Music
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American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77
Dec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tue...
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McCartney gets his freak on in 'Arguments'
Dec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - The Fireman, "Electric Arguments" (ATO/MPL) The Fireman is Paul McCartney getting his freak on. Do not be alarmed. This collaboration with Youth allows McCartney to have...
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Coldplay, Leona Lewis topped iTunes sales
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its "Viva la Vida" was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" ...
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Scott Weiland is 'Happy in Galoshes'
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Fresh of his five-year stint with Velvet Revolver and a brief reunion tour with Stone Temple Pilots, enigmatic frontman Scott Weiland returns with his second solo offeri...
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Costello makes a 'Spectacle' of himself -- and fellow songwritersDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tired of rote, by-the-numbers music performances punctuated by obsequious interviews on late-night talk shows? If so, does the Sundance Channel have a program for you. N...
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Britney's No. 1 ... at least on the Net
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row - her seventh time topping the list. Spears bested ...
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Second Spears comeback almost as good as the first
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - It's time for another Britney Spears comeback: Call this one the remix version. It was only last year that our damaged diva attempted to put the focus back on her once s...
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Kanye's '808s & Heartbreak' somber not showyNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Kanye West, "808s & Heartbreak" (Rock-A-Fella/Mercury/Island), 1/2 Kanye West has joined the pre-Thanksgiving sales race with an album that is alternately brave and desp...
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'Murmur' still delivers a glorious soundNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - R.E.M., "Murmur" Deluxe Edition (I.R.S./Universal), The real story of 1980s music was never the synthesizer-driven singles that made the pop charts, but the darker, edg...
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Family Groove Company's jazzy jams have pop smartsNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - A jam band's eternal struggle is how to integrate improvisational skills with traditional song craft. Each assemblage of musicians works out its own mix, but common logi...