RED MOON ROAD
Winnipeg based Red Moon Road is on the road promoting their brand new disc "Sorrows + Glories" and passed through Dauphin Friday night with a truly inspired presentation of folk/roots music and a wealth of entertaining and informative stories. The crowd was heavy with Ste. Rose music lovers who came out to support, see and hear former Ste. Rose du Lac resident Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner who plays mandolin, guitar, keys and also sings. The rest of the talented trio is made up or vocalist, percussionist and keyboard player Sheena Rattai and Daniel Jordan who also sings and plays guitar and mandolin in the talented trio.
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REBA McENTIRE-DIVORCE
Reba McEntire confirms her divorce has been finalized for some time. McEntire posted a photo of her management team on Facebook and it includes her ex-husband, Narvel Blackstock.
McEntire says in the comments section their divorce was finalized October 28. She says they are friends and always have been. They were married for 26 years.
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3 DOORS DOWN-BASSIST-SENTENCED
This is the last week that former 3 Doors Down bassist Todd Harrell will be a free man for a while. The Nashville Tennessean reports a judge sentenced Harrell to a two-year prison sentence that will begin next Monday. Prosecutors say Harrell was high and driving more than 160 kilometers per hour on a Tennessee highway in April 2013 when his vehicle clipped a pickup truck. Its driver, Paul Shoulders Junior, later died of his injuries. While that case was pending, Harrell was charged with D-U-I in another incident. Harrell's sentence could be reduced to one year with good behavior.
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THE KINKS-DAVIES BROTHERS
For all the teasing Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks have done about possibly playing together again, they finally have done it. Ray showed up at Dave's show in London on Friday, and they performed ``You Really Got Me.'' They ended the song by shaking hands. Dave later tweeted, ``We had a great night - it was a fun show - had a blast with Ray.'' The brothers have not performed in public together in nearly 20 years.
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NICKI MINAJ-ANGOLA CONCERT
Nicki Minaj performed a concert in Angola over the weekend, in spite of calls from human rights groups that she cancel it. Minaj posted a photo of herself with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the co-owner of mobile phone company Unitel, who sponsored the concert.
The Human Rights Foundation and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group say Angola's government is a corrupt dictatorship. Minaj's representative could not be reached for comment.
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NICKI MINAJ-SITCOM-CAST
The child actress who portrayed Left Eye as a girl in ``CrazySexyCool: The T-L-C Story'' will play young Nicki Minaj in the sitcom based on Minaj's life. Ariana Neal will portray Minaj in the A-B-C Family comedy ``Nicki.'' Whoopi Goldberg will guest star as Nicki's neighbor. Minaj is the show's executive producer and will appear in the show. Filming begins this winter and the show is expected to air sometime next year.
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PETE SEEGER-FBI FILE
Pete Seeger's 1942 letter to the California American Legion denouncing a proposal to deport all Japanese-Americans triggered an F-B-I investigation that lasted three decades. Nearly 1,700 pages from Seeger's F-B-I file have been released by the National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act. Seeger had been drafted and the Army intercepted Seeger's mail to his fiancee. Authorities also scoured his school records, talked to his father, interviewed an ex-landlord and questioned his pal Woody Guthrie. Investigators raised red flags over Seeger's association with Lead Belly, who was labeled a ``negro murderer.''
More documents on Seeger are expected to be released later.
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ELLE KING
Elle King is just starting to get used to people looking at her. Now she's trying to figure out why. King says it wasn't until this past summer that she started being recognized as the singer of ``Ex's and Oh's.'' When she catches someone staring at her, King says she wonders if it's because she's got food on her face or because her eyelashes are falling off. She says it may also be because she's a ``weirdo'' who wears velvet pants or bell bottoms.
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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL-COVER REQUEST
Eagles of Death Metal issued a request to their musician friends to do some good, and they responded. Eagles of Death Metal had asked musicians to cover their song ``I Love You All The Time,'' and the band would donate 100 percent of their publishing income to the Sweet Stuff Foundation. It's a non-profit founded by Eagles of Death Metal's Josh Homme (HOH'-mee) to provide assistance to musicians in time of need. Among the acts who took up the challenge are Florence and the Machine, Imagine Dragons, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Jimmy Eat World and Deen Ween Group. The artists are donating their profits from the covers as well. The songs are available on iTunes, Spotify and Prime Music.
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JASON DERULO-PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
Jason Derulo will be part of the entertainment at the People's Choice Awards. Derulo joins Shawn Mendes as the musical guests. Jane Lynch will host. The People's Choice Awards will be shown live on C-B-S on January 6.
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(The Associated Press)