‘To sing in Kashmiri is political’: Ali Saffudin, the singer-songwriter who smuggled his album to the world | Music

‘I needed someone to harness my music and get it out to the world.’

‘If someone like Neil Young or Bob Marley were born in Kashmir, who do you think they would have supported?” Ali Saffudin asks. “The oppressed. These are my inspirations.” For Saffudin, a Kashmiri folk singer-songwriter, […]

Concord Music Publishing Signs Singer-Songwriter Justin Wilson

Concord signs Justin Wilson

Photo Credit: Concord (L-R) Matt Turner, Scott Safford, Brad Kennard, Justin Wilson, Courtney Allen, Ashley Nite, Jen Hubbard, and Garrett Stephenson Concord Music Publishing signs prolific singer-songwriter Justin Wilson, who has written hits for the […]

Singer-Songwriter, Film Star Olivia Newton-John Dies, Age 73

Olivia Newton-John dies

Photo Credit: Alan Light / CC by 2.0 Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John has died. She sang some of the biggest hits of the ’70s and ’80s. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, released a […]

Singer-Songwriter, Film Star Olivia Newton-John Dies, Age 73

Olivia Newton-John dies

Photo Credit: Alan Light / CC by 2.0 Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John has died. She sang some of the biggest hits of the ’70s and ’80s. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, released a […]

Gary Brooker, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ singer-songwriter, dead at 76

Shared from www.cnn.com A statement on a fan website, procolharum.com, said the musician had been undergoing treatment for cancer but “died peacefully at home” on Saturday. Brooker’s representative, Wayne Forte, told CNN the statement had […]