Marianne Faithfull

I Read The News Today... For Aug. 27, 2010

Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Volume 5, a compilation featuring some songs by Hamilton, Ont. artists like Young Rival, Caribou, Arkells, Junior Boys and others, will be released in late September to coincide with the C+C Music Festival at this year's Hamilton Supercrawl. —Facebook The Meligrove Band will release a new album...
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Marianne Faithfull Has Lots Of Friends

Marianne Faithfull enlisted an impressive group of people to contribute to her 22nd album, a collection of wide-ranging covers titled Easy Come, Easy Go. The album, which will be released by Naive Records on Dec. 9, was recorded at New York City's Sear Sound by producer Hal Willner (Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams) last December. The band backing...
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Loose Ends: Faithfull Beats Cancer, Snoop Turns Himself In, And Charges Dropped For G-Unit Rappers

Singer Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger's pop star girlfriend in the '60s who became an unlikely favourite of punk and alternative music fans following her raw 1979 Broken English album, has made a full recovery from breast cancer and plans to resume the world tour that she postponed in September after being diagnosed with the disease. The 59 year...
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Loose Ends: Marr Joins Modest Mouse, Expanded Powter Album And Faithfull Has Cancer

Modest Mouse have teamed up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on their forthcoming Epic album, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, that's scheduled for a Dec. 19 release. Marr joined the band as a full-time member to record the follow-up to the group's 2004 breakthrough disc, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, at Sweet Tea...
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Marianne Faithfull Calls In Favours From Nick Cave And PJ Harvey

Marianne Faithfull has always known how to use her connections. Back in the '60s, the British singer got her career started with the help of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who handed her a hit with the Stones song "As Tears Go By" (which hadn't yet been recorded by the Stones themselves). Now, 30 years later, Faithfull...
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