Dr. John News

Share your opinion

69k
Comment 0

Home > Music > D > Dr. John > News


Dr._John news RSS feedSubscribe to Dr. John RSS news feed!

Neil Diamond Steals The Show At Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

Neil Diamond

Veteran crooner Neil Diamond stunned the audience at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday by delivering a rambling speech as he accepted his prestigious honor. The singer b...


Read Article...
Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper And Tom Waits To Join Rock Hall Of Fame

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper and Tom Waits are among the next inductees to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 2011 class for the prestigious club was announced on Tuesday, with Darlene Love a...


Read Article...
Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper And Neil Diamond Among Hall Of Fame Nominees

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Neil Diamond have landed nominations to be inducted into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the class of 2010. The stars join fellow first-time nominees Dr....


Read Article...
Kat De Luna Tops Worst National Anthem Performance Poll

Kat De Luna

Kat De Luna's rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner has topped a new online list of the most awful National Anthem performances ever. The singer hit the low notes when she belted out America's pa...


Read Article...
Disney's 'The Princess And The Frog' Soundtrack Out Now; Listen To It Here!

The Princess and the Frog soundtrack

Multi-platinum, 3-time Grammy Award-winning Def Jam recording artist Ne-Yo adds two new credits to his long list of successes over the last three years, starting with the announcement that his new ...


Read Article...
Celebrity Birthdays, November 21

Bjork

Happy Birthday to: Icelandic singer and former Sugarcube Bjork (1965) Actress Jena Malone (1984) Desperate Housewife Nicolette Sheridan (1963) Singer Steven Curtis Chapman (1962) Com...


Read Article...
The Beatles' Entire Original Recorded Catalog Remastered; Out Sept.9

Beatles

Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalog, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday,...


Read Article...
List Of The 51st Grammy Awards Winners

Robert Plant

Former Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant and his new performance partner Alison Krauss were the toast of the 51st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after claiming a fistful of honors. ...


Read Article...
Celebrity Birthdays, November 21

Nicolette Sheridan

Happy Birthday to actress Jena Malone (1984), Major League Baseball slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969), NFL star quarterback Troy Aikman (1966), Icelandic singer Bjork (1965), Desperate Housewife Nic...


Read Article...
B.B. King To Release 'One Kind Favor' Aug. 26

B.B. King

The King of the Blues is set to release a new album featuring covers of old blues songs from B.B. King's early influences. With production by T. Bone Burnett (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Roy Orbi...


Read Article...
Dr. John Inspired By Katrina Anger

Dr. John

New Orleans rocker Dr. John's new album is fueled by his anger for the way the city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The 67-year-old churned out material for The City That Care Forgot (click for r...


Read Article...
Celebrity Birthdays, November 21

Bjork

Happy Birthday to actress Jena Malone (1984), Major League Baseball slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969), NFL star quarterback Troy Aikman (1966), Icelandic singer and former Sugarcube Bjork (1965), Des...


Read Article...
Voodoo Music Experience Gets New Site Within New Orleans City Park

Rage Against the Machine

This year's Voodoo Music Experience--set for October 26, 27 and 28--has a new location within its New Orleans City Park home. Adjacent to the site utilized in 2006, the new location is situated clo...


Read Article...
Emmylou Harris Rarities Take Flight On 'Songbird'; Win The Set

Emmylou Harris

LOS ANGELES -- 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris retraces the back roads of her remarkable musical journey that spans more than three decades with a highly personalized, far-reaching boxed...


Read Article...
Voodoo Music Experience Expands To 3 Days In New Orleans' City Park, October 26, 27, 28

Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins and Dr. John are among the more than 110 acts confirmed for the 2007 Voodoo Music Experience, which expands this year to three days to accommodate th...


Read Article...
It Was A Big Night For Big Stars At Ertegun Memorial

Phil Collins

The members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Genesis And Led Zeppelin all reunited to pay tribute to late music mogul Ahmet Ertegun in New York on Tuesday night. Neil Young performed Helplessly Hop...


Read Article...
Rod Stewart, Norah Jones And Harry Connick Jr. To Headline New Orleans Jazz Festival

Norah Jones

Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, ZZ Top And Norah Jones will headline this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The stars will be joined by Louisiana favourites, like Irma Thoma...


Read Article...
Grateful Dead, The Doors, Joan Baez & More To Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

Grateful Dead

Recipients of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical Grammy Award were announced today. Joan Baez, Booker T. & The MG's, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, the Gra...


Read Article...
Celebrity Birthdays, November 21

Bjork

Happy Birthday to actress Jena Malone (1984), Major League Baseball slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969), NFL star quarterback Troy Aikman (1966), Icelandic singer and former Sugarcube Bjork (1965), Des...


Read Article...
"James Taylor: A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute" DVD To Be Released On October 3

James Taylor

During the 2006 Grammy week in Los Angeles, MusiCares brought together a group of legendary artists to pay tribute to James Taylor and his famous works at their annual Person of the Year gala. The ...


Read Article...
"What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)" Spotlights Funk's Foundation; Listen Here

What It Is

Right on. Right on. Nothing puts a dip in your hip and a glide in your stride quite like a gritty funk groove that hits the beat hard on the one. The polyrhythmic kissing cousin of classic soul and...


Read Article...
What You Missed at Bonnaroo ...

Tom Petty

The fifth Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee, the world's most successful festival, was all about surprises this weekend as Tom Petty, Bright Eyes and former Grateful Dead star Phil Lesh s...


Read Article...
'New Orleans Social Club' Album Due

The Meters

Six weeks after Hurricane Katrina, a parade of Crescent City legends united to celebrate the indomitable spirit and culture of their native city. Scattered around the country, they gathered in Aust...


Read Article...
Grammy Awards To Honor New Orleans

Dr. John

Organizers of tonight's Grammy Awards are planning a tribute to devastated New Orleans by inviting locals Allen Toussaint and Dr. John to jam with Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen. Bonnie Rait...


Read Article...
Dr. John To Release Johnny Mercer Album

Dr. John

Dr. John, the revered American musician known equally over the last half a century as an inimitable interpreter, a matchless piano player and a top notch songwriter, has completed Mercernary: The S...


Read Article...
Aretha Franklin Forgives NFL for Snub

Aretha Franklin

Soul legend Aretha Franklin has forgiven America's National Football League (NFL) for choosing The Rolling Stones to perform the prestigious half-time Super Bowl slot instead of a Detroit artist. T...


Read Article...
Initial 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival Line-Up Includes Radiohead, Beck, Phil Lesh & More

Beck

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The fifth annual three-day camping and music festival will be held ...


Read Article...
James Taylor To Be Honored As Person of the Year

James Taylor

An exceptional group of legendary music talents will honor multi-Grammy-winning singer/songwriter James Taylor as the 2006 MusiCares Person of the Year in a gala tribute on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at...


Read Article...
Music Snippets: Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Alanis Morissette

Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville and Dr. John To Play Superbowl Anthem Aaron Neville and Dr. John will represent ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Super Bowl next month. The two musicians will team up for...


Read Article...
Medeski, Martin & Wood Bassist Finds Brotherly Love

Medeski, Martin & Wood

After intermittent musical collaboration that dates back to their childhood, brothers Oliver and Chris Wood (Medeski Martin and Wood bassist) have created 'Ways Not To Lose' (due March 7 on Blue No...


Read Article...



Browse More Music:
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Friends With Benefits!


More sites / Submit a link