June 29th, 2009 by Hannah
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce recently announced the 2010 honorees. The film honorees are Russell Crowe, Adam Sandler, James Cameron, John Cusack, Colin Firth, Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Emma Thompson and Mark Wahlberg and producer Gale Anne Hurd. The TV honorees are Bill Maher, Chris Berman, Jon Cryer, Peter Graves, Jimmy Kimmel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sam Waterston. The recording industry honorees are Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, the Funk Brothers, Alan Jackson, Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, Marco Antonio Solis, ZZ Top and the late Roy Orbison. And the live performance honorees are Andrea Bocelli, Cirque du Soleil’s Guy Liberte. Congratulations!
October 25th, 2007 by Hannah
Just because they’re old doesn’t mean they can’t make some great new music. Grammy winners Eric Clapton and Chaka Khan are offering up new releases for new and old fans.
Eric Clapton has had a productive year. He had a world tour, performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival and his highly anticipated book ‘Clapton, The Autobiography’ was released last week on the same day that a two-disc album, ‘Complete Clapton, spanning his career was released. His 40-year career is captured in one package and even features songs from his days in Cream and Blind Faith.
In the meantime, Chaka Khan offers new material and covers on her first studio album in over 10 years ‘Funk This’. The whole album was produced by Flytetyme Productions run by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
The covers in the disc include songs by Prince, Joni Mitchell and Michael McDonald. There’s also a due with Mary J. Blige called ‘Disrespectful’ which sounds like a throwback to Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’.
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