MUSIC NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1016
ELSIE MORDEN
Hot new Manitoba country artist Elsie Morden dropped in to share her music and her anti-bullying message with the Parkland on the Al Morning Show today.
Elsie will be spending this weekend in the recording studio as she prepares to release an EP soon. She will also be hitting the road west to share her music and message.
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CARLY RAE JEPSEN LOOKS A LOT LIKE CARLY RAE JEPSEN
Lots of celebrities get mistaken for other celebrities. Carly Rae Jepsen has gotten mistaken for herself.
Jepsen says a fan told her she looked like ``that Carly Rae Jepsen girl, but don't worry, you're much prettier.'' Jepsen says it was an insult and a compliment at the same time.
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GRAMMYS WILL GRANT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS TO EWF, RUN-DMC, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Earth, Wind and Fire, Run-DMC and Jefferson Airplane have never won Grammys. The Recording Academy is going to correct that. Those three acts are among those who will receive lifetime achievement awards from the Recording Academy in a special ceremony and concert this spring. Other lifetime achievement recipients will be Celia Cruz, Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock and Linda Ronstadt.
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KIM MITCHELL
Canadian rock musician Kim Mitchell is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. A Facebook message posted by Alert Music, his management company, says Mitchell underwent emergency surgery. He will remain at the hospital for another day or two before returning home. Mitchell has been a staple of the Canadian music scene for decades, first as the lead singer and guitarist for Max Webster in the 1970s before going solo. Some of his best-known hits include ``Go For Soda,'' ``Patio Lanterns'' and ``I Am A Wild Party.'' Last year, Mitchell left Toronto classic rock radio station Q107, where he worked for about 11 years.
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``CHINA GIRL'' ACTRESS RECALLS FILMING VIDEO
The woman who starred in David Bowie's ``China Girl'' video says the steamy scene on the beach was the least sexy she's ever been in her life. Geeling Ching was 23 when she was cast in the 1983 video. Ching says she and Bowie were naked for the beach scene but it was not romantic. She says she was freezing and she kept getting salt water in her mouth. She also accidentally head-butted Bowie. They hit it off anyway and had a real-life romance that involved her travelling with him on private jets. Ching says Bowie was ``other-worldly'' and ``beautiful.'' It didn't last long, and Ching returned to her native New Zealand. She had other acting roles but fell in love with the hospitality industry and now works as a restaurant manager.
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SHOW MUST GO ON WITH DAVID BOWIE'S ``LAZARUS'' MUSICAL
Tickets for David Bowie's Broadway musical ``Lazarus'' are a hot commodity after his death on Sunday. Tickets for a Tuesday afternoon matinee were selling on StubHub for as much as $1,900, but now even those are unavailable. The show was already a hit before Bowie died. ``Lazarus'' has been continuing to run as planned, and the only acknowledgement of Bowie's death is a video screen with Bowie's picture in the lobby. The musical is a sequel to ``The Man Who Fell To Earth'' and features some of Bowie's greatest hits.
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DAVID BOWIE PRODUCER TONY VISCONTI PLAYS IN BOWIE'S HONOR
David Bowie's longtime producer says the best way to work through grief is through music. Tony Visconti and his band, Holy Holy, played a Bowie tribute show for about 900 people in Toronto on Monday. It was part of a scheduled tour but sold out after Bowie's death on Sunday. Among the albums Visconti produced were Bowie's 1969 album ``Space Oddity'' and his last one, ``Lazarus.'' Visconti says Bowie's songs are ``some of the best music that's ever been written.''
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DAVID BOWIE WAS IN TALKS FOR ``GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2'' CAMEO
The writer and director of the movie ``Guardians of the Galaxy'' had wanted David Bowie to do a cameo in the sequel, and Bowie was open to the idea. James Gunn writes on Facebook he heard from mutual friends that Bowie wasn't doing well, then heard back Bowie was OK and the cameo could potentially happen. Bowie's song ``Moonage Daydream'' was on the bestselling soundtrack of the first movie, and Gunn says he's trying to work another Bowie song into the sequel. He says it seems appropriate for Bowie to be the only artist with songs on both soundtracks.
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BERNIE WORRELL OF P-FUNK HAS LUNG AND LIVER CANCER
Parliament Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for his cancer treatments. Worrell has fourth stage lung cancer that has spread to his liver. Worrell has set a goal of $75,000 to cover aggressive treatment not covered by insurance. As of last night, he had not hit $3,000. Worrell is a founding member of Parliament Funkadelic. He also performed with Talking Heads and was featured in their movie, ``Stop Making Sense.'' You can find out more about Worrell's condition at www.youcaring.com/SupportBernieWorrell .
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GRAHAM NASH WILL GET NAMM AWARD
Graham Nash recalls listening to Radio Luxembourg as a child and realizing he wanted to be a musician. Nash says he'd listen to the American top 40 countdown at the end of World War II on Radio Luxembourg. He grew up to be a musician and to be a benefactor for other budding musicians by supporting charities that give instruments to children in need. The National Association of Music Merchants will give Nash its Music For Life Award next week in Anaheim, California. Nash says he never got into music for the awards, and it's very kind of NAMM to recognize the importance of music.
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GRAHAM NASH EXPLAINS NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE SHOW PROBLEMS
Graham Nash blames bad colours for Crosby, Stills and Nash's off-key performance during the National Christmas Tree lighting in Washington last month. Nash says all the musicians involved in the show used colour-coded microphones in sound check, but the microphones were mixed up when it came time for the show.
Nash says the technicians at the sound board couldn't figure out who had which microphone, and the members of CSN couldn't hear each other. Nash says CSN weren't at their best anyway. He says the producers of the show apologized to them, and ``if we did one lousy show in our lives, so be it.''
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(The Associated Press)