European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 26 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 faces Mger s got a Knack for the by John j Moser the All Entov a morning Call Singer mat Kearney crosses a lot of barriers with his music but he prefers to be known for bridging them not breaking them for example his debut disc nothing left to lose which hit no 2 on billboards heat seekers Chart last year is mostly Mellow Singer songwriter material but in some songs words spill Forth in rap cadence but Kearney Calls it spoken word and says if s actually a Bridge Between history and hiphop i mean use that word seems like it brings up a connotation of something like Eminem or something which is totally not what i do he says during a phone interview from a Stop on the tour where he is opening for John Mayer i was an English major in College so i really liked spoken word and poetry it was what i did before i wrote music i was also listening to old school hiphop music Guys that had some thing to say and so i was bridging the Gap of like Faulkner and Flannery Oconner and a tribe called quest although Kearney 28 is a Christian who started out by licensing his first record to Christian Label i pop before signing with he feels More comfortable on a secular Label thank you i never waited to be on an exclusively Christian Label he says i think a Christian can take example from Jesus who Hung out with prostitutes and people like that so i think in where Fin supposed to be and where gods put me is in the midst of people that struggle with real problems and Are trying to figure out Why there Here and what they want in life if s silly to throw things out or r Label things you know is u2 a Christian band or was Johnny Cash a Christian country Singer i dont know but there pretty open about their Faith Kearney amalgamation apparently has worked his discs title track was a Bona fide hit and several the songs have been on television shows Greys Anatomy one tree Hill Friday might lights and others its just funny How different Media get to different Kearney who is head ing vhf boffo Sighia know tour for my father he didst know what Greys was he didst know who John Mayer was but when i showed up on the Law order promo spot he thought my son has made he says laughing a morning Cau Mot could the cranberries get Back together Dolores Oriordan of the cranberries says a reunion of the Irish band is possible although for now Shes enjoying her Solo work the 35yearold Singer was in Hong Kong on tuesday to promote her new album Are you listening Oriordan said Shes Happy with the album because it was completed in a relaxed setting she worked on it Over four years while she was spending time with her family even volunteering at her childrens school a lot of these songs just came from Day today experiences and it was a very natural kind of organic process she said asked if the cranberries whose last studio album was released in 2001 will work together again Oriordan said tvs maybe in the future but asked whether she missed working with her band mates she said not yet this is pretty Good fun pop Star adds old beaus name to baby Melanie Brown has Given her baby daughter the sur name of a Boyfriend Eddie Murphy the former spice girl said in a statement tuesday Brown 31 gave birth to Angel is Murphy Brown on april 3 in Santa Monica Calif she feted Murphys name on the birth certificate she said the name was inspired by a number of things Angel As she was my Little Angel through my pregnancy is As its my grandmas name Murphy because Hes the dad and Brown because in the mum the statement said Murphy 46 has said Hes not sure Hes the father it Melanie Brown Dolores Oriordan car dealer gets 5 years for bilking clients a classic car broker who swindled actor Nicolas Cage and other clients before he was caught in Spain was sentenced tuesday to five years in prison and million in restitution Peter Brotman 47 sold collectables such As a 1964 Roll Royce a 1988 Aston Martin and a 1954 Jaguar on consignment then kept the Money or used it to pay off earlier debts Cage lost in april 2004 when Brotman didst Send him the full proceeds from the Sale of three ferraris and a cobra Brotman also defrauded Willow Grove Bank out of they Lent him to run his suburban Philadelphia business Pennsylvania motor sports prosecutors said he apologized in court tuesday to his victims saying he had made poor decisions defense lawyer Noah Gorson said i aretha Franklin to help cast musical the Queen of soul is looking for a few Good subjects auditions for singing and no singing parts in a musical production based on aretha Franklins autobiography will be held May 13 in suburban de troit the musical based on the 1999 bestseller aretha from these roots is tentatively set to premiere in Franklins Home town of Detroit next March the 65yearold grammy Winner will help choose the per formers who will portray her at various Ages As Well As rela Tives close friends background singers and musical colleagues including Sam Cooke Dinah Washington Smokey Robinson and pianist Art Tatum hits by Franklin include respect Chain of fools1 and freeway of love stories and photos from the associated press aretha Franklin