Indie record label Krian Music Group and their exclusive digital distributor, BFM Digital will be joined by media sponsor M Music & Musicians Magazine for their first official SXSW showcase this year, bringing an exhilarating must see lineup to the Iron Bear on Thursday, March 15. Dance rockers VHS Or Beta, Nashville's retro-rockers The…

Davy Jones, an actor-turned-singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66.

Jones, lead singer of the 1960s group that was assembled as an American version of the Beatles, died of a massive heart attack in Indiantown where he lived,…

In a year in which the Academy Awards appeared to not give a hoot about film music -- no musical performance during the show, just two nominees for Best Song -- they proceeded to reward a film in which the only dominant sound WAS music.…

(CBS/AP) President Barack Obama joined Mick Jagger on stage to sing "Sweet Home Chicago" at the White House blues concert Tuesday night as a part of the "In Performance at the White House" series that airs on PBS.

The surprise performance by Mr. Obama came at the end of the playlist when the ensemble was singing the blues anthem of the…

Adele, who won the award for best British female and best album for '21', has said that she is "so proud to be British".

The 23-year-old singer accepted the album award from George Michael and earned a standing ovation as she gave her acceptance speech.

"Nothing makes me prouder than coming here with six Grammys... I'm so…

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CHICAGO (AP) — Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally.

A recent Columbia University survey found, in fact, that 70 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said they had bought, copied or downloaded unauthorized music, TV shows or movies, compared with 46 percent of all adults who'd done the…

After medical issues prevented Aretha Franklin from singing at the funeral of her goddaughter, the Queen of Soul dedicated her Saturday night show at Radio City Music Hall to Whitney Houston.

Franklin performed a loose, gospel-inspired rendition of "The Greatest Love of All," Houston's third-biggest hit.

Feb. 20, Associated…

The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl made a true foo of himself at Sunday’s Grammys — at least according to some music sticklers.

Many blog-dwellers felt his acceptence speech — in which he praised “the human element” in music, as opposed to the type made on computer — was a slur against electronic music makers, as well as hip-hop creators.…

The funeral for Whitney Houston, the legendary pop singer who passed away on Feb. 11 at the age of 48, will be broadcast on television and streaming online from the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, according to CNN.

The church only seats 1,500 and the “invitation-only” guest list includes dozens of celebrities and…

It's called "Chico & Rita," but it might as well be titled "Chico & Rita & Jazz," for the Oscar-nominated film amounts to much more than just a love story between a man and a woman.

Jazz permeates "Chico & Rita," pulsing softly in the background or roaring brilliantly upfront, virtually every moment of the film alive…

Taylor Swift received two Grammys for "Mean" on Sunday (Feb. 13) in Los Angeles, yet the country superstar was anything but irritable when she accepted the awards at the pre-televised ceremony.

When her name was called in the category of best country solo performance, Swift strolled to the stage with an…

Sunday night’s Grammy telecast can’t be allowed to fade away before someone sends a shoutout to host LL Cool J — without whom the show could have exploded from its own unavoidable schizophrenia.

The death of Whitney Houston some 24 hours before showtime made these Grammys different from all other Grammys, as…

'I've been writing this story for a long time,' rapper tells Ryan Seacrest of her alter ego Roman Zolanski.

Nicki Minaj nearly stole the show at the 2012 Grammy Awards when she performed her frenetic Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded track "Roman Holiday." Rife with religious symbolism, the…

Adele became the second female artist to win the most Grammy Awards in one night with six, tying Beyonce's record of six.

Grammy's Won: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Short Form Music Video, & Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele also made a comeback last night as she sang her Grammy Award winning…

(AP)  LOS ANGELES — This year's Grammy Awards promises plenty of intrigue and drama — much of it having little to do with the competition for awards.



Adele — one of the key nominees with six nods — is performing for the first time since having surgery on her vocal cords. A group of musicians upset that the Recording Academy has cut the number of…

There’s an old joke around newsrooms: News is something that happens to your editor.

If you’ll pardon the self-indulgence, I’m going to take this truism one step further: News is what happened to me.

I was laid low the week before New Year’s Day by a mysterious headache and a blazing sore throat. A few days later I lost my voice.

My doctors…

"The competition is on," Christina Aguilera said during The Voice season two premiere and she wasn't lying!

The hit reality singing competition returned to NBC tonight (earning the coveted post-Super Bowl slot!) and things were as heated as ever between Aguilera and her fellow mentors Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam…

The lineup for the 2012 Sasquatch! music festival has been unveiled, but headliners like Jack White, Tenacious D, Bon Iver and Beck bring tidings of other news with them.

White, for one, will be performing at additional festivals plus will be announcing more tour dates in support of his solo debut "Blunderbuss." He'll be taking the stage at the Gorge in George, Wash., on…

"Fans can make you famous, a contract can make you rich, the press can make you a superstar, but only luv can make you a player," a message reads at the beginning of Madonna's new music video "Give Me All Your Luvin'."

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