Music News

November 13, 2019

Music Review: DJ Shadow back with an album to mark the times

DJ Shadow, “Our Pathetic Age” (Mass Appeal) In the companion art piece to DJ Shadow’s “Our Pathetic Age,” a poem expresses ...

November 13, 2019

Domingo to sing at 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival

Plácido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)" next ...

November 13, 2019

Rapper Kodak Black gets prison sentence in weapons case

Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to weapons ...

November 13, 2019

BMI honors Dwight Yoakam, top country songwriters

Country music singer, songwriter and actor Dwight Yoakam was honored by performing rights organization BMI for his ...

November 13, 2019

Review: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy finds inspiration in Hawaii

Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “I Made a Place” (Drag City) Will Oldham, appearing here under his Bonnie “Prince” Billy alter ego, ...

November 13, 2019

Music becomes medicine as singer Joe Henry battles cancer

Singer-songwriter Joe Henry was still absorbing the shock of confronting his life-threatening illness when he climbed into ...

November 13, 2019

New award to honor arts and activism named after Lena Horne

The venerated Times Square concert venue The Town Hall has created a new award to honor arts and activism, a prize to be ...

November 13, 2019

Maren Morris is set to have an epic night at the CMA Awards

Maren Morris is walking to the 2019 Country Music Association Awards with a lot of feelings. As the most-nominated act at an ...

November 13, 2019

People magazine names John Legend as 2019 Sexiest Man Alive

R&B crooner John Legend has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. The Grammy-winning singer known for his ...

November 13, 2019

Singer Andrea Bocelli: 'Absurd' to shun opera legend Domingo

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is staunchly defending opera legend Placido Domingo, calling it "absurd" that opera houses have ...

November 13, 2019

Katy Perry to perform at World T20 final on Women's Day

Katy Perry will perform before and after the Women's Twenty20 World Cup cricket final on International Women's Day as ...

November 13, 2019

Kris Kristofferson gives surprise performance at Fargo bar

Kris Kristofferson surprised customers when he performed with an acoustic guitar at a North Dakota bar after a band taped a ...

November 13, 2019

New baby and new music: Ricky Martin hosts the Latin Grammys

Between a household with four children, the release of a new single and his debut as host of the Latin Grammys, Ricky Martin ...

November 12, 2019

Rapper Eric B, jailed on 17-year-old warrant, released

Rapper and actor Eric B. has been released from a New Jersey jail after spending two weeks behind bars on a 17-year-old ...

November 12, 2019

Deep cuts rule Juliana Hatfield's Police covers album

Juliana Hatfield, "Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police" (American Laundromat Records) One way to assess a covers record is ...

November 12, 2019

Review: Celine Dion moves past loss on excellent new album

Celine Dion, "Courage" (Columbia Records) The search is officially over: If you've been wondering what the saddest song of ...

November 12, 2019

Chicago rapper Lil Reese shot, in critical condition

Hospital officials say Chicago rapper Lil Reese is in critical condition after being shot at a suburban Chicago intersection.

November 12, 2019

Pete Doherty fined in Paris over double set of arrests

The Paris prosecutor's office says British singer Pete Doherty has been handed a three-month suspended sentence and a fine ...

November 12, 2019

Something old, something new for Michael Stipe

After Michael Stipe opens a gate to the abandoned Manhattan storefront that serves as his studio, you find a man easily ...

November 11, 2019

He said, she said: Will female acts win big at CMA Awards?

The lack of women on country radio is as tired as a bad country song cliche, but the Country Music Association Awards is ...