Musician News

• Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus And The Kid Laroi Chart New Top 10 Hits As The Weeknd And Ariana Rule
  
  Two new songs jump into the top 10, bringing three musicians to the arena once again.
  Forbes.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Passage: "Sunday Morning" remembers
  
  "Sunday Morning" remembers famous figures who we lost this past week, including musician and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela, "Beetle Bailey" cartoonist Mort Walker, and science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin.
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• TV presenter Diane Louise Jordan talks to ME & MY MONEY
  
  The 61-year-old television presenter, married to musician Giles Broadbent, is now an ambassador for CBM, a charity that works in the world's poorest places.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Nancy Wilson recalls buying Eddie Van Halen his first acoustic guitar
  
  The 67-year-old musician recalled how Van Halen called her the next morning to say he stayed up all night and penned a song with it.
  Fox News.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• 'They have guns but we have people': Inside Myanmar's Spring Revolution
  
  A musician and his sister in Yangon have been filming for the BBC in Myanmar in the aftermath of a coup.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Saturday Sessions: Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends perform selections from "New Worlds"
  
  Iconic actor and comedian Bill Murray's career has been full of surprises. The latest has him singing in a band comprised of classically-trained musicians not in a movie - but in real life. ...
  CBS News.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Kicking Off Mental Health Awareness Month, Hunter Hayes Is Named The First One Mind Champion
  
  One Mind, the leading brain health nonprofit, is announcing musician Hunter Hayes as its first official ambassador, or One Mind Champion. ...
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• How Norman Granz Revolutionized Jazz for Social Justice
  
  Often remembered for his artful management of legendary jazz musicians, but Granz also saw the potential for themusic to combat racial inequality
  Smithsonian.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• BBC Young Musician: Percussionist Fang Zhang wins
  
  The 17-year-old, who has been performing internationally since he was 11, "deeply moved" the jury.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 2 May 2021.
• Groom-to-be offers up bridesmaid instead of money to pay for wedding musician
  
  It turns out, people that provide services for weddings want to actually get paid for their work.
  Fox News.  Sunday, 2 May 2021.
• Musician reunited with $13,000 flute NINE YEARS after she left it in a cab
  
  Heidi Slyker was forced to quit the New England Philharmonic Orchestra after losing the instrument, because the only replacement she could afford sounded so inferior.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 23 Apr 2021.
• Musician Ezra Furman Comes Out As Transgender Woman, Says She Is A Mother
  
  'I am very proud to be a trans woman and to have come to know it and be able to say it'
  Daily Caller.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• $10,000 Flute Left in Cab Nine Years Ago Is Finally Returned
  
  Heidi Slyker, a Boston area musician, said the disappearance had consequences beyond the mere loss of property.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• The Sound of Music Lifts Young Musicians Souls
  
  After a year of virtual music lessons... some young cellists are preparing to perform again. NBC 5's Noelle Walker has the story about how the sound of music is touching all their senses.
  NBC.  Wednesday, Apr 21 2021.
• What's behind the boom in iconic boomer musicians selling their songs
  
  Paul Simon is latest icon to sell his songs, joining Boy Dylan, Neil Young and Stevie Nicks. For acquirers, it's a boom market. For musicians, estate-planning.
  CNBC.  Sunday, 4 Apr 2021.

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