A day after the tragic shooting incident at a gurudwara, a mosque in the United States was burned to the ground for the second time in little more than a month in a suspected arson attack.The......
At least 89 people have died after a massive tornado swept through the Missouri town of Joplin in United States, reports said on Monday. "The death toll is expected to rise. Its total devastation,"......
Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......
United States President Barack Obama has hosted his final musical event at the White House, saying he felt a "bit of bittersweetness" at the culmination of one of his and First Lady Michelle......
Oh Lord, won't you buy me / a Mercedes-Benz / My friends all have Porsches / I must make amends / So Lord, won't you buy me / a Merceeeeedes-Benz...' Not my words, but Rock queen Janis Joplin's.......
Long before she died on October 4, 1970 at the age of 27, Janis Joplin had been recognised as the original wild child of rock. If her astonishing voice --part wail, part foghorn, all magic --didn't......
In the world of music, the ripe old age is 27. The terminal age is common to great musicians like Kurt Cobain, James Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and now Amy Winehouse, the newest entrant......
Ageing is a funny process.After rebelling and exploring, the human being drifts to the ordered arrangement, he/she once left.As a youngster I outgrew ABBA while my mother continued to like them.In......
This is by now means a complete list of rock n rollers who died young.Death and popular music have an unhealthy fascination for each other. 53: George Michael. Cause of death: Suspected heart......