Blogcritics Author: Katharine Donelson

Jagger says "No" to Retirement Rumors and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:45:03 EDT

The Stones to keep rolling, The Charlatan's upcoming album and Apple's Boot Camp's demise in today's update.
Mick Jagger says "No" to retiringMick Jagger has announced his intentions to continue to tour and to record albums with The Rolling Stones. Rumors had been circulating that the band were considering calling it quits. Jagger has said that he is confident the band will continue to record and to tour. He also stated that he hadn't...

Amazon's MP3 Download Site and The Daily Music and Tech News Update

Katharine Donelson — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:28:33 EDT

Amazon's MP3 adventure, Radiohead's next release and Google's new purchase in today's update.
Amazon opens its online MP3 store for beta testAmazon.com has announced that it has opened its MP3 download store for a "public beta" test. The Amazon MP3 Download Store is said to have music from more than 20,000 independent and major labels with songs by more than 180,000 artists. The store is offering more than 2 million songs...

Led Zeppelin to Play One-Off Show and Today's Music and Tech News Update

Katharine Donelson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:37:43 EDT

Led Zeppelin to play one-off show, White Stripes cancel dates, and Google Maps' privacy issues in today's music and tech news updates.
Led Zeppelin to play showLed Zeppelin are set to play their first show in 22 years. The show will be a tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. Ertegun's wife contacted the band and asked them if they would be interested in playing a half hour set. However, the band has said that they will do a full gig to pay tribute to Ertegun for...

Artist Confidential to be Kicked Off by Smashing Pumpkins and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:44:57 EDT

Nirvana tunes on TV, IBM joins OpenOffice.org, Smashing Pumpkins on XM radio and HP's new skin patch in today's update.
Artist Confidential to start off with Smashing PumpkinsXM Radio Program "Artist Confidential" is set to kick off with the Smashing Pumpkins. The show will air on September 13th. The band will answer questions on the show as well as they a live set. "Artist Confidential" will be airing on XM 47 at 10 pm EST. Other artists set...

Luciano Pavarotti Has Died at Age 71 and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:35:54 EDT

Luciano Pavarotti is mourned in his hometown, iPhone users get credit and Zune gets a price cut in today's update.
Luciano Pavarotti has died at age 71Luciano Pavarotti died early on Thursday in his hometown of Modena, Italy at the age of 71 of pancreatic cancer. Admirers and fans have gathered in the main piazza of Modena in order to pay respects to the Italian tenor who has been called the "last, great voice" of Italian Opera. The funeral service...

Metallica to Play Bridge School Benefit and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:39:54 EDT

Metallica to play benefit, NBC moves to Amazon and Facebook profiles go public in today's update.
Metallica to play Bridge School BenefitMetallica have signed up to play at this year's Bridge School Benefit. The school helps children who have physical speech impediments. The benefit is set to take place on October 27th and 28th at the Shoreline Amphitheater in California. Other artist's that have signed up for this year's benefit...

Jeff Albrecht of Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians Dies at 34 and The Daily Music and Tech News Update

Katharine Donelson — Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:28:14 EDT

Jeff Albrecht shot to death in Texas and new parental controls and mobile phone rumors in today's update.
New Bohemians' keyboardist shot deadJeff Albrecht, the keyboardist from Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians was shot dead in Dallas, Texas. The shooting took place on Monday morning after Albrecht reportedly tried to kick in the door of his girlfriend's neighbor. Reportedly, the neighbor thought that a burglar was trying to break into her...

Google to Pay for News Content and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:37:22 EDT

Google hosting news content, new iPod rumors and new tunes from the Undertones in today's update.
Google to pay to host content from AP and other news servicesGoogle has started hosting content that has been produced by the Associated Press, the UK's Press Association, the Agence France-Presse, and The Canadian Press. Previously, Google had been sending readers onto the agencies' own websites. Google has negotiated the deals with the...

NBC Universal to Cut Ties with iTunes and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:47:40 EDT

NBC Universal cuts ties with iTune, Sony gives up its digital music format and new REM in today's update
NBC Universal to cut iTunes contractNBC Universal has decided to sever its connection with iTunes. They have opted to not renew their contract with the online retailer because of Apple's grip on the pricing on the website. NBC Universal's content currently accounts for 40% of iTunes' video downloads. NBC Universal's current...

Hilly Kristal Dies and The Daily Music and Tech News

Katharine Donelson — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:55:09 EDT

Hilly Kristal Dies at age 75, Nokia's new web services and Dave Navarro's new film in today's update.
Hilly Kristal Dies at age 75CBGB's Hilly Kristal has died at the age of 75. Kristal founded the influential club in 1973 and the club played host to such rock bands as Blondie and The Ramones prior to the band's making it big. Kristal died of lung cancer. CBGB's was forced to close last year after a drawn out dispute over rising rent...