AP - Jun 29, 2006
The annual four-day Roskilde Festival kicked off Thursday, with thousands of people pouring through the gates of one of Europe s largest outdoor rock music events. This year s program includes Bob Dylan...
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Diana Krall made sure she didn t overthink her Christmas Songs album. She just wanted to have fun. So she lit candles, decorated a tree at a Los Angeles studio and invited the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz...
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Taking a lyric detour during his hit Brighter Than Sunshine toward the end of his Wednesday show at the Henry Fonda Theater, Aqualung sang, Los Angeles is a very strange place . . . but I ve come to like...
More »AP - Jul 6, 2005
Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Maroon 5 and other music acts have donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an initiative of the United Nations...
More »AP - May 31, 2005
Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty. We don t want people s money. We want them, Bob...
More »Reuters - Apr 23, 2005
Two Miami-based songwriters and producers, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Estefano, tied for the songwriter of the year award at the 12th annual BMI Latin Awards. This is the fourth consecutive win for Estefano...
More »Reuters - Apr 11, 2005
Coldplay, Kylie Minogue) and the White Stripes are among the headline acts slated for this year s sold-out edition of the Glastonbury Festival, to be held June 24-26. Veteran artists Brian Wilson),...
More »Reuters - Mar 2, 2005
Veteran TV producer-director Ken Ehrlich s got a hit -- and, despite his long history in the music business, it s no run-of-the-mill event. I ve spent my life promoting other people s hit records,...
More »Reuters - Feb 25, 2005
All the Backstreet Boys ask is that you give them a fair chance. The quintet is set to return with a new Jive album in June preceded by a single in March. That s the first thing we thought about when...
More »Reuters - Feb 14, 2005
The 47th Annual Grammys on Sunday were long on tributes and short on controversy thanks to a self-censored performance by punk trio Green Day and Sheryl Crow s peek-a-boo yellow gown, which covered just...
More »AP - Feb 11, 2005
A star-studded group of entertainers, including country music star Clint Black and Beach Boys great Brian Wilson , will highlight the Nextel Tribute to America, the prerace extravaganza for the Daytona...
More »Reuters - Feb 10, 2005
Friday night s MusiCares charity dinner in Hollywood honoring Brian Wilson is the big liftoff for the Recording Academy s Grammy Awards weekend, which climaxes with the televised awards show Sunday night...
More »Reuters - Feb 10, 2005
The Recording Academy is hosting flashbacks to previous years Grammy Awards ceremonies, letting music fans relive the event in three-minute montages. The shorts are among the expanded features on http...
More »AP - Jan 13, 2005
Stephin Merritt usually has a song cycling through his head. Makes sense, given that he s one of the more captivating and eclectic singer-songwriters around, heading such bands as The Magnetic Fields...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Dec 1, 2004
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares annual pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said Wednesday. The 15th annual gala tribute will take...
More »AP - Nov 18, 2004
Rolling Stone magazine has named the top 500 songs of all-time, and, well, the No. 1 song isn t exactly a complete unknown. Bob Dylan s Like a Rolling Stone tops the list, compiled from votes by 172...
More »AP - Nov 17, 2004
Rolling Stone magazine has named the top 500 songs of all time in its new issue, and, well, the No. 1 song isn t exactly a complete unknown. Bob Dylan s Like A Rolling Stone tops the list, compiled...
More »AP - Nov 2, 2004
When Nirvana performed Lithium at the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards, Kurt Cobain wore a curious T-shirt with a frog logo and the question, Hi, how are you? The shirt was designed by a man Cobain frequently...
More »AP - Jun 11, 2004
Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style. Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73. Ray Charles had a string of hits...
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