Grammy Awards

Gospel singer Wright still in critical condition

AP - Sat Jul 26, 10:08 AM ET

NEW YORK - A Grammy-nominated gospel singer from New York City remains in critical condition three weeks after a car crash that killed his wife and grandson.

  • Singer Ashanti is photographed in New York on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador. The R&B singer was introduced Tuesday July 22, 2008 at a news conference as one of nine ambassadors who will promote tourism in Nassau County on Long Island New York. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
    R&B singer Ashanti turns into tourism ambassador AP - Wed Jul 23, 5:32 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador.

  • American singer Natalie Cole poses during a photocall at the 57th International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 22, 2004. Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday July 16, 2008. The statement said the disease was revealed during a routine examination and was likely caused by her drug use years ago. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, FILE)
    Natalie Cole has Hep.C, likely from past drug use Reuters - Wed Jul 16, 4:51 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and probably contracted the liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago, according to her publicist.

  • Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C AP - Wed Jul 16, 10:24 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.

  • U.S. music producer Quincy Jones poses with his bronze statue next to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs (R) during a ceremony at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    Montreux lets Good Times Roll with Quincy Jones Reuters - Tue Jul 15, 7:57 PM ET

    MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to Montreux's fabled stage.

  • U.S. music producer Quincy Jones blows the candles of his birthday cake during a party after the Quincy Jones 75th Anniversary celebration gig at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival early July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    Montreux lets the Good Times Roll with Quincy Jones Reuters - Tue Jul 15, 11:42 AM ET

    MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to Montreux's fabled stage.

  • Rocker Jon Bon Jovi meets James and Lisa Williams during a walking tour of the MorningSide neighborhood on Detroit's east side where he announced the building of five homes with the help from Habitat for Humanity, Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit AP - Tue Jul 8, 8:56 AM ET

    DETROIT - Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial.

  • Comedian Chris Rock performs during the Essence Music Festival, Sunday, July 6, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Katina Revels)
    Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans AP - Mon Jul 7, 7:29 AM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - The Essence Music Festival wrapped up its 14th year Sunday night, which was marked by the return of Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock.

  • Singaporean singer Tanya Chua (L) and Malaysian singer Gary Chaw display their trophies after winning the Best Female and Male Singer Awards during the 19th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei.(AFP/Patrick Lin)
    Malaysian, Singaporean scoop top honours at 'Chinese-language Grammys' AFP - Sat Jul 5, 12:20 PM ET

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Malaysian singer Gary Chaw and Tanya Chua of Singapore scooped top honours Saturday at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards, dubbed the Chinese-language Grammys.

  • In this photo provided by Columbia Artists, pianist Leonard Pennario is seen in this May 1959 file photo. Pennario, a best-selling classical recording artist, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at his home in La Jolla from complications due to Parkinson's disease, according to his biographer Mary Kunz Goldman. He was 83. (AP Photo/Columbia Artists) NO SALES
    Award-winning pianist Leonard Pennario dies at 83 AP - Sat Jun 28, 5:50 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Leonard Pennario, a Grammy-winning pianist and best-selling classical recording artist, has died. He was 83.

  • Grammy triumph fades as Winehouse plight deepens AP - Fri Jun 27, 7:46 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Even for Amy Winehouse, it was a dramatic chain of events: After fainting and being rushed to a hospital, Winehouse's father said her crack and cigarette smoking had so damaged her lungs, she was risking emphysema and death if she didn't clean up.

  • In this Feb. 25, 2008 file photo Shawn Colvin holds her two Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 40th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Colvin is working on a memoir, 'A Few Small Repairs,' named for her best known album and tentatively scheduled to come out in the fall 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,File)
    Musician Shawn Colvin working on memoir AP - Wed Jun 25, 4:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Shawn Colvin, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, is working on a memoir, "A Few Small Repairs," named for her best-known album and tentatively scheduled to come out in the fall 2009.