Sharon Stone, Celine Dion team up for song on Come Together Now charity CD

Sharon Stone Writes Song For Katrina Relief


by Niladri Sekhar Nath - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent

(AHN) - Actress Sharon Stone has composed a song to raise money for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Joss Stone, Celine Dion, The Game and Wyclef Jean are among the stars who performed on the song "Come Together Now."

The Hollywood actress shares songwriting credit with Denise Rich, Mark Fiest and Damon Sharpe.

It will be released November 29 and will be a part of the charity album, "Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now." The album features tracks by Elton John, Barbara Streisand and James Brown.


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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (5:04) - Louis Armstrong
2. Let Your Light Shine (4:26) - R. Kelly
3. Precious Lord, Take My Hand (3:26) - Faith Hill
4. Heart So Heavy (4:58) – John Mayer/Aaron Neville
5. City Beneath The Sea (5:58) - Harry Connick, Jr.
6. Ay-TeTe Fee (1:53) - Clifton Chenier
7. Moon Over Bourbon Street (live) (4:56) – Sting with special guest Chris Botti
8. Heart of America (4:14) - Eric Benét, Michael McDonald, Wynonna Judd and Terry Dexter
9. By Faith (4:39) - Diddy featuring Fred Hammond
10. Early In The Morning (80th Session Alternate Version) (3:58) – B.B. King
11. Fix You (live) (6:03) – Coldplay
12. When The Levee Broke (5:43) – Clint Black
13. Tears In Heaven (4:20) – Various Artists
14. Believe (Acoustic Summer 2004) (4:30) - Lenny Kravitz
15. Blue And Green (5:39) – Van Morrison
16. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:51) - Professor Longhair
17. Born On The Bayou (live) (4:17) – John Fogerty


Disc: 2

1. Any Other Day (4:14) – Norah Jones & Wyclef Jean
2. I Will Not Be Broken (3:29) – Bonnie Raitt
3. People Get Ready (2:38) - Rod Stewart with Jerry Lawson and Talk Of The Town
4. We Can Make It Better (3:48) – Kanye West featuring Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Common and Rhymefest
5. Try Me (live) (2:35) – James Brown
6. Louisiana Bayou (live) (8:18) - Dave Matthews Band featuring Robert Randolph
7. Goin’ Back To New Orleans (4:09) - Dr. John
8. I'm Still Standing (live, New Orleans April 2001) (3:17) – Elton John
9. What Would Jesus Do (4:05) – Chris Thomas King
10. Alla Luce Del Sole (live) (5:47) - Josh Groban with Bela Fleck
11. Make A Change (3:23) – Black Buddafly
12. I Believe (3:24) - Barbra Streisand
13. Love & Mercy (2:20) - Brian Wilson
14. Coming Out Of The Dark/Always Tomorrow (acoustic) (5:16) – Gloria Estefan
15. Brothers (live) (5:26) – The Neville Brothers
16. After All (live in New Orleans) (4:30) – The Winans Family
17. Come Together Now (4:35) – Various Artists
18. When The Saints Go Marching Back In (4:53) - Kirk Whalum with special guests Coolio, “CZ,” Kyle Eastwood, Kyle Whalum, Rod McGaha & Wayman Tisdale

Hurricane Relief CD, Come Together Now



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Vince Jones a funky Australian trumpeteer, at the Vanguard Nov 19th

Now standing outside the mainstream spotlight, the trumpeter-vocalist sounds better than ever.

By Matt Buchanan, Sydney Morning Herald


Described by the Herald's jazz writer, John Shand, as " unique crossover force in Australian music", Vince Jones tackles that blurry genre somewhere between jazz, blues, folk and scat.




Photo by Joe Castro

If his recent Moving Through Taboos is any guide, Jones is enjoying one of his golden periods. His trumpet playing has never been more assured, or his singing as subtle. Indeed, Moving Through Taboos has been praised for its originality and heartfelt emotion. "[The songs] have real substance and glisten with nuance," writes Shand.

Having been raised on the music of Stevie Wonder, Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears, his music has always had a funky, bluesy edge. Jones's newer compositions see him drawing on his early life growing up on the South Coast - his parents migrated from Scotland to Wollongong.


Name Vince Jones
Genre Jazz/Blues
Date 2005-11-19
Price$22 plus booking fees.
Booking Number(02) 9557 7992
Booking URL www.thevanguard.com.au
Location The Vanguard 42 King St Newtown

Alan Frew of Canada's Glass Tiger still rockin after all these years

By PETRINA GENTILE ZUCCO, TheGlobeandMail.com , Toronto

He has won five Juno awards and sold more than three million records worldwide with the pop group, Glass Tiger.

As the band's lead singer and songwriter, Alan Frew penned numerous Top 10 hits in the 1980s , including Someday, I'm Still Searching and Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone. And like the song, he wants to make sure fans don't forget him any time soon.

Honestly, I did. But Frew still writes and performs with Glass Tiger. A new CD called Rocket is expected to hit shelves in next spring -- it's the band's first all-new recording since 1991. Frew also hits the stage in Ross Petty's musical Snow White and the Group of Seven at Toronto's Elgin Theatre this winter.

But being in the spotlight hasn't gone to his head. He's down to earth and practical, just like his vehicle, a 2004 BMW X3.

"I don't get attached to my cars. It's not like they become my children. It's really just my way of getting from A to B. I'm not a car guy and I'm not a very technical guy when it comes to cars," says the native of Glasgow, Scotland, who moved to Canada at 16, but still speaks with a strong Scottish accent.

"I've been in the limelight with Glass Tiger for all these years. It has given me a high profile, but behind the scenes I'm still a guy who loves to meet his pals at the common pub, have a beer, and a game of darts. I'm still very much a family guy," says Frew, who has a few concert dates on his calendar in the weeks ahead.

Before the Bimmer, Frew drove a Jeep TJ, but he dumped those wheels after his second child came into the picture.

"I was enjoying my old Jeep because I could really beat up on it. It became more like a bumper car. It took me everywhere and got me through the snow. I loved being able not to worry about it. But my wife said, 'Here comes the baby, there goes that Jeep,' " he laughs.

During the height of his career with Glass Tiger, Frew drove a Nissan 350Z sports coupe. "I haven't had a ticket in a long, long time. But I remember, way back, when Glass Tiger was at its peak. I pulled up to a stop sign and I didn't quite stop properly and then I saw the cop.

"He pulled me over and asked for my driver's licence. I could tell right away he knew who I was. He said, 'Hang on a minute,' and goes to his car. He comes back and I'm thinking, oh great, he's a fan.

"And then he hands me the ticket and says, 'Wow, wait till my wife hears I just gave a ticket to the lead singer of Glass Tiger!' "

But that road incident wasn't his most memorable. "I've been told a long time ago, coming from Scotland, when you start driving in Canada have extra jackets and extra candles in the car." That advice came in handy at least once.

"I did a gig and I had a new girlfriend at the time. She was in my car and I thought I'd impress her and take the country way home to make it a more interesting drive. I took a wrong turn and the two of us drove right into a snow bank and couldn't get out. I tried everything; I even tried putting my coat under one of the wheels to see if I could get traction going," he says, the exasperation still evident in his voice. "So we sat there and burned a candle.

"Then when I went to get out, there were about six gigantic German shepherds that trapped us in the car for another couple of hours until the sun came out. Finally, this farmer came, called off the dogs and set us free. He brought his tractor down and pulled us out.

"It wasn't the most impressionable way to begin a relationship with a girl -- almost freezing to death with a candle," says Frew, who is also starring in a new TV pilot called Plucked.

Frew still loves driving those country roads. But he has a few rules behind the wheel, notably, no music, unless it's Glass Tiger, of course.

"I'm so saturated with music. I'm working on music all the time in my recording studio and writing for Glass Tiger and for myself. I don't listen to music in my car. Every station in my car is talk radio.

"But my car has always been a place where many, many Glass Tiger songs were completed. Because I take the music with me on long drives and I write the lyrics as I'm driving.

"I don't worry too much about traffic jams because I use that as my work time. Instead of getting flipped out because it's going to be a three-hour drive, I have three hours to listen, learn and work," he says.

Frew's BMW X3 is filled with upgrades, including sport wheels, a leather interior and a panoramic sunroof. And he admits, his SUV has a big personality, just like a musician. "The lead singer of the band, the front guy, gets all the limelight but still has a very serious job to do. And my car is very much like that."

The X3 suits his lifestyle to a tee. "You're still talking to a musician who likes to put some gear in the back of the vehicle. I do a ton of corporate stuff and the road crew usually depends on me bringing my toys to a gig.

"If I'm driving to a gig, it's like the old days. I got my guitar amp, two or three guitars and some guitar stands in the back of the vehicle, and there's tons of room back there, which is really important to me," says Frew, who has toured with Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, and Fleetwood Mac, to name just a few.

"But my favourite thing is the handling of the car. When I take it out on the highway you feel like you're driving a sports car, but when you really need her to behave like an SUV, it does," says Frew, who lives on the outskirts of Toronto.

Along with the X3, Frew drives a Land Rover Range Rover sport utility. He has owned several in the past, which is a giant leap from his first car: a Chevrolet Corvair. "It cost me $300 and the heating didn't work. And in the winter I had to drive to college with a scraper in my hand and scrape the windshield as I was driving."

Those days are long gone. After 20 years in the Canadian music industry, the father of two is still going strong, with no plans of retiring or trading in his BMW any time soon.

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Original Beatles drummer Pete Best plays on

Written By: Adam Gonshor of AndPop.com

The original Beatles drummer may never know why he was kicked out of the most influential rock band of all time.

In 1962, just before The Beatles hit mega-fame, Pete Best was replaced with Ringo Starr. 43 years later, he still has never been contacted by any of the surviving Beatles to let him know why.

Over the years, there have been several theories: he wasn't a good enough drummer; he was better looking than the other Beatles; and he was difficult to work with.

"Unless someone actually comes out and says it's definitive and that was the reason, it's going to go on like the mystery of the sphinx," Best tells andPOP, on the line from his office above the famous Casbah club in Liverpool, England.

Tired of people believing some of the unflattering theories – and perhaps tired of people asking him why was axed from the band and not having an answer for them – Best produced the recently released DVD, "Best Of The Beatles."

The DVD explores the early years of the Beatles, and discusses in depth the theories of his ousting.

"Before, it's just been me dispelling the myths. The DVD goes in depth and it's not just my impressions. It's others' impressions who were around at that time. You've got musicians, journalists, fans, club owners, sound engineers, record people, A&R men; they're all contributing. When you take all of those things into consideration, it does put a different slant on people."

Two or three people still alive, he says, know the real reason why was kicked out of the band. Many years ago, he attempted to contact them with no success. So why won't they clear things up?

"I wish I knew," Best says. "It always makes me feel that I was the one that created the injury where in fact I was the injured party."

This rock mystery may never be solved, and Best realizes that.

"There comes a time when you live with it. With your strength of character, you wake up one day and you turn around and realize it's no good reflecting on what happened yesteryear. It's very much about today and tomorrow. Once you actually come to terms with that, then your priorities and goals in life, they take on a far more important meaning."

But Best didn't always have such a positive attitude.

A month after his dismissal, he joined Lee Curtis and The All Stars, but even though they toured the UK and Germany and signed a record deal, they were never able to become nearly as popular as his old band, and barely made a dent in the North American music scene. In 1965, he locked himself in a room and began to inhale fumes from a gas fire in an attempt to commit suicide. His mother found him before it was too late.

"That suicide attempt was something which was futile when I think back about it," Best says. "I've asked myself when it did happen and I survived it, 'what the hell did you do that for in the first place?' And you can't come up with a reason for it. It's just some bloody stupid thing that gets into your mind."

He said to himself, "I'm going to take a vow that it never happens again. There's much more to live through. I've got a wife, I've got a child, I've got to look towards their future. That is your driving factor."

So in 1968, he hung up his sticks and retired from music.

It wasn't until 20 years later, when he agreed to appear at a Beatles tribute gathering, that he had the desire to drum again.

After that one-off appearance, Best formed The Pete Best Band and still tours today (they'll play in Hamilton on October 25, in Brantford on October 26, and at Toronto's Drake Hotel on October 27.).

"A lot of people think that because it's the Pete Best Band, we're going to be a tribute band. And we're not."

The band's live shows try to capture the intensity and power from the early days of The Beatles, without actually copying them.

After all, that powerful style was created by Best, he says, when The Beatles toured Germany in 1960.

Had he never been part of The Beatles, "I think there would have been a much different sound from Liverpool bands, to be quite honest," Best explains. "The style that I created was very much a style which was needed, which worked well for the band, and it gave it a powerhouse sound, a lot of energy, a lot of force. The Liverpool invasion, a lot of that was the drum sound that I initiated way back in the '60s."

Although he has never received a call from Paul McCartney, Starr or Beatles producer George Martin, he did receive what he considers a "thank you" in the form of his inclusion on the Beatles Anthology (Volume 1), which was released in 1995. Included on the CD set were 10 tracks from the early days, featuring Best on drums.

"Financially it was great. I'm still getting residuals," he says. Some reports say he earned several million dollars from that release. "You've lived your life and then all of a sudden you get this fairy tale ending which comes out of the blue."

If all works out, the Anthology won't be the only recordings people can purchase featuring Best. He plans to record new material with his band and release an album next spring.

Best had a role in the British Invasion of the '60s and was a member of the most popular rock band ever, but his career highlight is his return to the music business in 1988.

And his return wasn't possible until he cast aside the first part of his career, and realized that maybe his firing was supposed to happen that way.

"Maybe at that time, I didn't know it but it was karma. It was really hurtful at the time, but it wasn't destined that I was bound to be there. It was something else that was allocated around my life. The pain you went through at the time, you go, 'why me?' But many years down the line you look back and go, maybe it happened for a reason."

US' National Public Radio offering original new Podcasts

WASHINTON (MarketWatch) - National Public Radio announced it is
producing programming exclusively for PCs and portable media players.
The three original shows are distributed with an "alt.NPR" label and
feature news and interviews about gambling, classic rock music, and
creative work from young radio producers.

NPR also added 11 programs from its network and affiliate stations to
its podcast directory. The total number of available shows now is 189.

NPR's podcast directory:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php


Producing programming just for podcasts is an ambitious step. A report
last week said NPR shows had been downloaded 4 million times in the two
months they have been available.

NPR's top programming, including "Morning Edition" and "All Things
Considered," are not available in podcast form. They were pulled from
Audible.com (ADBL) several months ago, where access was sold through
subscription.

Jacko's "From My Heart" to feature Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg and James Brown

What a relief: Jackson nearly finishes song

from The Seattle Times, 07nov05

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson is close to completing his charity single for Hurricane Katrina relief and hopes to release the song sometime this month, his spokeswoman said Thursday.

From his new base in the Middle East, Jackson has been working through global satellite and phone connections with the 12 recording artists who are participating, spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain told The Associated Press.

"All that remains is for two or three more artists to do their tracks, and Michael will then add his vocals," Bain said in a phone interview. "He is now on the fast track, and we're happy with the progress."

Last week, Jackson coordinated recording sessions with artists who were visiting Los Angeles for the Black Entertainment Television awards and went to studios to record their parts.

Meredith O'Sullivan, a spokeswoman for rapper Snoop Dogg, and Sonia Muckle, who represents singer R. Kelly, said those artists have participated in the recording sessions.

Jackson is the writer and producer of the track, Bain said.

She added that Jackson has rewritten the song several times and is changing the title from the original, "From the Bottom of My Heart," to a new, undisclosed title. Jackson found he did not need as many artists to participate as originally planned, she said. The final tally will be about 12.

Jackson's plan is to provide disaster aid through three funds: the Bill Clinton-George Bush Katrina Fund; the Push-Excel Hurricane Katrina College Relief Fund; and a disaster fund set up by the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.