November 4th, 2009 by Hannah
Musician Cyndi Lauper was all smiles after President Barack Obama delivered remarks following the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In a statement, the singer said “As a straight ally and as a person with many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender family members, friends and fans, I want to thank the Human Rights Campaign, Judy and Dennis Shepard and Senator Edward Kennedy for their leadership in the 11 year struggle to get the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. Hates Crimes Prevention Bill enacted. Finally, with President Obama’s signature, violent hate crimes against the LGBT community will be recognized and prosecuted by the Federal government. This is only the beginning, I believe that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act, as well as the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, will soon be here. Today, that light at the end of the tunnel for the LGBT civil rights movement is much brighter.”
November 2nd, 2009 by Hannah
The singer is apparently getting tangled up in the political scene these days. Sting has expressed his full-fledged support of president Barack Obama whom he reveres very much. In addition, Sting also said the following about the presidents opposition: “It’s aggressive and violent and full of fear. They don’t want change, they want things to feel the same because they feel safe there. My hope is that we can start talking about real issues and not caring about whether God cares about your hemline or your color. We are here to evolve as one family, and we can’t be separate anymore.” Strange how some people find that the USA is the world and only what happens there is truly significant. You’d expect somebody who preaches change to be a little less narrow-minded.
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February 27th, 2009 by Hannah
Stevie Wonder has received America’s highest award for pop music from US President Barack Obama. The singer was given the celebrated Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at a ceremony at the White House.
During his campaign trail during election time Obama had used Stevie Wonder’s classics Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ and Higher Ground as the theme songs for his electoral campaign.
The President paid his tribute to the star singer and said, “Stevie has always drawn on the incredible range of traditions in his music and, from that, he’s created a style that’s at once uniquely American, uniquely his own, and yet somehow universal. Indeed, this could be called the American tradition – artists demonstrating the courage, the talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonant sounds of the American experience.”
Truly well deserved and just last week Stevie was playing with the Jonas brothers and this week he is standing right next to the President, this man is having the time of his life, God Bless.
February 9th, 2009 by Hannah
Beyonce might be staying silent about Etta James’ wacked out verbal slap but Barack and Michelle Obama were apparently taken more than a little aback. A White House insider told the Chicago Sun-Times that the First Couple was stunned by the 71-year old singer’s remarks against Beyonce. The insider said “It never crossed anyone’s mind that there was anything inappropriate about Beyonce singing that song.” Worse yet, the source added “I’m sure some of the younger people involved didn’t even know she is alive!” That has to be worse than being told you have no business singing someone else’s song.
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February 6th, 2009 by Hannah
The Smithsonian in DC has asked Aretha Franklin if she would be alright with having to say goodbye to her Luke Song hat to be part of President Obama’s Inaugural display. The Queen of Soul was pretty hesitant about it though saying “I am considering it. It would be hard to part with my chapeau since it was such a crowning moment in history. I would like to smile every time I look back at it and remember what a great moment it was in American and African-American history.” I know I’ll always remember what took place when I see that hat.
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