Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts

Pic courtesy of the Charlie Watts Instagram page.
August 24, 2021
by FYI Staff

The timekeeper for the self-proclaimed 'greatest rock and roll band in the world' for nearly 60 years passed away in a London hospital on Aug. 24.

Kinnie Starr   Photo: Robin Gartner
January 9, 2019
by Kerry Doole

Kinnie Starr (pictured) finds her way back through music, the High Performance Rodeo rounds up intriguing mash-ups, and a valuation of Universal Music Group. Also in the headlines are Amber Epp, Alicia Toner, record labels, streaming, CD Baby, Drake, music biz trends, Broadway box office, The Golden Globes, Charlie Watts, Chita Rivera, Britney Spears, Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper, the Austin scene, and Norman Gimbel.

March 5, 2018
by Kerry Doole

Names in the news today include Spotify, Diana Panton, Charlie Watts, Rich Aucoin, Tory Lanez, the CMA, British jazz, Johnson Crook, Hedley, Kim Deal, Memphis music, Born Ruffians, and Lila Downs.

Shania Twain at the Stagecoach fest on the weekend
May 1, 2017
by FYI Staff

Shania comes clean about the much ballyhooed next album,  Rush and Triumph get skewered by The Onion, Trump advisers caution Canada's net neutrality regs, Babs laments a lack of due recognition, Mary Ann Farrell gets what Babs wants, plus a bundle of other news, views served with a lashing of balderdash.