As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has sold over 100 million records, and received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy in 1981.
Composer, singer, actor, activist - Sting has won universal acclaim in all these roles, but he defies easy labeling. He's best described as an adventurer, a risk-taker. As he himself said, "I love to put myself in new situations. I'm not afraid to be a beginner." Husband and father of six, masterful guitarist and bassist, and also a devoted Yoga practitioner, he's made a career, in fact,
of new beginnings.
A milkman's son from Newcastle, England, Sting was a teacher, soccer coach and ditchdigger before turning to music. Inspired equally by jazz and the Beatles (eclectic tastes that would prove prophetic), he met Stewart Copeland and they, along with guitarist Andy Summers, formed the Police in 1977. The band quickly became a success both in the UK and U.S. scoring several No. 1 hits including "Roxanne," "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." They earned five Grammy Awards and two Brits, and in 2003 the band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The trio's live work forecast the astonishing inventiveness and range of influences that Sting would realize fully in his solo career.
With the release of Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by Bring On The Night, Nothing Like The Sun, The Soul Cages, Ten Summoner's Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day and All This Time, Sting has evolved into one of the world's most distinctive and highly respected performers, collecting as a solo performer an additional 11 Grammys, 2 Brits, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, three Oscar nominations, Billboard Magazine's Century Award, and MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year.
He has remained at the forefront of the public consciousness for 4 decades and has written some of the most enduring songs of our time, a talent perfectly showcased by his last record Sacred Love, released to both critical and commercial success. Most recently, Sting ventured into "new" musical territory with an album featuring the music of acclaimed Elizabethan songwriter, John Dowland (1563-1626) entitled Songs From the Labyrinth - which debuted at the top of the classical charts in the US, UK, France, Canada & Germany. He has also appeared in 15 films, Executive Produced the critically acclaimed, "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints," and in 1989 starred in a Broadway play the "Threepenny Opera".
In 2007, The Police reformed and embarked on a world tour. This much heralded tour played to over 3.7 million people on five continents and ranked as the third highest grossing tour of all time. The Police world tour also garnered numerous accolades including 'Major Tour of the Year' (Pollstar), 'Top Selling' and 'Top Tour of the Year' (Billboard) as well as the People's Choice award for 'Favorite Reunion Tour of 2007.'
Also an accomplished author, Sting published a memoir entitled "Broken Music" in 2003, which spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Most recently, he released Lyrics - a comprehensive collection of lyrics and personal commentary, also featuring photographs from throughout his career.
For more information, visit www.sting.com
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Sheryl Crow has won nine Grammy Awards for her music that blends rock, country, pop, folk and blues into one mainstream sound.
Bolder and more free-spirited than ever, Sheryl Crow embarks on paths both deeply personal and grandly global on Detours (Interscope/A&M Records). Filled with songs about having and holding, changing and letting go, about beginnings, endings, and the roads between them, Detours was inspired by "how I feel things are going in the world and what's happened to me the last couple of years," says the nine-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter.
Marking her reunion with Bill Bottrell, who produced her sensational 1993 debut, Tuesday Night Music Club, Detours wends its way across the pop musical landscape from the rockin' "Shine Over Babylon" and acoustic folk "God Bless This Mess" to the plaintive "Diamond Ring." An out-of-the-blue telephone call from Crow prompted a reconciliation with Bottrell and brought him to the studio at her farm near Nashville to produce her sixth studio album.
Each of her previous studio albums has charted Top 10 and earned at least platinum certification. The seven times platinum Tuesday Night Music Club hit #3 and earned three Grammy's - Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the classic "All I Wanna Do." The album also featured "Strong Enough," "Can't Cry Anymore," and "Leaving
Las Vegas."
1996's triple platinum Sheryl Crow (#6) earned the Grammy for Best Rock Album and, for "If It Makes You Happy," Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. 1998's platinum The Globe Sessions (#5) also garnered the Best Rock Album Grammy, as its "Everyday Is A Winding Road" and "My Favorite Mistake" both reached the Pop Top 20.
The new millennium brought 2002's platinum C'mon C'mon (#2), who's gold "Soak Up The Sun" peaked in the Top 20 and "Steve McQueen" again nabbed her a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy. The 2003 greatest hits compilation, the four times platinum The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, was also a #2 charter, featuring a new recording, a cover of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is The Deepest." 2005's platinum Wildflower (#2) featured the duet with Sting, "Always On Your Side."
On Detours, the fearlessly outspoken Sheryl Crow continues a journey of self-discovery that has increasingly appealed to both the head and the heart.
For more information, please visit www.sherylcrow.com
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Founded by Canadian composer Jill Ann Siemens following an eight-month casting call, the tenors' distinctively rich and colourful sound is an eclectic blend of classical and contemporary pop.
From Timmins to Tahiti, Vancouver to Vienna, Saskatoon to Swaziland, Africa, since their debut in 2007, The Canadian Tenors; Ottawa's Remigio Pereira, Vancouver's Fraser Walters, Port McNeill's Clifton Murray and Toronto's Victor Micallef have criss-crossed the globe performing more than 80 concerts for over 150,000 music lovers including Canada day in London's Trafalgar Square. They have also shared the stage with such luminaries as former President Bill Clinton, music legend Quincy Jones, Grammy Award-winner Wycleff Jean, Canada's musical maestro David Foster and renowned Tuscan tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Released on November 25, 2008, their anticipated self-titled debut album features a repertoire of classic songs along with romantic operatic arrangements, such as Because We Believe, composed by David Foster, Amy Skyla Foster-Gillies and Andrea Bocelli. The talented quartet collaborated with world-renowned producers Quiz and Larossi in Sweden (Il Divo), Grammy Award winner Steve Thompson (Madonna) and Juno Award winner Jeff Wolpert (Loreena McKennitt) for this CD.
The Canadian Tenors have helped many children's charities around the world and are thrilled to be able to make a difference for Sunnybrook's Women & Babies Program.
For more information, please visit www.canadiantenors.com
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Chris Noth is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. He is known for two long-running television roles: Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order, and Mr. Big on Sex and the City.
Chris Noth is an accomplished graduate of the Yale School of Drama that continues to build upon a versatile career in film, television and on stage. He most recently completed a successful run of Beau Willimon's play Farragut North at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. On the big screen, he reprised his Golden Globe-nominated role as Mr. Big for the film adaptation of the HBO hit series "Sex and the City." as well as finished production on the independent feature "My One And Only" opposite Renee Zellweger.
Some of his screen ventures include Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks; Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy, with Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley; and the independent film Searching for Paradise. His additional film credits include Texas Funeral, Getting to Know You, The Broken Giant, Cold Around the Heart, Naked in New York, The Confession, Mr. 3,000 and The Perfect Man opposite Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear.
Noth reprised his role as Detective Mike Logan on Law and Order: Criminal Intent. He originated this character during the first five seasons of Law & Order. Noth received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Mr. Big on HBO's Sex and the City. He also starred and executive-produced the TNT Original film Bad Apple, as well as starred as Roman general Pompey in the TNT epic miniseries Caesar, opposite Christopher Walken and the late Richard Harris. His other telefilms include Exiled, TNT's Rough Riders and Abducted: A Father's Love.
Noth received rave reviews as Teach in American Buffalo at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He enjoyed a successful Broadway run of the revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, starring opposite Charles Durning and Michael Learned.
Another New York performance was Christopher Shinn's What Didn't Happen at Playwright's Horizons. He has also performed at the American Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut; New York's Manhattan Club, Circle Rep,
La Mama and the Roundabout Theater; the Seattle Repertory Theater; and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
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