Celebrity birthdays: Nov. 11 Nov 11, 2009
Singer Marshall Crenshaw is 56. Singer-guitarist Andy Partridge of XTC is 56. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
S.F. festival is hardly bluegrass anymore Sep 30, 2009
There will be acts that rarely, if ever, make it to San Francisco, such as Texas songwriter Billy Joe Shaver and brainy rocker Marshall Crenshaw. Cowboy Jack Clement, the 78-year-old Sun Record Co. producer who has worked with everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis to U2, will be making a rare public performance with folk-rock band Marley's Ghost, whose latest album Clement produced. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Festival to serve iconic American foods, music Jun 18, 2009
The bands include Little Feat, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Marshall Crenshaw, whose roots-rock style music will pair well with the food, Levine says. Food Network stars Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri as well as Bay Area chefs including Nancy Oakes of Boulevard and Chris Cosentino of Incanto are scheduled to do cooking demonstrations. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Grammy Museum Introduces New Program (6) May 22, 2009
The Drop will continue with singer-songwriter and Old 97s frontman Rhett Miller on Wednesday, June 10; teen idol turned singer-songwriter Mandy Moore on Thursday, June 11; and songwriter Marshall Crenshaw on Monday, June 15. The musicians will discuss and perform songs from their upcoming albums, then take questions from the audience. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
This Year's 'Idol' Ringer Singer Mar 13, 2009
Better than Fantasia singing Summertime" or anything from Jennifer Hudson? But I digress. Lambert, 27, from San Diego, should be good: he s a seasoned performer, a past member of the national touring cast of the Broadway hit, Wicked, and a regular entertainer in Los Angeles. There s nothing amateur about him. Indeed, Lambert was not only in Wicked, but in 2004 and this past year he was in the cast of The Zodiac Show, a Los Angeles musical revue where he honed his showy skills performing numbers... (Fox News)
THAT'S THEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT Mar 8, 2009
"Supernatural Superserious," Marshall Crenshaw. The R.E.M. contemporary recalls seeing the band play New York's Peppermint Lounge in the early '80s. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
