http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music from overnight in-paper feed en-gb Sat, 18 May 2013 03:52:47 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/ex-groupon-ceo-mason-takin-care-of-business-with-motivational-album-plans-for-new-company-207939621.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music." Mason said Thursday on his blog that he recently spent a week in Los Angeles and recorded a collection of seven songs... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:02 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/Paisley-tour-hitting-city-in-October-207914231.html After Winnipeg endured a long winter, the summer will extend to October, at least if country singer Brad Paisley has anything to say about it. Paisley’s Beat This Summer Tour hits Winnipeg’s MTS Centre Wednesday Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. with guest artists Chris Young and Lee Fri, 17 May 2013 15:03:03 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/sugarlands-jennifer-nettles-signs-up-producer-rick-rubin-goes-solo-207881581.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall. Rumours that Nettles would release a solo album have been prevalent for a while. Grammy Award-winning Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:06 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/knaan-working-on-new-songs-after-deriding-2012-album-for-chasing-us-fame-207864091.html TORONTO - Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan says lingering disappointment over his last album is pushing him to write and release a new batch of songs. The "Wavin' Flag" musician says he's found renewed focus to "be honest" in his work, after playing it too safe with 2012's "Country, God or the Girl. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:26:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/tim-mcgraw-recasts-academy-of-country-musics-annual-tv-special-to-air-sunday-207847251.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When the producers of the Academy of Country Music's annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program's format. "They were tribute shows and I certainly didn't want anything to do with that," the Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:09 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/german-official-says-justin-bieber-will-have-to-pay-for-monkeys-upkeep-207838021.html BERLIN - Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. A spokesman for Munich's customs office said the Fri, 17 May 2013 11:54:11 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/dylan-adds-rock-n-roll-to-elite-academy-207835781.html NEW YORK -- Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the keynote speaker Wednesday at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was explaining his undiminished passion for Fri, 17 May 2013 09:07:59 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/seeker-lead-singer-suffers-brain-hemorrhage-207835741.html MELBOURNE, Australia -- The lead singer of the 1960s Australian folk-pop group The Seekers is recovering from a brain hemorrhage suffered after a concert. Bass player Athol Guy told Nine Network television on Thursday that 69-year-old Judith Durham is "resting very comfortably" in a hospital. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:29 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/american-idol-to-crown-kree-harrison-or-candice-glover-latest-champion-207718861.html LOS ANGELES, Calif. - With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." "I always knew for some Fri, 17 May 2013 08:07:43 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/BC-company-buys-FAB-943-QX-104-207743651.html A pair of Winnipeg radio stations have a new owner. The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, based out of Kamloops, B.C., has purchased classic pop station FAB 94.3 FM from Bell Media and country station QX 104 FM from Astral. The Pattison group has also purchased KooL FM 101.5 FM, an adult Thu, 16 May 2013 13:10:22 CDT