Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 9-15
January 3, 2022 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 9-15:
Jan. 9: Actor K Callan (“Lois and Clark”) is 86. Singer Joan Baez is 81. Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 78. Actor John Doman (“Gotham”) is 77.
Kennedy Center honorees still relish slimmed-down tribute
May 22, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it's “the capper on my career.”
Kennedy Center honorees still relish slimmed-down tribute
May 22, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it's “the capper on my career.”
Biden meets with Kennedy Center honorees at White House
May 20, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent Thursday morning in a star-studded meeting with this year’s Kennedy Center honorees.
The president met at the White House with the recipients of the lifetime artistic achievement awards: country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, violin virtuoso Midori, folk music icon Joan Baez and actor Dick Van Dyke.
Grammy-nominated composer William Pursell dies at age 94
September 8, 2020 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — William “Bill” Pursell, a Grammy-nominated composer who worked as a Nashville studio musician with artists like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, has died...
Singer, songwriter, activist Baez named Guthrie recipient
July 21, 2020 GMTTULSA, Okla. (AP) — Singer, songwriter, activist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Joan Baez is this year’s recipient of the Woody Guthrie Prize, an award that recognizes artists who speak out for the less fortunate...
Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says
March 30, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine said Monday...
Bob Shane, founding member of Kingston Trio, dead at 85
January 29, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Bob Shane, the last surviving original member of the popular folk group the Kingston Trio and the lead singer on its million-selling ballad “Tom Dooley” and many other hits, has died.
Melanie recalls Woodstock concert and not being paid for it
August 15, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Melanie, known as the First Lady of Woodstock, remembers having a supernatural experience as she walked on the rainy stage in 1969 to perform at one of the most iconic events of all-time, though iconic isn't how anyone would have described the day back then...
Folk queen Joan Baez ‘grateful for having dropped the BS’ with Bob Dylan
September 30, 2018 GMTJoan Baez sounded sunny and upbeat, two words not usually associated with her.
Maybe it’s because the folk-music queen and godmother of social activism was phoning from Boston, where she started her career.