My Publicist Note Book

VINCE GILL, DON HENLEY, KACEY MUSGRAVES, WILLIE NELSON, LINDA PERRY, AND MAVIS STAPLES ANNOUNCED AS ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS AT 2019 MUSICARES ®  PERSON OF THE YEAR TRIBUTE HONORING DOLLY PARTON ANNUAL TRIBUTE BENEFITING MUSICARES ®  AND ITS VITAL SAFETY NET OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR MUSIC PEOPLE TO BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES DURING GRAMMY ®  WEEK ON FRIDAY, FEB. 8, 2019 WHO:  GRAMMY ®  winners  Vince Gill ,  Don Henley ,  Kacey Musgraves ,  Willie Nelson , and  Mavis Staples ; and GRAMMY nominee  Linda Perry  will join the performance lineup at the 2019 MusiCares ®  Person of the Year tribute concert honoring  Dolly Parton  on Feb. 8. Previously announced performers include  Leon Bridges ,  Lauren Daigle ,  Norah Jones ,  Shawn Mendes ,  P!nk ,  Mark Ronson , and  Chris Stapleton . GRAMMY winner  Dolly Parton  will close the evening's performances.  Greg Phillinganes  will be the musical director. More guest performers will be announced shortly. Attendees will incl

The National Sleep Foundation tells us to plan on replacing pillows every year or two. As we head into spring cleaning season we suddenly remember all those things that should probably be washed. How long since those curtains have seen the inside of a washing machine, anyway? It's also a good time of year to take stock and think about replacing things, like say that mattress you've had since the Clinton administration. In honor of your birthday, why not take a spin around your bedroom and see what might need freshening up? MATTRESS WHEN TO TOSS IT: 10 YEARS Let's start with the bed. Do you even remember how long you've had your mattress? If it's more than 10 years,  according to Consumer Reports , it probably time to go shopping. Depending on the type of bed, says all-things-sleep review site Sleep Like the Dead, it  could be even less time ; their research shows latex mattresses last around eight years, memory foam around seven, and innerspring eve

The Colombian artist has been one of the leaders in the reemergence of reggaeton and used his acceptance speech to recognize the power of the genre The 19th Latin GRAMMY Awards, held Nov. 15, was an exciting night for Colombian artist J Balvin, who led the night with a total of 8 nominations, the most of any other artist nominated at the show. The rapper has been a recognized leader for   bringing reggaeton back  into the mainstream and harder than ever, since English-language pop-centric U.S. and other parts of the world first heard names like  Daddy Yankee , Tego Calderon and  Don Omar  around the early '00s (Yankee also won an award last night, for Best Urban Song for "Dura.") The success of the genre the last few years has been slowly making waves at the Latin GRAMMYs . The genre has been climbing its way outside of just the urban categories and into general sought-after categories like "Record Of The Year," which Balvin was nom