Leading Native American Musician Joanne Shenandoah dies at 64

[ad_1] He has performed with Willie Nelson and Neil Young for the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. “Joanne is to contemporary Native American music what Aretha Franklin, Etta James or Billie Holiday are to their genre,” said Ed Koban, a Native American Music Award nominee and Mohawk tribesman. told Native News Online. “A timeless and …

Pink Siifu, A Shape-shifting Musician with a Single Request: Don’t Box Me

[ad_1] In 2018, Livingston Matthews landed in New York for a series of gigs and his money ran low after he had to unexpectedly check a bag on his flight. So he jumped from a subway turnstile, but was detained by a police officer who wanted to replace him. “He was just overweight, bruh,” said …

Musician in Love Who Inspired a Hit Song, Chuck E. Weiss, Dies at 76

[ad_1] Chuck E. Weiss, blues musician, club owner, and major Los Angeles character immortalized in Rickie Lee Jones’ debut hit song “Chuck E.’s in Love,” died July 20 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old. His brother Byron said the cause was kidney failure. Mr. Weiss is a voracious musicologist, an …