All the hoopla about the wonderful vocalist, Beyonce, lip or not lip synching our national anthem, made me think about the song itself. Why is the Star Spangled Banner so difficult to sing? First and most obvious, the Star Spangled Banner is a song composed with a fairly extensive vocal range. When performed in [...]

Here’s a solo rendition of Whitney Houston’s signature hit “I Will Always Love You” performed by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in San Francisco on February 16. What do you think?  

(Photos: Paul Zollo) LOS ANGELES. It was Adele’s night, as the world already knows well, but darkened greatly by the death the night before of Whitney Houston. And when one of the music world’s own most beloved stars dies, the Grammys rise to the occasion, as this did on this night and with great grace [...]

Dolly Parton, who penned the late Whitney Houston’s defining hit “I Will Always Love You” in 1973, released a statement today about Houston’s passing. “I was brought to tears again last night, as I’m sure many were, when Jennifer Hudson sang ‘I Will Always Love You’ on the Grammys in memory of Whitney,” Parton said. [...]