51 h. ago Tucker Zimmerman death: Folk singer adored by David Bowie dies with wife in fire aged 84

Zimmerman and his wife Marie-Claire Lambert died together in a fire at their home in Belgium

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1 week ago ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre

Ahead of her final European tour, the US songwriter discusses her unlikely life as a country star, seeking advice from Pete Seeger – and why retirement isn’t on the cards just yetWhen Emmylou Harris was starting out in the late 1960s, she thought country music wasn’t for her. “I hadn’t seen the light,” she says. “I was a folk singer who believed you don’t ever work with drummers as they wreck everything.” It was Gram Parsons, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who changed her mind. Their musical partnership was brief – Parsons died after an accidental drug overdose at the Joshua Tree national park in 1973, aged 26 – but his impact on her was profound. “He had one foot in country and one in rock and was conversant in both. It changed my thinking completely.”Is Harris, legendary doyenne of the country ballad and distinguished recipient of three Country Music Association awards whose guitar was exhibited in Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, really saying she...

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3 w. ago Three inmates hijacked Lyft and kidnapped driver for 10 hours after escaping Georgia jail, FBI says

Female Lyft driver says she was held captive for up to 10 hours and faced threats of ‘being shot, raped, and tortured’

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3 w. ago Trump says Ukraine peace talks in ‘final stages’ as he meets Zelenskyy in Florida

Key topics include security guarantees to prevent Russia from attacking again, with US president saying he believes Putin is serious about peaceRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesDonald Trump has said talks to end the war in Ukraine are in their “final stages” as he sat down for a meeting on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida, and insisted that Vladimir Putin was ready to make a peace deal.Trump met Ukraine’s president outside his Mar-a-Lago residence and claimed both warring sides were close to an agreement. Hours earlier the US president held a lengthy phone call with Putin and said he would ring the Kremlin again once talks had concluded. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Folk singer Christy Moore was held for two hours in interrogation at Welsh port

The Irish folk singer was questioned about his song lyrics and the contents of his briefcase after arriving on a ferry from Dublin in 2004

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3 w. ago Christy Moore interrogation in UK questioned by Irish officials in 2004

The singer-songwriter said he was stopped by officers and detained for more than two hours after he got off a ferry.

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last month Pop star Jessie J has saved several lives since revealing her breast cancer hell

The singer, 37, said folk are telling her 'all the time' that pals caught early signs of the disease since she spoke out on her cancer battle. She's urged people to be vocal

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