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Rating: Verdict: Classics with a country twist  Elvis Costello once said a great song should be robust enough to be sung in different styles, whether thats on an acoustic guitar or with all the bells and whistles of an orchestra. Its a theory that clearly strikes a chord with Barry Gibb. We grew up in a different world, he says. In those days, there was no such thing as genre. Gibb puts his views into practice on new album Greenfields, taking some of the greatest songs he sang with the Bee Ge...

Updated / Thursday, 7 Jan 2021 13:48 The Late Late Show has produced some momentous musical performances over the years and, with the programmes return to our screens this week, we asked Ryan Tubridy what it feels like to get a closer than front row seat to some of the most memorable performances in Irish musical history. "One of the privileges of presenting the show is to be sitting so close to so much talent, to some of the most amazing performers from this country and abroad. That could be...

The Bee Gees icon returns with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol.1, a collaboration-stacked album that reinvents the vocal group’s catalog as country music works.

Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out whats clicking today in entertainment. The 74-year-old has released a new album titled "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vo.1," a collection of Bee Gees music reworked as duets with notable artists from Nashville, including Dolly Parton and Keith Urban. The last living Gibb brother, who has kept the family’s musical legacy going as a solo artist, emigrated from the U.K. to Australia as a child. However, Gib...

On Greenfields, Barry Gibb Takes The Bee Gees Legacy To Nashville Barry Gibbs new album, Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, is a collection of Bee Gees songs reworked as duets with some of the biggest names in Nashville. Desiree Prieto / Courtesy of the artist In more than four decades of music, Barry Gibb and his brothers Robin and Maurice created almost too many hits to count as the pop powerhouse the Bee Gees. Today, at 74, Barry is the last living Gibb brother, ...

CBS News Barry Gibb returns to the Bee Gees music via Nashville The songs are familiar; the arrangements are new. For his latest album, "Greenfields," Barry Gibb has taken the Bee Gees catalogue to Music City. "I was bitten by Nashville," he said, "because Nashville is about music. Its about real songs." Musician Barry Gibb.  CBS News The last surviving Gibb Brother reached out to producer Dave Cobb, and said, "This is where I gotta go. This is the kind of music I love." And he tea...

Copy to Clipboard Dolly Parton (Getty Images) Dolly Parton has been a source of entertainment and inspiration since the mid-50s and continuing her stellar work in music, she kick-started 2021 on a high note by collaborating with Bee Gees’ singer Barry Gibb on the remake of the latter’s classic song ‘Words.’ The 74-years-old iconic singer-songwriter also took to Twitter where she posted a short behind-the-scenes teaser while recording the track. She captioned the post as, â�...

ADRIAN THRILLS: Doubts remain over the gigs and tours planned for 2021, but recorded music looks set for another great year, with plenty of albums in the pipeline.

Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb is set to release his collection of reimagined classics done in tandem with country and bluegrass artists,  Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, on January 8, and hes given fans a preview of one of the more iconic duets on the set. "Words," a 1968 single for the Bee Gees, is beautifully taken on by Dolly Parton, whose unmistakable voice carries the beginning of the wistful song over gentle piano before Gibb joins in to harmonize with her. The album, which...

The Watch becomes, well, the first must-watch series of 2021. The Watch premieres Sunday, January 3 at 8pm EST on BBC America. Watch the trailer here. 3.  [caption id="attachment_442008" align="alignnone" width="1920"] A Discovery of Witches[/caption] Based on Deborah Harknesss All Souls novels, this captivating British fantasy series is set in a world where witches, vampires, and daemons secretly live and work alongside humans. Season two transports our spell-casting heroine Diana ( Teresa...