Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter who changed country music, dies at 88

He disliked being called a poet and thought, more or less accurately, that he sang like a barking bullfrog, but Kris Kristofferson did more to change country music than a legion of golden-throated balladeers. “You can look at Nashville, pre-Kris and post-Kris,” Bob Dylan once said. “Because he changed everything.” Meticulously crafting songs that were […]

Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96

The Grammy, Emmy and Tony winning star died of congestive heart failure at his New York home on Tuesday, with his wife by his side, according to a spokesperson. Reluctantly nicknamed “The King of Calypso”, he was largely responsible for bringing Caribbean music to an international audience in the 1950s, and the first singer – […]