Nanci Griffith wrote songs that the music world loved to cover. With news of her death on August 13th at the age of 68, many are revisiting her folk and country standards — or learning about her incredible singing and songwriting gifts for the first time. But throughout the 1980s and into the Nineties, she was a stalwart for many in the folk and evolving country music scene — what Steve Earle termed “the great credibility scare” when Nashville “opened its doors (and ears) to such left-of-center artists” as Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
From 1978 until her retirement in 2013, Nanci Griffith, who died August 13th at age 68, included numerous cover songs in her repertoire from writers as diverse as Nick Lowe and Paul Carrack (“Battlefield”) to Guy Clark (“Desperados Waiting for a Train”) and Julie Gold, whose “From a Distance” had been roundly rejected until Griffith became the first to record it. She even once covered the Rolling Stones’ “No Expectations” on Austin City Limits.
See Nanci Griffith Cover the Rolling Stones’ ‘No Expectations’
But it was Griffith’s original material that helped boost the careers of Kathy Mattea,...
See Nanci Griffith Cover the Rolling Stones’ ‘No Expectations’
But it was Griffith’s original material that helped boost the careers of Kathy Mattea,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk and country songwriter whose popular recordings include “Love at the Five and Dime,” “Once in a Very Blue Moon,” and “Outbound Plane,” died Friday, her manager confirmed to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given. She was 68.
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift didn’t have the best Grammy nominations morning last Tuesday, getting snubbed in Album of the Year for “Lover” and Record of the Year for “You Need to Calm Down.” Still, three nominations ain’t too shabby, and a win for Song of the Year for the title track from “Lover” would be very, very notable.
If she prevails, Swift would be just the fifth solo woman to win Song of the Year and the first since 2008. Yup, you can count on one hand the number of solo women who’ve taken home the award, which goes to the songwriter(s). Since the inception of the category in 1959, the only solo female songwriters to triumph are Carole King for her and James Taylor‘s classic “You’ve Got a Friend” in 1972, Julie Gold for Bette Midler‘s “From a Distance” in 1991, Alicia Keys for “Fallin'” in 2002, and the...
If she prevails, Swift would be just the fifth solo woman to win Song of the Year and the first since 2008. Yup, you can count on one hand the number of solo women who’ve taken home the award, which goes to the songwriter(s). Since the inception of the category in 1959, the only solo female songwriters to triumph are Carole King for her and James Taylor‘s classic “You’ve Got a Friend” in 1972, Julie Gold for Bette Midler‘s “From a Distance” in 1991, Alicia Keys for “Fallin'” in 2002, and the...
- 12/1/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
On Monday, December 1, the Broadway at Birdland concert series hosted the return of Julie Halston and Julie Gold in JulieJulie Then amp Now. Reunited on stage for the first time in 15 years, Ms. Halston currently starring in Broadway's You Can't Take It With You and Ms. Gold the Grammy-winning composer of 'From A Distance' combined comedy and songs about all the major topics mothers, show biz, love, death and facelifts...
- 12/2/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
When Frankie Knuckles died unexpectedly yesterday, it sent reverberations throughout the dance community. Though his name may not be as familiar to some as the current rank of superstar dance names, like Avicii or Skrillex or David Guetta, make no mistake about it: Knuckles was a titan and a pioneer. Dubbed the Godfather of House Music, he helped usher in a new era of dance music through such now-iconic tracks as “Tears” and “The Whistle Song.” Hitfix’s editor, Gregory Ellwood, wrote a moving tribute to Knuckles today. I didn’t know Knuckles well, so instead I reached out to some of our mutual friends and asked them to tell me what Knuckles meant to them. Here are their stories in their own words. I kept them all in their entirety and feel like Bill Coleman’s comments give a particular insight and background into Knuckles for those not familiar...
- 4/2/2014
- Hitfix
Sorry, folks. Kate Gosselin isn't going away anytime soon. The Jon & Kate Plus 8 mom and tabloid mainstay has confirmed the online rumors that she wants her own talk show. At Thursday's Southern Women's Show in Charlotte, North Carolina, Kate broke the big news to her fans. "I've been given the gift of gab, so why not use it?" she said. According to reports, Kate joined Paula Deen at a pilot taping in NYC over the weekend. Comedian Julie Gold, former CBS talent Rene Syler and Lee Woodruff, wife of former ABC World News anchor Bob Woodruff, are among the other women being...
- 9/21/2009
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
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