http://www.mail.com/subjects/168-music.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/168-music.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764072-ap-music-writers-top-10-albums-year.html 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. You may disagree, but Nas is the best rapper alive, and with "Life is Good," he's got the year's top album, regardless of genre. On "Life," he's spitting rhymes about his ex-wife, Kelis — like the soulful "Bye B... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764072-ap-music-writers-top-10-albums-year.html 2012-12-13T13:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763974-list-nominees-golden-globe-awards.html Nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES — Picture, Drama: "Argo," ''Lincoln," ''Life of Pi," ''Django Unchained," ''Zero Dark Thirty." — Picture, Musical or Comedy: "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," ''Les Miserables," ''Moonrise Kingdom," ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," ''Silver Lining... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763974-list-nominees-golden-globe-awards.html 2012-12-13T13:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 attacks was held at Madison Square Garden, many of the same top musicians came together to raise money for those suffering from Superstorm Sandy, including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, The Who, E... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html 2012-12-13T12:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763820-short-hosting-snl-mccartney-musical-guest.html NEW YORK (AP) — "Saturday Night Live" is welcoming two prominent up-and-comers to this week's show. Guest hosting the special Christmas edition will be a brilliant Canadian-born comic, Martin Short. The musical guest? Breakout singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. "I think he's from Europe," Short ventured, tongue-in-cheek, at the mention of McCartney's name.... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763820-short-hosting-snl-mccartney-musical-guest.html 2012-12-13T12:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763776-ap-picks-top-10-theater-moments-2012.html NEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and that old stalwart "The Lion King" celebrated its 15th anniversary. Yes, 2012 was a year of old and new, theatrically speaking. It also was a year in which the theater communit... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763776-ap-picks-top-10-theater-moments-2012.html 2012-12-13T11:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist government is introducing a 75-percent income tax on those earning over €1 million ($1.3 million), leading some of the country's rich and famous to set up residency in less fiscally demanding countries. Here's a look at some big names in France and elsewhere whose changes of address over the years have meant lighter taxes. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html 2012-12-13T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763606-review-meyerbeers-rare-robert-staged-london.html LONDON (AP) — Degas painted it. Chopin wrote variations on it. Balzac and Dumas mentioned it in their fiction. The Paris Opera performed it 100 times in just three years. For more than a half-century after its premiere in 1831, Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" was everywhere. Then, as its composer's reputation plummeted, it all but disappeared. Now ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763606-review-meyerbeers-rare-robert-staged-london.html 2012-12-13T10:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761310-music-comedy-strike-defiant-tone-sandy-concert.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 notes of Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" closed the star-studded show at 1:19 a.m. Thursday, nearly six hours after Bruce Springsteen set a roaring tone with "Land of Hope and Dreams." In b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761310-music-comedy-strike-defiant-tone-sandy-concert.html 2012-12-13T07:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors Wednesday appealed the dismissal of anti-paparazzi driving charges against a photographer accused of recklessly chasing Justin Bieber on a Los Angeles freeway earlier this year. The appeal argues that Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson erred last month when he dismissed two counts filed under California's 2010 anti-paparaz... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html 2012-12-13T01:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760950-googled-2012-whitney-psy-sandy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, and a record-breaking skydiver. Whitney Houston was the "top trending" search of the year, according to Google Inc.'s year-end "zeitgeist" report. Google's 12... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760950-googled-2012-whitney-psy-sandy.html 2012-12-12T20:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html LONDON (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of followers, the pontiff joined an elite circle of prolific tweeters. Below is a glance at other members of the Twitterati. (at)LadyGaga Pop icon Lady Gaga's account ranks as Twitter's most followed, wi... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html 2012-12-12T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761522-wiz-khalifa-readies-music-marriage-fatherhood.html ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Wiz Khalifa says preparation for becoming a first-time father and husband has helped put him in a more mature musical state of mind. But that doesn't mean Khalifa will refrain from his weed-smoking, rock star-like ways. "I'm at a different point in my life," said Khalifa, whose sophomore album, "O.N.I.F.C.," debuted at No. 2 on Billb... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761522-wiz-khalifa-readies-music-marriage-fatherhood.html 2012-12-12T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761230-swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93.html GENEVA (AP) — Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of the finest sopranos of her generation. After more than 400 performances at the Vienna State Opera, where her interpretations of many great rol... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761230-swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93.html 2012-12-12T14:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760942-mick-jagger-love-letters-sell-300000.html LONDON (AP) — Jumpin' Jack Flash! A batch of love letters written by Mick Jagger to a 1960s muse have sold at auction for 187,250 pounds ($301,472). Sotheby's says a private collector bidding by phone on Wednesday snapped up the Rolling Stones frontman's 10 letters to singer Marsha Hunt. Hunt is an American-born singer who was the inspiration for the Ston... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760942-mick-jagger-love-letters-sell-300000.html 2012-12-12T12:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760930-review-kaufmann-triumphs-la-scalas-lohengrin.html MILAN (AP) — This Lohengrin is no knight in shining armor, confidently riding in on a swan to defend a beautiful maiden. No, the barefoot hero on view at La Scala these days acts more like a runaway from a home for troubled youth. He's full of odd, jerky arm movements, spends a lot of time picking swan feathers off himself, and is given to darting off sta... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760930-review-kaufmann-triumphs-la-scalas-lohengrin.html 2012-12-12T12:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760784-critics-savage-spice-girls-stage-musical.html LONDON (AP) — The critics have spoken — "Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs of 1990s "Girl Power" pop group the Spice Girls. "I'll tell you what I wanted, what I really, really wanted — I wanted this terrible show to stop," said Charles Spencer in the... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760784-critics-savage-spice-girls-stage-musical.html 2012-12-12T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. He was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s. H... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html 2012-12-12T03:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759872-evita-to-close-january-when-big-3-leave.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway revival of "Evita" — faced with trying to replace Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris — will instead close when the Big Three leave early next year. Producers of the Tony Award-nominated revival of Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical said Tuesday night they have decided against plans for an open-en... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759872-evita-to-close-january-when-big-3-leave.html 2012-12-11T23:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757746-spice-girls-musical-viva-forever-opens-london.html LONDON (AP) — "Viva Forever"? Time will tell. Girl Power lit up London's West End on Tuesday at the premiere of the new Spice Girls musical — but audiences and critics will decide whether it has the energy to become a hit. The five members of the 1990s girl group, who all attended the show, were confident as they took the stage alongside the cast for a cu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757746-spice-girls-musical-viva-forever-opens-london.html 2012-12-11T22:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759114-flight-django-unchained-naacp-nominees.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Flight," ''Django Unchained," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The 44th ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759114-flight-django-unchained-naacp-nominees.html 2012-12-11T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1758934-vindication-2013-rock-hall-fame-inductees.html Randy Newman's glad he didn't have to do anything drastic to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The members of Rush are choosing to let bygones be bygones. And Quincy Jones, well, he's still mad. All were among inductees announced Tuesday by Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers at a news conference in Los Angeles. For most of this year's inductees, inc... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1758934-vindication-2013-rock-hall-fame-inductees.html 2012-12-11T19:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758766-us-actress-parker-hails-eu-example-america.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — American actress Sarah Jessica Parker praised the EU on Tuesday for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for pacifying Europe and uniting its different cultures after World War II, and she said the bloc should serve as an example to the United States, given the divisions its recent elections have brought to the surface. Parker said that while... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758766-us-actress-parker-hails-eu-example-america.html 2012-12-11T18:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758224-russian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86.html MOSCOW (AP) — World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her homeland, has died at 86. Moscow's Opera Center, which Vishnevskaya created, said the singer celebrated internationally for her rich soprano voice died Tuesday in th... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758224-russian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86.html 2012-12-11T18:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758268-cast-revealed-pump-boys-dinettes-revival.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway revival of the honkey-tonk musical revue "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will have a former Idol in the cast. Producers on Tuesday revealed the stars of the show set in a highway diner in North Carolina and "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice will be among them. Since losing the title to Carrie Underwood in 2005, Bice, 37, released the... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758268-cast-revealed-pump-boys-dinettes-revival.html 2012-12-11T15:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758236-songs-take-starring-role-tv-drama-nashville.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Buddy Miller says these days it's not unusual for duet partners to cut their love songs syllable by syllable while never even seeing each other: "In this town especially that's what happens." That's why the veteran Music City producer and band leader was so astounded by what he witnessed in the early days of working on the music fo... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1758236-songs-take-starring-role-tv-drama-nashville.html 2012-12-11T14:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1757314-luke-bryan-cleans-up-acas-with-9-awards.html Luke Bryan didn't want the American Country Awards to end. He cleaned up during the fan-voted show, earning nine awards, including artist and album of the year. His smash hit "I Don't Want This Night To End" was named single and music video of the year. Miranda Lambert took home the second most guitar trophies with three. Jason Aldean was named touring ar... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1757314-luke-bryan-cleans-up-acas-with-9-awards.html 2012-12-11T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T01:47:00Z