varietés. Und singt „Lay Lady Lay“, jene Countryballade, die Bob Dylan 1969 auf seinem Album „Nashville Skyline“ erstmals veröffentlicht hatte. Unterstützt von Gitarrist Carl Carlton legt er sich mit seinem weichen Bariton ganz in den Song, macht ihn sich zu eigen, ohne sich unnötig vom Original zu entfernen. Und er schickt „Don’t Think Twice (It’s Allright“) gleich hinterher.
Read MoreThe 80th birthday of songwriter, actor and country-music icon Kris Kristofferson will be celebrated next month with the release of The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection, a 16-CD deluxe box set from Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings. Due June 10th, the collection will consist of 11 of Kristofferson’s studio albums spanning the entire decade of the Seventies. At the same time he was recording his own material, Kristofferson’s massive song catalog was mined for hits by artists ranging from Janis Joplin (“Me and Bobby McGee”) to Ray Price (“For the Good Times”) and beyond.
Read MoreThe singer of "House of the Rising Sun" and founder of the band The Animals is considered one of the greatest white blues performer ever. Following his 75th birthday, Eric Burdon will once again go on tour.
Read More"It's like being in your bedroom and the posters start to move in your direction."
That's how Heloise Letissier - AKA Christine and the Queens - describes the roll call of famous singers who she can call a fan.
Read MoreParis-based MK2 Films will launch sales in Cannes on an upcoming bio-doc about 1960s icon Marianne Faithfull [pictured] by French actress and director SandrineBonnaire.
Read MoreAmnesty International has given its top 2016 human rights award to Grammy award-winning musician Angélique Kidjo and to three African youth activist movements for their work standing up to injustice, the organisation announced on Wednesday.
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