The Carpenters News

The songs of one of pop's most enduring acts are being sung at The Roses in Tewkesbury on August 22.

Saturday 9am AS THE world this week mourns the passing of pop prince Michael Jackson - with a memorial service due to take place in Las Vegas where he died of a suspected heart attack on June 26 - we look back over time to the Market Rasen origins of the man who helped to shoot the star firmly into the pop stratosphere, Rod Temperton.

CARPENTERS FOR CHRIST. More than 150 Carpenters for Christ from seven states, including a large representation from Cherokee County, helped construct a 90 x 180 feet metal building for Fairfield Baptist Church in Centerville, Tenn.

BERLIN -- In early April, Laura Carpenter was handed an application to be considered for a Habitat for Humanity house by a customer of the Ocean Pines salon where she works.

We love the sad songs - but why is that? Is it the writing or the delivery? Sometimes it can be both - sure.

"We should be called the Carpenters . This band has led to nothing but construction," laughs Madraso drummer Chris Jager .

On July 18, four local churches and two Atlanta-area churches will join the nonprofit organization In The Carpenter's Footsteps for the 2009 mission to Costa Rica.

A second man has been arrested in the Kannapolis Craigslist rape investigation. Police believe Rodney Liverman, Sr.

SOME may consider their recent UK resurgence a part of the current Eighties revival, but The Wedding Present have been a permanent fixture in the life of founder member David Gedge, writes the WMN's Jackie Butler .

IT'S A TIME steeped in meaning, when shared memories meet shared dreams. Such a moment calls for a great, nostalgia-boosting soundtrack.

DRYDEN - The 374-acre Wideawake Dairy has been in the Carpenter family for 89 years, and Evan Carpenter hopes it will continue to be for another 89.

THE timeless music of The Carpenters will be celebrated at The Playhouse, Weston, on June 18.

Schoppmier House in Niskayuna, built in 1835, boasts quirky elements that are testament to its long history Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Before there was Niskayuna, at least the way it looks today, there was the Schoppmier farm.

On April 23rd, 2009, literally 24 hours after its release, Carpenters had their highest charting record of their careers in Japan.

Vanessa Carpenter gets a little help from Christina Jones, a family friend, who holds the microphone for her as she plays Guitar Hero with her children Brittney , Ruthanna and Paul .

Fired Apprentice candidate Phillip Taylor has admitted that he was like a "puppy dog" with his rival contestant Kate Walsh.

Groovehaus works hard to live up to its name. The seven-member Moscow band brings crowds to their feet with its lively covers of rhythm and blues, pop rock, jazz and country.

For those of us whose musical tastes have a little more of a beat than The Carpenters or Celine Dion, there have to be ten songs out there to show appreciation for our Moms on Mothers Day that don't make us feel like we're swimming in syrup, aren't there? Well rock and roll Moms, you're in luck, 'cause here are ten Mothers Day songs , that while ...

You know how your voice always sounds better in your own head than it does on tape? Apparently, someone in Japan agrees with you.

Thrifty Tunes 05.02.09: Talking Heads Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 05.02.2009 In the mid 1970's, a handful of smug art-school students got together and created the ultimate ironic band, The Talking Heads.