Music

Library of Congress has plan for saving recordings
The Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing ...
Eric Church leads ACM Awards nominations with 7
They don't call him Chief for nothing: Eric Church is the top nominee at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. The rising country music star ...
Wayne Shorter Quartet offers daring improvisations
The Wayne Shorter Quartet, "Without a Net" (Blue Note) Saxophonist Wayne Shorter ranks among jazz's greatest composers, but when his quartet performs ...
Bassist Rick Huxley of Dave Clark Five dies at 72
Bass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of the Dave Clark Five, has died. He was 72. Clark announced Huxley's death Tuesday, saying the ...
Eagles document their complicated history
Consider how unusual it is for the exact breaking point of a big-time rock band to be chronicled on film. The Beatles' "Let it Be" showed a slow ...
NY school names theater after singer Pete Seeger
The high school in Pete Seeger's upstate New York hometown has named its theater after the 93-year-old folk singer and his wife. A ceremony held ...
Beyonce hopes her documentary inspires Blue Ivy
Beyonce is hoping that her ultra-revealing documentary will someday provide inspiration for Blue Ivy, the year-old daughter she and husband Jay-Z have
Lady Gaga unable to walk, postpones 4 shows
Lady Gaga says she's "heartsick" to postpone four shows after sustaining an injury that's left her unable to walk. A Tuesday news release says ...
Grammy gatecrasher says stunt was 'spontaneous'
The man who was arrested after attempting to upstage Adele at Sunday's Grammy Awards has a new message for the singer: "help me." Vitalii Sediuk says ...
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," ...
Back to New Orleans: Beyonce to perform at Essence
Beyonce is coming back to New Orleans and back to the Superdome. After entertaining a huge television audience in a packed dome during the Super Bowl ...
Young Afghan musicians in NY for date at Carnegie
For these young people from Afghanistan, it's the perfect trip to America. They get to scarf down New York pizza, go ice skating — and take the stage ...
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 ...
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 ...