http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Kirby+Brooks Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=343855&ca=Entertainment Shakira is shaking it (with her hips that “don’t lie”) into the studio to record her latest album, due out this year via Epic, with Pharrell Williams and Wyclef Jean. According to http://Billboard.com, the feisty Columbian singer has also recorded a duet for the as-yet-untitled album with Calle 13 a... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=337986&ca=Entertainment It looks as if Madonna is following in Oprah’s footsteps, as the perennial pop star plans on opening a school in Malawi. Madge first became interested in the poverty-stricken African nation, where one million children are orphaned by AIDS, a few years ago and subsequently adopted one of those orphan... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=337991&ca=Entertainment John Mayer has been in the news recently, but not for his music! The “Your Body Is a Wonderland” singer has endured constant media attention due to his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, but Mayer is finally putting a focus back on music. The multi-Grammy Award winner played a show following the Gr... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=337993&ca=Entertainment More good news for country rocker Keith Urban! The husband of fellow Aussie and actress Nicole Kidman (the couple recently welcomed their first child, Sunday Rose, into the world) will hit the road in North America next spring in support of his upcoming as-yet-untitled new album, which is slated for... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338010&ca=Entertainment Socially and politically vocal rock-reggae band State Radio recently unveiled plans to tour across the nation in early 2009. First State Radio frontman Chad Stokes Urmston will embark on a pair of solo shows Dec. 6-7 at the Brattle Theatre near the band’s Boston hometown before the whole band takes... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338011&ca=Entertainment Velvet Revolver asked to be released from its record contract with RCA in order to find a new vocalist to replace Scott Weiland, and the label obliged. According to a statement from the band, they “felt they needed to have complete freedom to go through whatever process it would take to accomplish t... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338022&ca=Entertainment Alt-rock darling Ryan Adams just doesn’t quit! The critical favorite is back in the studio despite his latest effort with his band the Cardinals, Cardinology, being barely a month old! The new material is loosely being titled Dear Impossible, and Adams is working with engineer Noah Goldstein on over... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338024&ca=Entertainment The sibling rockers have been with each other for years, 36 years to be exact, since Liam, the youngest of three Gallagher siblings, was born. The rocking two have been working together since 1993 and now after almost two decades together, older brother and lead confidant to Liam wants his younger b... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=336929&ca=Entertainment A new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon, is slated for released March 3 via Interscope Records. The album, which is the iconic band’s 12th studio effort, was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite and was expected to be released before the end of 2008 after being recorded in Dublin... Entertainment Kirby Brooks Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=336935&ca=Entertainment The Fray’s forthcoming eponymous album will be released Feb. 13 via Epic, and the band recently released the track list. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album’s lead single “You Found Me,” which was written by singer Isaac Slade and confronts the question of why bad things happen to good people,...