Day: January 20, 2010

RIHANNA – ‘REDEMPTION SONG’ FOR HAITI LIVE

Rihanna covers the Bob Marley classic ‘Redemption Song’ for Haiti Relief. Listen to original version below.

UK MUSIC NEWS: POP SINGER SAYS SHE’S “NOT A FAN OF GRIME”

This made me laugh out loud today! Via Digital Spy Daisy Dares You has admitted that she is not a fan of grime music, despite teaming up with Chipmunk on her debut single Number One Enemy. The 16-year-old, real name Daisy Coburn, claimed that the collaboration would benefit from Chipmunk’s popularity. “It’s good for the song because it’s given it an instant. People know who Chipmunk is,” she told BBC Newsbeat. “It’s [grime-pop], not my bag really. That’s not my kind of music []

U2, JAY-Z AND SWIZZ BEATZ RECORD SONG FOR HAITI

I just love it when major artists from different genres come together and produce a song within a matter of minutes to raise money for charity… Via BBC News U2, Jay-Z and producer Swizz Beatz have recorded a song together to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. U2’s guitarist The Edge told Irish radio station 2FM the band “wrote a song, finished and recorded” last week after being contacted about the idea. The Edge, Bono and Jay-Z, along with Rihanna, are due to appear in []