RECORDINGS : Quick Spins

RECORDINGS : Quick Spins
UNDER THE IRON SEA Keane Jack White's new outfit, the Raconteurs, is catching unwarranted flak in some quarters for nicking a riff from Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him ," but it's really the British pop-rockers in Keane who owe the most to New Wave's erstwhile angry young twerp -- at...
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Hip-hop producer Austin held in Dubai on drug charges: report
DUBAI - American hip-hop producer Dallas Austin has been detained in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on charges of possessing drugs, a newspaper reported Monday, quoting legal sources.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

Prepare to get funky
Keyboard great Bernie Worrell's self-named Web site has numerous tributes to his musical prowess from a who's who of funk and rock greats. George Clinton, his former boss in Parliament-Funkadelic, and former Talking Head David Byrne both describe Worrell as a genius.
Source: www.nwitimes.com

1.00pm Tuesday July 4, 2006
DUBAI - US hip-hop producer Dallas Austin, who has worked with stars including Madonna and Michael Jackson, has pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine during a trial in the United Arab Emirates, local newspapers said today.
Source: www.nzherald.co.nz