lifestyle THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 MUSIC & MOVIES Country musicians mourn loss of Eagles’ Glenn Frey ountry musicians in Nashville mourned the loss of Eagles’ co-founder Glenn Frey Cas they remembered the band’s timeless impact with their smooth harmonies and mem- orable lyrics that embodied the cool California country rock sound. Although they weren’t the first to mix country and rock sounds, the Eagles popularized that musical cross-cultural style for a widespread fan base that would define the music of the 1970s. Decades later, their influence continues to ripple on in country music. Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and many more posted tributes online to the 67 year-old This file photo shows Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam performs during the fourth annu- prolific singer, guitarist and songwriter after his al Global Citizen Festival in Central Park Manhattan in New York. — AFP death on Monday. Songwriter and singer JD Souther, Frey’s longtime friend and collaborator on several Pearl Jam announces new Eagles hits including “Best of My Love” and “New Kid In Town,” said they were both influenced by classic country artists when they began writing tour, including Bonnaroo together after meeting in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. “He and I were listening to traditional In this June 30, 2009, file photo, Glenn Frey, of the Eagles, performs at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena lternative rock giants Pearl Jam on year. Bonnaroo, whose June 9-12 edition will country music, meaning Merle Haggard, Buck in Northern Ireland. — AP Tuesday announced a new tour of mark its 15th anniversary, has won a loyal fol- Owens and particularly George Jones, which was ANorth America that will include a head- lowing by creating a free-spirited communal my fix,” Souther said Tuesday. “And everyone Dunn, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson play on the guitar. “A lot of the Glenn Frey songs lining slot at leading summer festival atmosphere each year in rural Tennessee. knew Hank Williams.” and Clint Black, collaborated on an Eagles’ trib- are the real storytelling songs,” Bogguss said Bonnaroo. The rockers will open the 22-date Announcing its lineup late Tuesday, Bonnaroo They formed the band Longbranch ute album in 1993 called “Common Tuesday. “And then there were these big chorus- tour on April 8 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and said that other headliners would include Dead Pennywhistle and were writing with Jackson Thread: The Songs of the Eagles,” that went es which everyone could harmonize on.” The also play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage and Company, the jam band that includes Browne, before Frey and Don Henley met up to multiplatinum and was named album of the popularity of “Common Thread,” which hit No. 1 Festival as well as two dates each at a pair of most surviving members of legendary coun- play in Linda Ronstadt’s band. “We’d call our- year in 1994 by the Country Music Association. on Billboard’s country chart and No. 3 on the Top historic baseball stadiums, Fenway Park in tercultural act the Grateful Dead. selves the Gentlemen Boys, for reasons that were Black said in a statement that Frey was one of 200, was one more reason to push the Eagles to Boston and Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Led by Bonnaroo will also showcase LCD probably lost in the haze of some evening,” the greatest American songwriters. “I’ve always reunite in 1994. They were truly accepted in all singer Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam rose to star- Soundsystem, the influential New York elec- Souther said. Despite breaking up in 1980, the said he and Don Henley were America’s answer genres, as evidenced by their last studio album, dom in the grunge era of the early 1990s but tronic band, who will reunite two months ear- Eagles, and their culturally ubiquitous greatest to Lennon and McCartney,” Black said. Country “Long Road Out of Eden,” a two-CD album persevered to become one of the decade’s lier at the Coachella festival in California. To hits records, were one of the top influences on singer Lorrie Morgan, who sang the Souther- released in 2007. top-selling bands, combining a left-leaning mark 15 years, Bonnaroo also announced the sound of country music in the 1990s, said Frey song “The Sad Cafe” on the tribute album, The Recording Academy gave them a political sensibility with arena rock. improvements at its venue-affectionately Peter Cooper, museum editor at the Country said in an interview Tuesday that the first con- Grammy award for best country performance by Pearl Jam last toured North America in called “The Farm” by fans-that include flush Music Hall of Fame and Museum. cert her parents ever let her go see by herself, a duo or group with vocals for Souther’s song, 2014 and played across Latin America late last toilets. — AFP other than the Grand Ole Opry shows, was the “How Long,” and a Grammy award for best pop Multiplatinum Eagles. She instantly had a crush on the band. “It instrumental performance for Frey’s song, “I “Just about anyone playing music in a wasn’t hard rock n’ roll, and it wasn’t hard on Dreamed There Was No War.” Souther said there Nashville studio was heavily influenced by those your ears,” she said. “They had a cool looking are always younger artists that will try to emu- records or has heard those records hundreds of vibe. And even to me back then, they sounded late Frey’s voice and songwriting, but he was a times,” Cooper said. Willie Nelson covered “Take country to me. They had a steel guitar.” unique and gifted individual. It to The Limit” for his 1983 duet album of the “I miss him already,” Souther said. “I still think same name with Waylon Jennings and Conway Common Thread of him the way he was the first year we roomed Twitty did his version of “Heartache Tonight” on Country singer Suzy Bogguss, who sang “Take together, just laughing a lot, writing songs every his 1983 album, “Lost in the Feeling.” The era’s It To The Limit” on the tribute album, said their day and just that endless groove that seemed to biggest country stars, including Brooks and songs were some of the first that she learned to live inside of him.” —AP Mos Def to stand trial in S Africa over ‘world passport’

merican rapper Mos Def will be tried in a Smith will appear for trial on March 8 to answer South African court in March after being the immigration charges.” Aarrested for presenting a “world passport” Smith attempted to leave the country using a when trying to fly out of the country, officials “World Government of World Citizens” passport, said yesterday. The 42-year-old hip hop artist, Apleni said. The World Government of World In this Nov 17, 2015 image released by NBC, Adele performs at Radio City Music actor and activist, whose real name is Dante Citizens was established in 1953 by the late Hall in New York. — AP photos Terrel Smith, was arrested in Cape Town last peace activist Garry Davis, an American who week while attempting to board a flight to renounced his citizenship after World War II. Ethiopia. He was later released on bail of 5,000 Both WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and rand (about $300). The Department of Home intelligence leaker Edward Snowden are report- Adele, Kendrick Lamar Affairs said the actor had entered South Africa ed to be holders of world passports, which are Rapper Mos Def with a legitimate US passport in November, and not officially recognized. have been living in Cape Town for some years. had a visitor’s visa valid until February. Mos Def, who also uses the name Yassin Bey, “I haven’t broken any law. And I’m being “The major problem why he could not get on faces charges including using a false identity, treated like a criminal,” he said on a message to perform at Grammys the Ethiopian flight was the document he pro- and “aiding and abetting his family to stay ille- released via superstar rapper Kanye West’s ello, it’s Adele, and she’s perform- best of the best and featuring never- duced at the immigration counter, the World gally in South Africa”. His family’s visas expired in Twitter feed. In 2014, Mos Def cancelled a ing at next month’s Grammy before-seen performances,” Recording Passport, which South Africa does not recog- April 2014, and they have been given until planned tour of the US due to what his publicists Awards. The Recording Academy Academy CEO Neil Portnow said in a nize,” home affairs director general Mkuseli January 29 to leave South Africa. According to called “legal and immigration issues”. In his H Apleni told reporters. “Immigration officers had immigration officials, Mos Def entered the coun- told The Associated Press yesterday that statement. Lamar is this year’s top acclaimed hip-hop career he has produced clas- the British singer, leading nominee Grammys contender with 11 nomina- also detected that his spouse and minor child try ten times since 2013, always on a 90-day sic solo songs as well as albums with Talib Kweli Kendrick Lamar, the Weeknd and Little tions, including album of the year for “To had overstayed their visit to the Republic. “Mister tourist visa using a US passport. He is believed to in the duo Black Star. — AFP Big Town will perform at the Feb 15 Pimp a Butterfly” and song of the year for show. Adele returned to music in top the Pharrell-produced “Alright.” Taylor form with “25,” her third album that has Swift and the Weeknd follow with seven sold about 8 million units in the US since its November release. The lead single, Lawrence to play Fidel “Hello,” spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. “This lineup of talented artists is just the beginning of what will, once again, Castro’s lover for Sony prove to be music’s biggest night. We look forward to celebrating what’s been a ennifer Lawrence will star in “Marita,” Academy Award nomination last week wonderful year in music, honoring the Sony’s movie about Marita Lorenz, for “Joy” after winning a Golden Globe for Jwho had an affair with Fidel Castro the role. She won the Best Actress Oscar and was involved in the CIA’s assassina- for Sony’s “Silver Linings Playbook” and tion attempt on the Cuban leader. Sony received nominations for “American Hustle” and “Winter’s Bone.” Sony won a bidding war for the Lorenz rights against Universal, Warner Clooney says Bros, Fox, Paramount and Lionsgate. Lorenz, a native of Germany, was incar- cerated at the Bergen-Belsen concentra- Oscars moving tion camp during World War II. After she had an affair at the age of 19 with Castro, backwards on diversity In this Oct 24, 2015, file photo, The she was approached by the CIA to kill the Weeknd performs at the 2015 We Can scar-winning actor George Clooney has weighed in on Cuban leader. Lorenz later testified Survive Concert in Los Angeles. the swirling controversy over the all-white roster of before Congress in the JFK investiga- Oacting nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, nominations each, including bids for tions, claiming that she was witness to a saying the industry is moving backwards and needs to do bet- album of the year with “1989” and “Beauty conspiracy between the CIA, Cuban ter. Clooney, one of Hollywood’s biggest and most politically Behind the Madness,” respectively. operatives and Lee Harvey Oswald to active stars, also said in an interview with industry magazine Little Big Town earned two nomina- murder the president, and even spied for Variety that beyond nominating actors of color, filmmakers tions: best country album for “Pain Killer” the FBI on UN diplomats who lived in her need to provide better roles and opportunities for black and country duo/group performance for building. actors. “If you think back 10 years ago, the Academy was doing “Girl Crush.” The latter, one of last year’s Ange Giannetti will oversee for the a better job. Think about how many more African Americans biggest hits, earned song of the year and project for the studio. Lorenz wrote a were nominated,” Clooney said in comments published best country song nominations for writ- Tuesday. ers Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey and Lori 1993 autobiography “Marita: One “I would also make the argument, I don’t think it’s a prob- McKenna (Little Big Town did not write Woman’s Extraordinary Tale of Love and “Girl Crush”). Adele, who has won 10 Espionage from Castro to Kennedy” and lem of who you’re picking as much as it is: How many options Grammys, will qualify for nominations at a second autobiography “Lieber Fidel - are available to minorities in film, particularly in quality films?” the 2017 Grammy Awards because she Mein Leben, meine Liebe, mein Verrat” in Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released music after the Sept. 30, 2015, 2001. Her story was the inspiration for revealed the list of actors and films nominated for this year’s deadline for the 2016 awards show. She the 1999 TV film “My Little Assassin.” Oscars, to be handed out on February 28. For the second year famously took home six awards at the Lawrence will next be seen in “X-Men: in a row, all 20 acting nominations went to white actors and actresses. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite reappeared, and direc- 2012 show, including album of the year Apocalypse” and the sci-fi drama tor Spike Lee-the recipient of an honorary Oscar last year- for “21” and song and record of the year “Passengers” opposite Chris Pratt. She’s for “Rolling In the Deep.” LL Cool J will Jennifer Lawrence announced he would boycott the event. attached to Darren Aronofsky’s untitled “I think around 2004, certainly there were black nominees - host the 58th annual Grammy Awards, to has acquired Lorenz’s life rights. The stu- project for Paramount and to Steven air live on CBS from the Staples Center in like Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman. And all of a sudden, you Los Angeles. A special tribute to Lionel dio acquired a pitch from Eric Warren Spielberg’s film “It’s What I Do” about a feel like we’re moving in the wrong direction. There were In this Dec 4, 2015, file photo, Richie, who is the Recording Academy’s Singer (“American Hustle”) that was female war photographer. Lawrence is nominations left off the table,” Clooney said. He cited four Kendrick Lamar performs at Power 2016 MusiCares person of the year, also developed with a quartet of producers- repped by CAA. Singer is represented by films with black stars that he felt deserved more recognition: 106’s Cali Christmas 2015 in will be featured on the Grammys tele- Lawrence, Scott Mednick, Andre Rouleau UTA and attorney Mark Goschman. The boxing drama “Creed,” NFL drama “Concussion,” starring Will Inglewood, Calif. cast. —AP and Matt Tolmach. news was first reported by the Smith, “Beasts of No Nation” with Britain’s Idris Elba and N.W.A. Lawrence received her fourth Hollywood Reporter. — Reuters biopic “Straight Outta Compton.” —AFP