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Innovative jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd dies at 80
Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later ...
GOP congressman invites Ted Nugent to Obama speech
A Republican congressman says he's invited rocker Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama's administration as "evil, America-hating," ...
Justin Timberlake performs post-Grammy show
Mr. "SexyBack" performed back-to-back Sunday night. After Justin Timberlake's performance at the Grammy Awards, the pop star electrified during a ...
Music Review: Foals shine with 'Holy Fire'
Foals, "Holy Fire" (Warner Bros. Records) One thing you can say about the Foals is that they always mix it up. Their first album, "Antidotes," was ...
Review: Veronica Falls' 2nd album worth the 'Wait'
Veronica Falls, "Waiting for Something to Happen" (Slumberland) The second full-length album from indie pop's Veronica Falls is a tasteful guitar pop ...
Grammy audience down, still 2nd highest since 1993
While the Grammy Awards couldn't come close to the freakishly high ratings generated in 2012 because of Whitney Houston's death and Adele's smashing ...
Varied winners at Grammy Awards
Unlike last year, when the Grammys became the Adele show, each of the leading nominees in a diverse and eclectic field got a chance to bask in the ...
SHOW BITS: It's after-party time at the Grammys
Show Bits brings you the 55th annual Grammy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the ...
Grammy Awards voters spread the love all around
Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year.
Beyonce covers Vogue's March issue
Beyonce calls the making of her upcoming HBO documentary "Life is But a Dream" a therapeutic process. She tells the March issue of Vogue, "this movie ...
Selected winners at the 55th annual Grammy Awards
Winners in selected major categories at the 55th annual Grammy Awards announced Sunday during ceremonies at the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center: — ...
List of televised Grammy Awards winners
List of awards presented during Sunday's telecast of the 55th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center: — Album of the year: "Babel," Mumford & Sons.
Gotye, Kimbra win record of the year Grammy
Last year's biggest hit is also the Grammy winner for record of the year: Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" earned one of the night's top ...
Fun.'s 'We Are Young' wins song of the year Grammy
Fun.'s night just got real fun: The pop-rock trio won the Grammy for song of the year for "We Are Young." It's the group's first Grammy win.
LA fugitive manhunt brings heavier Grammy policing
There is a heavier-than-usual police presence at the Grammy Awards because of a dangerous former Los Angeles police officer believed to have killed ...
After Whitney death, Clive Davis gala presses on
A year after Whitney Houston's death, music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words — and video. Houston died last year just hours before the ...
LL Cool J celebrates Grammy-hosting gig at dinner
LL Cool J spent the night before the Grammy Awards sipping Hennessy with some of his famous friends. The 45-year-old rapper-actor and returning Grammy ...
Mardi Gras ball 1st Superdome event since blackout
This time, the lights stayed on in the Superdome. The glitzy Mardi Gras Krewe of Endymion rolled its parade and super float through the Superdome on ...
Chris Brown crashes car while evading paparazzi
Police in Beverly Hills say Chris Brown escaped injury after crashing his Porsche into a wall while being chased by paparazzi. Lt. Lincoln Hoshino ...
Grammys pay tribute to Shankar, King, Temptations
Ravi Shankar passed away in December before he could attend The Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards celebration where he was to receive a ...
Beyonce, Jay-Z, Rihanna hang at Roc Nation brunch
Jay-Z and Beyonce sat tightly with Solange. Kelly Rowland embraced Beyonce with a huge hug. And Rihanna spilled some of her drink laughing with ...
The Hollywood Reporter's best of the week
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: JAY-Z'S ANNIE REMAKE: MEET THE MAN WHO MADE IT HAPPEN Broadway lyricist Martin ...
Snoop Dogg blazes one during BMI songwriting panel
Music fans who turned out to BMI's annual pre-Grammy Awards "How I Wrote That Song" discussion got a little more than they expected thanks to Snoop ...