Music
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Former Gap Band singer recovering from cancer
Feb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- He's best known as the lead vocalist for the Gap Band. Now Charlie Wilson is raising his voice to narrow the knowledge gap about prostate cancer. Wilson, w...
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Lily Allen's latest a bargain
Feb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lily Allen isn't giving away her new CD, but at $3.99, it seems pretty close. The 23-year-old British star is teaming up with MySpace Music and Amazon.com in...
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And the Grammy goes to ...
Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Lil Wayne and Coldplay were the kings of the music industry last year. They had the No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling CDs, respectively, and come into this year's Grammys lea...
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Lowery dons rocker garb for latest Cracker tourFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - David Lowery wears two hats - sometimes quite literally - as lead singer of the rock bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. "Sometimes we actually do Camper Van Beethov...
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A year later, debut CD still keeps Leona Lewis busy
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Leona Lewis has been spending her time lately holed up in a studio, working hard on her sophomore release. But it might be tough for her to concentrate on...
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Jewel's lullabies helped her through hard times
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- As a teenager, Jewel had her share of hard times, including a period of homelessness. To soothe herself, she wrote a song called "Raven" when she was 16. That...
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Nelson in fine form on 'Willie and the Wheel'
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - These are tunes for tough times: Willie Nelson singing Western Swing is bound to bring a smile. The genre became popular during the Depression and still has plenty of li...
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Wynonna's 'Sing' reflects influences
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Wynonna Judd always has drawn on a wider range of influences than her country music peers. She indulges those influences with wholehearted gusto on "Sing: Chapter I." Co...
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Dierks Bentley rocks hard on new CD
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Few contemporary country stars rock as ferociously as Dierks Bentley, as he proves on "Life On The Run," the introductory song of the singer's fifth album, "Feel That Fi...
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Erykah Badu blogs about giving birth to baby girl
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Erykah Badu gave birth to a baby girl this weekend -- and twittered about the experience. Universal Motown Records Group, the singer's record label, says the...