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The three albums Frank Zappa considered his “masterworks”
The article, published by Far Out Magazine, explores composer and musician Frank Zappa’s insistence that his entire body of work formed one continuous piece of music rather than a series of separate albums. Zappa often faced criticism for seemingly cynical or “soulless” lyrics, but his wife Gail explained that he viewed every record as part…
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Hrgovic taunts starting to wind me up – Itauma
Heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma has said Filip Hrgovic’s pre-fight taunts are beginning to get under his skin ahead of their IBF heavyweight world title bout at the O2 Arena on Saturday. Itauma, 21, is the favourite to win and would become the second-youngest heavyweight world champion in history behind Mike Tyson, but Hrgovic has sought…
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The very flirty exchange between Dolly Parton and Anthony Albanese: ‘Come up here and I’ll smear lip gloss all over you’
Tributes have poured in for country music legend Dolly Parton, who died aged 80 early on Wednesday Australian time, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recalling how he personally helped save her 2011 tour after her tour buses fell foul of local transport regulations. As transport minister at the time, Albanese intervened when customs and…
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Long-Time Warner Bros. Animation President Sam Register Departing
Sam Register, the long-serving president of Warner Bros. Animation, is departing the studio after 18 years in charge, in a move his boss Channing Dungey admitted came as a surprise to staff. Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Group and WBD US Networks, told employees in a memo that she and Register had…
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Brian Wilson Thought He Could Never Touch the Vocal Range of This 1970s Country Icon
Brian Wilson, the celebrated songwriter and vocalist behind The Beach Boys, once admitted he felt his singing voice fell short compared with that of country star Kenny Rogers. Although Wilson was widely regarded as a studio genius who crafted the band’s intricate vocal harmonies, he privately wished he possessed the kind of deep, masculine timbre…
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Sam Register to Depart as Head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (EXCLUSIVE)
Sam Register, the long-serving head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, is leaving the company next week after both parties agreed not to renew his contract. Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey confirmed the departure in a staff memo, thanking Register for his contributions and noting that a search…
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Get Your Tissues and Watch a Young Dolly Parton Join Porter Wagoner To Perform Their First Hit Duet in Their 1967 Grand Ole Opry Debut as a Duo
On 25 November 1967, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner made their debut as a duo on the Grand Ole Opry, performing “The Last Thing on My Mind,” their first hit single together. Both artists had already appeared on the Opry individually — Parton since 1959 as a 13-year-old, and Wagoner since 1955, becoming a member…
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Dolly Parton’s charity supports literacy, research and Tennessee disaster relief
Dolly Parton, who died recently, built a decades-long record of philanthropy in music, medicine and her native Tennessee, with her family asking mourners to donate to her Imagination Library in lieu of flowers. Her giving ranged from mass literacy provision to targeted medical research funding and repeated relief efforts for communities hit by wildfires, floods…
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How Dolly Parton corralled a Who’s Who of rock royalty to record her landmark Rockstar album: “There’s more aggression in rock’n’roll – you’ve got to treat it with respect”
Dolly Parton described how her 2023 album Rockstar grew from her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which she initially felt she had not earned as a country artist. Determined to justify the honour, she made a full-scale rock record featuring major guest musicians and said she approached the genre with respect…