Steve Earle keeps up the pace through summer

Steve Earle [ tickets ], who's been traveling across North America since February, has extended his tour through August.The Americana singer/songwriter is currently making his way from the Midwest to the East Coast, and will cross the Pond for a month-long European jaunt beginning May 15. He'll kick off the next leg of his North American tour June 27 in Tucson, AZ, and cross the US once again, with stops in a few Canadian provinces along the way. Domestic dates are included below and those overseas are listed at Earle's website.The performer's wife, singer Allison Moorer, opens the shows and joins Earle on stage during his set. DJ Neil McDonald is also traveling with the band, providing the beats heard on Earle's latest album, "Washington Square Serenade."In February, the set scored Earle his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. "Washington Square Serenade," produced by John King of the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys), marked a fresh start for Earle, as it was the first album he recorded since relocating to New York from Nashville, where he had based his career since 1975.The record, which the renegade musician has called "unapologetically personal," pays tribute to the '60s folk revival in New York City."That period changed pop music," Earle stated in his bio. "It made lyrics much more important. Rock and roll could have become a sub-genre of pop if it hadn't been for that literary aspect, which completely came out of a four-block area in New York City in one brief instant of time."

Sopranos star for Marvin Gaye film

Sopranos star for Marvin Gaye film

'The Sopranos' asterisk James Gandolfini has been cast opposition 'Law & Order' star Jesse L Martin in a new cinema about the last age of soul fable Marvin Gaye.
Smorgasbord reports that 'Sexual Healing' will account Gaye's (Dean Martin) self-imposed transportation in Kingdom of Belgium and his return to the big time with the aid of impresario Freddy Cousaert (Gandolfini).
The Lauren Goodman-directed photographic film will be produced by Gandolfini's company, Attaboy Films, and the worker will work as producer on the project.
Motion-picture photography of 'Sexual Healing' is due to begin on 15 Apr, with locations in Ostend, Massachuset and Los Angeles.

E Street Band member Danny Federici dies at 58

E Street Band member Danny Federici dies at 58

Freshly York - Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Sir David Bruce Springsteen whose stylish make helped define the E Street Band’s sound on hits from "Hungry Pump" through "The Revolt," died Th. He was 58.
Federici, wHO had battled malignant melanoma for ternary years, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Crab Centre of attention in New House of York. Tidings of his death was posted tardily Th on Springsteen’s official Web web site.
He last performed with Springsteen and the band last month, coming into court during portions of a Marchland 20 evidence in Capital of Indiana.



"Danny and I worked together for 40 years _ he was the most wondrously fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him really a great deal ... we grew up in concert," Springsteen said in a argument posted on his Vane website.
Springsteen concerts scheduled for Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Sat in Orlando were postponed.
Federici was max Born in Flemington, N.J., a long car ride from the Jersey shore haunts where he showtime met kindred musical theater emotional state Springsteen in the deep 1960s. The pair a great deal jammed at the Upstage Club in Asbury Ballpark, N.J., a now-defunct after hours club that hosted the best musicians in the state of matter.
It was Federici, along with master E Street Band drummer Vini Lopez, world Health Organization first-class honours degree invited Springsteen to join their band.
By 1969, the self-effacing Federici _ often introduced in concert by Springsteen as "Phantasm Dan" _ was playing with the Boss in a set called Child. Over the eld, Federici joined his champion in acclaimed set ashore bands Brand James Mill, Dr. Whizz and the Sonic Godsend and the Robert I Springsteen Band.
Federici became a stalwart in the E Street Band as Springsteen rocketed from the boardwalk to international stardom. Springsteen split up from the E Streeters in the late ’80s, but they reunited for a staggeringly successful circuit in 1999.
"Sir David Bruce has been supportive end-to-end my living," Federici said in a holocene question with Backstreets cartridge. "I’ve had my ups and downs, and I’ve sure enough precondition him a run for his money, and he’s always been at that place for me."
Federici played squeeze box on the wistful "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" from Springsteen’s second album, and his organ solo was a highlight of Springsteen’s number one peak 10 hit, "Hungry Heart." His electric organ finale on the 9/11-inspired Springsteen song "You’re Missing" provided 1 of the to a greater extent heart-wrenching moments on "The Ascent" in 2002.
In a band with larger-than-life characters such as saxist Clarence Clemons and bandana-wrapped guitarist "Little" Steven Van Zandt, Federici was content to play in his familiar spirit position to the side of the leg. But his playing was as vital to Springsteen’s live show up as any instrumental role in the band.
Federici released a pair of solo albums that veered from the E Street sound and into soft jazz. Bandmates Nils Lofgren on guitar and Garry Tallent on bass joined Federici on his 1997 debut, "Flemington." In 2005, Federici released its follow-up, "Come out of the closet of a Aspiration."
Federici had taken a leave of absence during the band’s circuit in Nov 2007 to pursue treatment for melanoma, and was temporarily replaced by ex-serviceman instrumentalist Charles Giordano.
At the clock time, Springsteen described Federici as "one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great ally for more than 40 old age. We wholly thirstily await his healthy and speedy reelect."
Also his work with Springsteen, Federici played on albums by an impressive roster of other artists: Van Zandt, Joan Armatrading, Billy Graham Parker, Gary U.S. Bonds and Garland Jeffreys.