Music

Bobby Bare returns to RCA Studio B for new album
When Bobby Bare returned to RCA Studio B 50 years after he began his career there, he was afflicted with an off-kilter case of deja vu. There was a ...
Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others
Select box set reviews from The Associated Press: Johnny Cash, "The Complete Columbia Album Collection" (Columbia/Legacy) If you're under 40, you ...
Review: Paul Kelly's song cycle of love
Paul Kelly, "Spring and Fall," (RED Distribution) After time spent exploring his catalog, Australian Paul Kelly has made his first new music in five ...
Rock stars pay costs of tapestry to honor Havel
Rock stars Bono, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Yoko Ono Lennon have covered the cost of a tapestry that will be unveiled next month to honor ...
Austrian officials inaugurate new concert house
Officials in the Austrian town of Erl have inaugurated a futuristic concert house that will house the country's newest music festival. Officials for ...
Aimme Mann turns to AM radio hit for inspiration
The musical inspiration for Aimee Mann's latest disc may come as a surprise. It certainly did for Larry Lee. Mann's "Charmer" hearkens back to the ...
Review: Rihanna brings the goods on 7th album
Rihanna, "Unapologetic" (Island Def Jam Music Group) There's something about Rihanna. And her producers. The singer's new album — her seventh in seven ...
Rock band AC/DC releases entire catalog on iTunes
AC/DC is finally releasing its music digitally on iTunes. Columbia Records and Apple announced Monday that the classic rock band's music will be ...
50 Cent takes swing at promoting boxing in Nevada
Rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent is taking a swing at promoting boxing in Nevada. Nevada Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer said Monday the ...
1960s, '70s hit R&B singer Billy Scott dies in NC
Rhythm and blues singer Billy Scott has died in North Carolina at age 70. Bill Kopald with the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame said Scott died from ...
Queen of Soul performs for first lady
Aretha Franklin says "it was fabulous" to have first lady Michelle Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder attend her show in Washington, D.C.
AP PHOTOS: Bieber, Minaj, Swift win at AMAs
Justin Beiber, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift won honors at Sunday night's American Music Awards. Beiber won favorite pop/rock male artist in the first ...
Justin Bieber gets love at American Music Awards
Justin Bieber may be Canadian, but he was the all-American boy at Sunday night's American Music Awards. The pop singer dominated the awards show, ...
Seacrest, Wonder, Usher, others praise Dick Clark
Ryan Seacrest and Stevie Wonder paid homage to Dick Clark on stage, while Usher and will.i.am shared their praise for the TV icon and music lover off ...
Winners the 2012 American Music Awards
Winners of the 40th anniversary American Music Awards, presented Sunday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles: Artist of the year: Justin Bieber New ...
Under Gardiner's baton, Beethoven rocks
With John Eliot Gardiner on the podium, Beethoven rocked. The 69-year-old British conductor brought his Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and ...
Lustrous cast in Mozart's 'Tito' at Met
"La Clemenza di Tito," written just months before Mozart's death in 1791, is a curiosity among his operas, a throwback to an archaic style he had ...
Lady Gaga tweets some racy images before concert
Lady Gaga's tweets were getting a lot of attention ahead of her Buenos Aires concert Friday night. The Grammy-winning entertainer has more than 30 ...
Jason Mraz to make historic appearance in Myanmar
Jason Mraz will make history next month when he performs in Myanmar to raise awareness about human trafficking. Mraz will headline a free outdoor ...
Dave Grohl to give keynote speech at 2013 SXSW
Dave Grohl may be taking a break from his band, but with the addition of an appearance at South By Southwest next spring 2013 is shaping up to be a ...
Sarah Jessica Parker, Butler host Nobel concert
Sarah Jessica Parker and Gerard Butler are adding to the star wattage at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. The actors will be the hosts of the 19th ...
4 Latin Grammys to Jesse & Joy, Juanes wins too
Mexican brother-sister duo Jesse & Joy and their pop hit "Corre!" ran away with four awards at the 13th Annual Latin Grammys, but Colombian rockero ...
Partial list of 2012 Latin Grammy winners
Partial list of Latin Grammy winners announced at the 13th annual awards ceremony Thursday evening in Las Vegas: — Album of the year: "MTV Unplugged," ...
Eagles' Glenn Frey teaches songwriting; talks tour
Forty years after Glenn Frey began crafting some of the most memorable rock songs ever, the Eagles musician and singer finds himself in a new role — ...
Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn.
Bernard Lansky, the Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his signature clothing style of pegged pants, two-toned shoes and ...