http://www.mail.com/people/327330-george-harrison.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/327330-george-harrison.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Ravi Shankar was the master of the sitar — the sitar that Sanjay Sharma made. Like his grandfather and father before him, Sharma built, tuned and repaired instruments for the virtuoso who introduced Westerners to the sitar and Indian classical music. Sharma traveled around the world with Shankar and late in the maestro's life even created... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html 2012-12-13T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist government is introducing a 75-percent income tax on those earning over €1 million ($1.3 million), leading some of the country's rich and famous to set up residency in less fiscally demanding countries. Here's a look at some big names in France and elsewhere whose changes of address over the years have meant lighter taxes. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html 2012-12-13T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. He was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s. H... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html 2012-12-12T03:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1714626-review-box-sets-cash-kiss-jackson.html Select box set reviews from The Associated Press: Johnny Cash, "The Complete Columbia Album Collection" (Columbia/Legacy) If you're under 40, you likely see Johnny Cash two ways — as the nearly mythological Sun Records proto-rocker and as the wizened old man staring down God in his American Recordings period in the years before his 2003 death. ... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1714626-review-box-sets-cash-kiss-jackson.html 2012-11-20T19:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1714370-photos-vogues-coddington-pens-memoir.html NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Vogue creative director Grace Coddington was impressed by fashion, she was at a Balenciaga runway show in Paris. Since then, designer Nicolas Ghesquiere has left the house, and it could be some time before Coddington, the woman now largely famous as the woman with flowing red hair perched next to Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wi... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1714370-photos-vogues-coddington-pens-memoir.html 2012-11-20T17:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1704808-wrong-abbey-road-station-draws-lost-beatles-fans.html LONDON (AP) — It's a mystery tour, but it's hardly magical. More than nine miles (14 kilometers) from the striped crosswalk made famous by the Beatles album "Abbey Road," this drab transit station in east London keeps drawing confused fans of the Fab Four into unwanted jaunts through a gritty, industrial area just south of London's Olympic Stadium. ... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1704808-wrong-abbey-road-station-draws-lost-beatles-fans.html 2012-11-16T09:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1643080-mary-campbell-music-writer-ap-dies-78.html NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Campbell, whose childhood affection for the big bands and opera she heard on her radio set the stage for four decades as a music writer for The Associated Press, died Friday. She was 78. Campbell died in Bloomington, Ind., according to her sister, Ruth Miller. From symphony to rock 'n' roll, from Duke Ellington to Beverly Sills to the... Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1643080-mary-campbell-music-writer-ap-dies-78.html 2012-10-20T01:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1528800-berry-gordy-paul-mccartney-to-play-motown-piano.html DETROIT (AP) — In town for a concert last summer, Paul McCartney made his first-ever visit to Detroit's Motown Museum, the legendary two-story "Hitsville USA" building where a generation's worth of musical gems were created. McCartney, a contemporary of Motown stars such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, "was just thrilled to be in the space," said Lina S... Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1528800-berry-gordy-paul-mccartney-to-play-motown-piano.html 2012-08-30T17:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1372096-agent-comic-actor-victor-spinetti-dies-age-82.html LONDON (AP) — Victor Spinetti, a comic actor who appeared in three Beatles movies and won a Tony on Broadway, has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 82. Spinetti died Tuesday morning after suffering from cancer for several years, said Barry Burnett, the actor's close friend and agent. Spinetti won a Tony award in 1965 for his Broadway performance in "Oh... Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1372096-agent-comic-actor-victor-spinetti-dies-age-82.html 2012-06-19T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1370350-music-mogul-donates-audio-interviews-to-us-library.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired music executive will donate more than 200 audio interviews with popular singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney and others to the Library of Congress, officials announced Monday. The gift includes interviews that Joe Smith recorded over two years while president of Capitol Records/EMI. He compiled the can... Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1370350-music-mogul-donates-audio-interviews-to-us-library.html 2012-06-18T16:26:00Z