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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 ...
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 ...
Music, comedy strike defiant tone at Sandy concert
Musicians were so intent upon helping victims of Superstorm Sandy that they didn't seem to want their benefit concert in New York to end. The final ...
Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12
A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding ...
Rolling Stones rock Brooklyn at anniversary gig
It sure didn't feel like a farewell. The Rolling Stones — average age 68-plus, if you're counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the ...
Rolling Stones added to Sandy benefit concert
The Rolling Stones will join the artists already booked for next week's televised Superstorm Sandy benefit show in New York City, which producers said ...
12-12-12 Sandy benefit to be aired on 34 outlets
The 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert will be broadcast across 34 U.S. and international television, radio and Internet across six continents.
Van Gogh, John Lennon letters coming to NY auction
An upcoming auction of over 300 historical documents includes rare letters written by Vincent van Gogh, George Washington, John Lennon and other ...
Gary Clark Jr. opens his mind to the possibilities
Gary Clark Jr. had to learn how to trust someone else to record his major label debut. When noted producer Mike Elizondo signed on to help with "Blak ...
Eric Clapton's Richter sells for $34.2 million
A Gerhard Richter painting owned by Eric Clapton has sold for 21.3 million pounds ($34.2 million), handily beating pre-sale estimates and setting a ...
Okla. Jazz Hall has around $60K in unpaid bills
Tulsa is famous for its own musical sound, a potent blend of rock and blues made famous by JJ Cale, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. So, including Tulsa ...
Grammy winner Carlos Santana has book deal
Carlos Santana is ready for the ultimate riff: a memoir. The Grammy-winning superstar has an agreement with Little, Brown and Co. to tell his life ...
Hoffman, Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees
Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honor with David Letterman — who ...