Sheila E News

Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house - well, really the tent.

Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines started 16 years ago as a festival with impeccable straight-ahead jazz credentials.

U.S. senators urged broadcasters to negotiate a settlement with the music industry or face legislation in the contentious battle over performance fees.

Grammy Award winning artist Sheila E. tearfully testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on the importance of passing the proposed Performance Rights Act, legislation that would require broadcast radio stations to directly pay the musicians they feature.

U.S. senators urged broadcasters to negotiate a settlement with the music industry or face legislation in the contentious battle over performance fees.

Grammy Award winning artist Sheila E. tearfully testified before the Senate Judiciary committee on the importance of passing the proposed Performance Rights Act, legislation that would require broadcast radio stations to directly pay the musicians they feature.

Grammy Award Winning artist Sheila E. says that when radio stations do not compensate artists it is "disrespectful". She says that she depends on radio, but that there is no partnership between artists and radio stations.

August 4, 2009: The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the Performance Rights Act, a bill that would for the first time impose performance royalties on broadcast radio.

July 30, 2009: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on the Performance Rights Act, which would impose performance royalties on broadcast radio, with NAB Joint Board Chair and Commonwealth Broadcasting President/CEO Steve Newberry scheduled to testify.

The 16th-annual Jazz in the Pines is only a few weeks away and this year's event will feature saxophonist Mindi Abair, on Saturday, and the legendary jazz and salsa percussionists Pete and Sheila Escovedo, father and daughter, on Sunday.

Sheila was one of the more successful of the numerous young "ye-ye" girls to enjoy success with cheerfully insipid pop/rock in France in the early and mid-'60s. As little of her extensive discography is easy to find in the U.S., it's hard to make conclusive judgments about the scope of her artistic sweep.