She Plays Music

July 24th, 2008

What’s New In Music?

Top of the Charts
Thanks to nearly 200,000 digital sales, Katy Perry maintains her Hot 100 crown for the fifth week in a row. In fact the ladies are making a pretty strong show on the Hot 100 with Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” hanging on to the No. 2 spot, “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis […]

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May 12th, 2008

Vanessa Williams Receives B.A. from Syracuse

Just last week we told you about Gretchen Wilson receiving her GED, well today we want to tell you about another great musical woman who earned a degree. Vanessa Williams received her Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University.
Almost 25 years ago Vanessa dropped out of Syracuse to become the first black Miss America and returned […]

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March 11th, 2008

Annie Lennox Launches AIDS Awayness Campaign

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Annie Lennox along with 23 other divas including Pink, Madonna, Celine Dion, and Shakira are teaming up to produce a track called “Sing” in hopes of raising AIDS awareness. Annie, who feels she has a platform in her music to raise […]

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February 28th, 2008

Wynonna Judd Holds Concert to Benefit Storm Victims

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Wynonna Judd held a concert to benefit victims of the Tennessee tornados that caused so much devastation. The concert was held in Leiper’s Fork Tennessee and raised over $17,00 for the storm victims.
The tornados of February 2nd and 3rd devastated […]

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January 20th, 2008

This Week’s Music News

Welcome to this week’s music news. There’s lots going on and all of it interesting.

"Daydream Believer" composer John Stewart dies.
MTV News highlights the Brooklyn music scene.
The Rollings Stones ditch EMI for Universal. For a time at least.
This week’s Top 10 Christian Music Songs.
Rascal Flatts tour info.
A.J. McClean is trying to stay relevant.
Nate Dogg is […]

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January 13th, 2008

This Week’s Music News

Welcome to a new feature at She Plays Music, an end of the week music news roundup. While this blog focuses mainly on great women who make great music, the music news will cover all bases. 
Here is the music news for the week of January 7th through 12th, 2008.

Steven Tyler pisses off legions of […]

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