The Roches News

It's an understatement to say singer-songwriter Dave Roche comes from a musical family.

As many of you know, I often talk about working at Bow Wow Records. I can't help it, that place ruled.

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IT'S bluegrass, Jim, but not as we know it. For a start, the twin-vocals-and-banjos outfit Blueflint hail from Edinburgh, not Appalachia, with co-founders Deborah Arnott and Claire-Louise Neilson backed here by double bassist Hugh Kelly, fiddler Rodd y Neilson and drummer Willie Molleson.

Noted for their lush harmonies, quirky songs, and impressive stylistic range, the three Roche sisters -- Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy -- were among contemporary folk music's most endearing artists.

Actor Bob Hoskins is 67. Actress Jaclyn Smith is 64. Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak is 63.

Cakewalk 2:00 a.m. October 25, 2009 TODAY:Actress Marion Ross is 81. Country singer Jeanne Black is 72.

The New York Times once called him the city's musical "Man About Town" but singer-songwriter Richard Barone is returning to his Tampa roots in finally releasing the tapes he made with Tiny Tim back in 1976.

Highline Ballroom is confirming that " Rufus Wainwright , The Roches , Martha Wainwright + more" will appear with Loudon Wainwright at their NYC venue on September 15th.

Stepping into the rambling family home of the Parkington sisters is like venturing into some modern, Alice-in-Wonderland adventure - only in this version, after going down the rabbit hole, it is not the Cheshire Cat that comes to greet you, but five strikingly pretty sisters who sing and play music together.

Nobody is immune to being caught out by rip-offs - not even the new Consumer Minister, Kevin Brennan.

By Chitra Ramaswamy IT'S ANOTHER day in the life of a Wainwright. Lunchtime in Manhattan and Lucy Wainwright Roche has just been to visit her friend and "his 40-year-old monkey who used to be an actor". Now she's off to see her mother, folk singer Suzzy Roche, in Greenwich Village.