Thursday, 26 June 2008

Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera   
Artist: Jenni Rivera

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   Latin
   



Discography:


En Vivo Desde Hollywood   
 En Vivo Desde Hollywood

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 12


Mi vida loca   
 Mi vida loca

   Year:    
Tracks: 27




In the ‘90s, vocalist/songwriter Jenni Rivera established herself as a major star in the regional Mexican market. Rivera's speciality is banda, which is also known as corrido and is one of the various Mexican styles that is extremely popular in Mexico as well as the southwest role of the United States. Rivera is well aware of other Mexican styles, such as norteño, tejano, mariachi and ranchero--in fact, the Mexican-American vocalist has recorded norteño versions of some songs--but banda/corrido is her main focus. And the fact that Rivera is a major female star makes her a infrequency for the banda/corrido field. While Mexican music has had plenitude of famous female artists over the years--everyone from Rocio Durcal to Lola Beltrán to Selena to the controversial Gloria Trevi--banda has tended to be male-dominated. In the Mexican market, Rivera has been granted such titles as La Diva de la Banda (the Diva of Banda) and la Primera Dama del Corrido (the First Lady of Corrido). It should be famed that non all Latin artists wHO purpose the word banda in their name really play banda/corrido music; for example, there ar merengue outfits with names like Banda X.Although Rivera is of Mexican descent, she didn't actually grow up in Mexico. Rivera was natural and brocaded in Long Beach, CA, the Los Angeles suburb that too gave us gangsta blame star Snoop Doggy Dogg. Rivera's parents had immigrated to the United States from Mexico, and she grew up oral presentation both English and Spanish fluently. Her father, Pedro Rivera, and her brothers both played Mexican music, focalization on banda/corrido, norteño and ranchero--and they did a peck to boost her interest in music. When Rivera got to college, however, she didn't major in music just rather, studied business judicature. Rivera went on to work as a real estate agent, although she kept a hand in music and helped her father run his record company. Working in real land didn't prevent Rivera from pursuing a life history in euphony, and around 1994, she signed with Capitol/EMI's Latin division; her first record album, Chacalosa, came out in 1995. Rivera made a few more than albums for Capitol/EMI (including Adios a Selena) ahead transcription for Sony's Latin division in the late ‘90s. It was In 1999 that Rivera sign-language with Fonovisa, one of the top labels in the regional Mexican market. Her first Fonovisa album, Que Me Entierrren Con la Banda (which contained the remove "Las Malandinas") came out in 1999 and was followed by early 2000s releases that included Dejate Amar (which included the remove "Querida Socia") and Se Las Voy a Dar a Otro. In 2003, Fonovisa released the conceptual Homenaje a las Grandes, which crataegus oxycantha identical well be Rivera's most challenging record album so far. The title Homenaje a las Grandes means "homage to the great ones," and the 2003 release finds Rivera stipendiary tribute to famous Mexican distaff stars such as Lucho Villa, Mercedes Castro, Rocio Durcal, Lola Beltrán and Alejandra Guzmán.





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Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Mystery witness stalls R Kelly trial

The trial of R&B star R Kelly was dramatically halted yesterday after the defence announced a mystery witness.

A lawyer for the singer, who faces 14 charges relating to child pornography, told the court an unidentified man had made a telephone call on Wednesday morning to say he had information that may help the defence. Judge Vincent Gaughan adjourned the trial to allow the man to fly into Chicago, where the trial is taking place, from another state. He told the court: "I have no idea what's going on," but said that proceedings would resume today.












The case against Kelly focuses on videotape footage that emerged in 2002, allegedly showing the 41-year-old singer having sex with an underage girl. The girl in question, now 23, denies her involvement.

The prosecution has already called a number of witnesses, including a former employee of the singer who identified the man in the video as R Kelly. The singer, Sparkle, who collaborated with Kelly on the 1998 single Be Careful, identified the girl in the videotape as her niece and confirmed that she was 14 at the time.

Kelly pleads not guilty to all charges and denies that the man in the tape is him. If found guilty, he could face up to 15 years in prison. The case continues.



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Monday, 9 June 2008

Irish singer to appear on MTV show

Irish soul singer and songwriter Padraig Rushe is set to appear on MTV's 'Get Seen Get Heard'.
Rushe has secured a place in the semi-finals of the show, where 25 performers and groups will showcase their talents during April and May.
The singer secured the place after taking part in Oxjam, which saw events being run across Ireland and the UK in order to raise money for Oxfam.
The artists and groups who took part in Oxjam then uploaded footage of their performances to the MTV website, where members of the public voted for their favourites.
Almost 200,000 votes were cast to determine which 25 acts would make the semi-finals.
Speaking about the competition, Rushe said: "I'd really like to thank everyone who voted for my music and the Industry Experts from MTV for this opportunity. I can't wait till the show airs."
Rushe has been performing with the Dublin Gospel Choir for the last six years.