January 2010

Sting Driven To Tears For Haiti

Sting performed a powerful rendition of his appropriately chosen Police song “Driven To Tears” during the Hope For Haiti Now telethon on January 22, 2010 along with Mark Whitfield on guitar, Chris Botti on trumpet, Clark Gayton on trombone, Ira Coleman on bass, and members of the band The Roots. You can always count [...]

Sting Suffers Hearing Loss and Supports Hearing Loss Campaign

It’s no secret that Sting suffers from hearing loss himself, and perhaps that is why he is now lending a helping hand in support of a global hearing loss campaign called Hear the World Initiative. Hear The World was established in 2006 by Phonak, a hearing systems manufacturer, with a [...]

What Sting Has Learned

Here is an interesting and candid “What I’ve Learned” interview with Sting from the January 2010 issue of Esquire. Be forewarned, there are a few offensive words, so read at your own risk! I like his point about the “unique vocal fingerprint” myself.
http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/sting-biography-0110
Sting: What I’ve Learned
The musician on Michael Jackson, the secrets to [...]