Author: Mesfin Fekadu
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Yoga serving as inspiration for Christina Aguilera’s new music
Yoga is serving as inspiration for Christina Aguilera’s upcoming album. The pop star says that the physical and mental exercise is helping her find inner peace, and that’s influencing her music-making process. “Taking a love for yoga and breathing … not looking at it as an exercise, but just feeling more one with the Earth…
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From Stones to solo album: Keith Richards making moves
NEW YORK – Keith Richards had a goal when he was readying the release of his first solo album in two decades: Get his Rolling Stones bandmates excited about recording their own music. “(The band is) going to get in the studio, which was one of my aims really of doing this (solo) one. (It)…
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Top 10 albums of the year
Associated Press music writer Mesfin Fekadu (twitter.com/MusicMesfin) picks his top 10 albums of the year. “Yours Truly,” Ariana Grande Executed perfectly (or close to it), there are a few elements to creating a perfect pop album: great songwriting, groovy melodies and vocals that capture and reel you in. With the help of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds,…
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‘Queen of Disco’ Donna Summer dead at 63
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn’t comfortable embracing. “I grew up on rock ‘n’ roll,” Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to…
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Santana bringing George Lopez on tour for 5 shows, including Red Rocks
NEW YORK — Carlos Santana is hoping to make fans smile on his upcoming tour with the sound of music. He’s also hoping to do the same with killer jokes. That’s why the multiplatinum musician is bringing George Lopez on the road for five shows, including Sept. 3 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison. “When…
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Robin Thicke talks about music, race and ‘Magic’
NEW YORK • Robin Thicke is a platinum-selling singer, a Grammy-winning songwriter, a budding sex symbol and goes home at night to a gorgeous wife, actress Paula Patton. Yet while he seems to be living a life most men would envy, the R & B crooner says he still struggles with moments of self-doubt. With…