Muslimgauze and Apollon & other: June 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008

Gala

Artist: Gala

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Pop: Latin

Discography:

Come Into My Life

Year: 1997
Tracks: 10

Gregorian Dance

Year:
Tracks: 12

At Last David Hasselhoff Gets His Own Social-Networking Website

Courtesy of DavidHasselhoff.com
Sure, it may be a slow news week, but please don't think for one second that that's why we're reporting on what will surely be remembered as the year's most world-changing technology story: David Hasselhoff has debuted his very own social network at DavidHasselhoff.com. Affectionately dubbed "Hoffspace" by the Hoff himself on his Hoffblog, the site will finally offer Hoff heads a place to congregate, share music, and ponder such pressing questions as, "If the Hoff were a god, what would he do first?" ("I reckon the Hoff would grant everyone a Trans Am," speculates one Hoffspace user). Sign up, then send us a Hoff request!

DavidHasselhoff.com [via G4TV]

Britney Spears' sister gives birth to baby girl

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britney Spears' 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn, star of Nickelodeon's popular TV show "Zoey 101," has given birth to a baby girl, People magazine reported on Thursday.

Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to Maddie Briann on Thursday morning at a hospital in Mississippi, the magazine said.

A high school student who lives in Louisiana, Jamie Lynn Spears reportedly met the father, Casey Aldridge, the son of a Tennessee paper mill worker, at church. The couple are engaged, People magazine said.

Jamie Lynn Spears' personal publicist was not immediately available for comment.

"Zoey 101," which wrapped production on its fourth and final season in September, revolves around a headstrong student at a co-ed boarding school in California.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing by Vicki Allen)

Young Buck - Young Buck Leaked 50 Cent Phone Call Is Fake

Rapper YOUNG BUCK has slammed his former G-UNIT bandmate 50 CENT, accusing the superstar of doctoring a leaked telephone conversation between the two, in which Buck can be heard apparently breaking down in tears.

The two stars first fell out last year (07), when Buck was initially axed from rap group G-Unit. Buck and 50 Cent reconciled soon afterwards, but he was kicked out of the group once and for all in April (08), after a dispute over song royalties.

A new track by 50 Cent - titled The Taped Conversation - features Buck grovelling to the rapper, begging him to allow him back into the group and vowing not to betray him like another former G-Unit member The Game did.

But Young Buck's new manager, Blue Williams, claims the audio is heavily edited.

He says, "Just so that it is clear, this obviously edited and doctored recording was made from a phone conversation between Young Buck and 50 Cent - recorded and leaked by 50 Cent. It was made over a year ago, the first time Buck was kicked out of G-Unit for being a man and communicating with people that 50 deemed his 'enemies.' You only hear one side of the conversation."

And Williams reveals Young Buck, real name David Darnell Brown, will not be lowering himself to 50 Cent's level to fire back - because he's a "real man".

He adds, "At this time, I have convinced Buck to take the higher road and not respond to the petty back and forth with an obviously scorned and angry man.

"I am sure if need be, there are plenty of explosive G-Unit secrets that he could put out there from the inner workings of the crew, but he's going to take the high road.

"Everybody out here already knows what a real cat Buck is. I don't think anyone in the streets thinks Young Buck is soft. If anything, they know he's real and he's emotional. That's what makes him such a great rapper. He's a real man, thinking he was having a real conversation with 50 Cent, not someone who'd record it, doctor it up, and put it out a year later to try and build hype to sell a G-Unit compilation CD."

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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Beneath the Sky

Artist: Beneath the Sky

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

What Demons Do To Saints

Year: 2007
Tracks: 11

Merging death metal, hard-core, and melody, Beneath the Sky formed in mid-2004 after diverse bands on the Cincinnati scenery dissolved (most notably Blind Judgment) and some of their members united as one. Comprised of singer Joey Nelson, guitarists Jeff Nelson and Chris Profitt, bassist Nick Scarberry, drummer Brandon Sowder, and keytar player Matt Jones, the isthmus low released a four-song demonstration in early 2005. Through changeless furtherance and the group's rounds of regional touring, the demonstration went on to sell over 5,000 copies by the year's end. Beneath the Sky continued to spiel shows throughout the Midwestern and Eastern U.S. in front recording another EP, More Than You Can Handle, which was self-released in spring 2006. It was received intimately by their local fan base; things escalated promptly and a deal was inked with Victory Records that summer. Their full-length and label debut, What Demons Do to Saints, appeared in January 2007.

Katie Melua

Artist: Katie Melua

   Genre(s):
Vocal
   Rock
   Pop

Discography:

Pictures

Year: 2007
Tracks: 12

Piece by Piece

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Call Off The Search

Year: 2003
Tracks: 10

Plucked from music school abstruseness by songwriter/producer Mike Batt, Katie Melua byword her debut bolt up the U.K. charts upon its press release there in late 2003. Melua was born in Soviet Georgia in 1984. Eventually, she and her family line stirred to Belfast, Ireland, and eventually to London, where Melua entered the B.R.I.T. School for the Performing Arts & Technology. The track record industry-funded school had a habit of graduating talented playacting artists (Floetry, for illustration), and Melua became its next success when a 2003 showcase caught the attention of Batt, who'd been looking for for a vocalizer capable in both malarky and blues styles. Call Off the Search was issued in the U.K. in November 2003 through Batt's Dramatico Records embossment. A comfortable, highly neat blend of malarky vocals, pop style, and adult modern-day shake, the record album featured deuce cuts penned by Melua (including a testimonial to matchless of her biggest influences, Eva Cassidy), as intimately as covers of material from John Mayall, Randy Newman, and the James Shelton definitive "Lilac Wine." The single "Nearest Thing to Crazy" hit number one in December, and by January of the following year, Call Off the Search had gone platinum (three hundred,000 units in the U.K.). Gigs in Europe followed, and in May 2004 Melua made her fashion to the U.S. for a round of nightspot dates load-bearing the album's domestic release. She achieved regular greater success with her 2005 follow-up, Spell by Piece, a wise blend of worldbeat and jazz-pop that topped both the outside and British charts in front mount its sights on the U.S. securities industry in 2006.

Hancock

Jay-z Glastonbury Row Is Ridiculous

Rap superstar JAY-Z has defended his controversial forthcoming appearance at legendary U.K. music festival Glastonbury - branding the furore around his headlining slot "ridiculous".

Festival organisers' decision to book the hip-hop mogul as a headliner for the festival later this month (27-29Jun08) has been widely criticised - with Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher insisting he was a "wrong" choice for the event.

But the rapper - real name Shawn Carter - is adamant that hip-hop does, in fact, have a place at the annual British rock n' roll event.

He tells BBC Radio One, "It's ridiculous, if we don't embrace what is new, how do we progress?

"I've never actually experienced anything like that before. It's 2008, what is that about? That's such old school thinking, that's not even how the world thinks anymore. So I was really taken aback (by the criticism)."

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Gemstar-N-Bigmato

Artist: Gemstar-N-Bigmato

   Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop

Discography:

Mas Pure

Year: 2005
Tracks: 20

Jane Krakowski "Thrilled" for Katie Holmes' Stage Debut

Katie Holmes may have some Broadway stars in the audience during her stage debut this fall.

Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski can hardly wait for Mrs. Tom Cruise to storm the Great White Way in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

"I'm so thrilled she's coming to Broadway, and in a great play, All My Sons. That's wonderful," she tells OK!. "It always brings excitement when someone of that level comes."

A seasoned vet, the 39-year-old, who will star in Damn Yankees from July 5 to 27, has some word of advice for the theater newbie, echoing the sentiments of fellow stage stars to rest up.

"Rest during the day, because you're going to need all your energy for the performances at night," Jane says.

Katie will portray Ann Deever in the production. Joining her onstage are John Lithgow, Dianne Weist and Patrick Wilson.

For more on Jane, pick up the latest issue of OK!, on newsstands Thursday.

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Wayne Rooney's Westlife Wedding Duet

Wayne Rooney surprised his new bribe Coleen McLoughlin by leaping onto stage with Westlife at their reception.
The soccer star amazed guests with a “note-perfect rendition” of the boy band’s hit ‘Swear It Again’ at the reception in Italy this week.
Coleen was reportedly so touched by the gesture - which apparently cost the Man Utd forward £400,000 - she burst into tears.
A source tells the Daily Mirror, “The boys were stunned - they could not believe it.
"Wayne hadn't practised with them but must have practised somewhere.
"He is a brilliant singer and it was a moment that made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Some guests said it was the most romantic thing they'd ever seen. Coleen was not the only one in tears. It was the perfect end to the perfect day."