Music

Andy Williams' Navajo blankets set for NYC auction
The late American crooner Andy Williams, famous for easy-listening hits such as "Moon River" and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from his ...
Judge puts rapper Meek Mill's tour plans on hold
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill has been barred from touring for a month after a judge found he violated probation restrictions associated with a 2008 ...
Panettiere overcomes stage fright with 'Nashville'
While Hayden Panettiere is pretending to be a country music singer on TV, she's learning how to be one in real life. The 23-year-old actress plays ...
After 'The Sopranos,' a bigger screen for Chase
After "The Sopranos" went black, David Chase's next move was never in question: He would make a movie. In all Chase's time toiling as a writer in ...
Beck looks for new connection with 'Song Reader'
Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other ...
Amy Winehouse inquest to be heard again
The inquest into the death of soul singer Amy Winehouse was overseen by a coroner who lacked the proper qualifications and must be heard again next ...
Lopez plays Santa for charity; talks about Rivera
Jennifer Lopez says she doesn't look forward to getting gifts at Christmas — she looks forward to giving them. "I love going and shopping for ...
Jason Mraz tops Myanmar anti-trafficking concert
American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz mixed entertainment with education to become the first world-class entertainer in decades to perform in Myanmar, ...
Switzerland sends Salvation Army to Eurovision gig
Switzerland is putting its faith in the Salvation Army to win the Eurovision Song Contest when it is staged in Malmo, Sweden, next year.
Springsteen, Gaga join Stones; Newtown noted
Only at a Rolling Stones concert could appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga seem almost like afterthoughts. Those superstars and other top ...
Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections
The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug ...
Kids play Mozart with violins made from garbage
The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl ...
Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years
They are seen as the progenitors of Chicano rock 'n' roll, the first band that had the boldness, and some might even say the naiveté, to fuse punk ...
Man arrested at Tenn. home tied to Taylor Swift
A man took a bus from Wisconsin to Nashville, climbed a fence at a home linked to singer Taylor Swift on Friday and told police he was there to ...
Jenni Rivera's remains returned to So. California
Jenni Rivera, the Latin music star killed in a weekend plane crash, has made her final journey home. Three brothers of Rivera, a Southern California ...
Common brings awareness to help free Peltier
When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving ...
Billboard: Adele dominates another year with '21'
It's another year and another Adele domination on the music charts: The British singer is Billboard's top artist of 2012. Billboard said Friday that ...
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore guitar stolen in Pa.
Sonic Youth guitarist and singer Thurston Moore says his iconic guitar was stolen after a show in Philadelphia. Moore reported on the band's Facebook ...
Sitar maker: Ravi Shankar's legacy inspires others
The walls of Sanjay Sharma's music shop are lined with gleaming string instruments and old photographs of legendary musicians. Beatles George ...
L.A. Reid not returning to 'X Factor' next season
L.A. Reid will soon be an ex-judge on "The X Factor." The veteran music executive is not returning to the Fox singing competition series next season, ...
One Direction named MTV's 2012 Artist of the Year
They're platinum. They're fascinating. And now One Direction is MTV's 2012 Artist of the Year. MTV says the fivesome is "the clear choice for the top ...
Documents: Prisoner plotted to kill Justin Bieber
An imprisoned man whose infatuation with Justin Bieber included a tattoo of the pop star on his leg has told investigators in New Mexico he hatched ...
AP music writers' top 10 albums of the year
Mesfin Fekadu's picks: 1. Nas, "Life is Good": "I am a graphic classic song composer," Nas raps on the intro to his latest album. And he's right.
Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy
Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist ...