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May 23, 2012
Summer music festivals have officially begun!
May 23, 2012
Santi White on the new Santigold album and how two years of touring behind her debut helped her reach more fans.
May 23, 2012
That's right, folks -- summer music festival season is here.
May 23, 2012
Former "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert pushed his fellow "Idol" alum off the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday to score his first No. 1 album with "Trespassing."
'Phase one' of Jay-Z's Made in America Festival lineup announced (UPDATED)
May 22, 2012
Confirmed artists include Pearl Jam, D'Angelo, Odd Future, X, Janelle Monae and Meek Mill.
The Word: Chris Brown called out for lip-syncing performance
May 21, 2012
Famous peers make fun of the singer on Twitter.
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies
May 20, 2012
Robin Gibb, who with his brothers Barry and Maurice formed the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has died aged 62.
Reggie Watts: Footloose and hands-free
May 17, 2012
Musician Reggie Watts on acting, comedy and shying away from projects that are ‘too contracty.’
'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer dead at 63
May 17, 2012
Disco legend Donna Summer has passed away at the age of 63.
Philadelphia fans tell Jay Z he's cool. Yeah, he knows it. [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
May 14, 2012
Hip hop star will headline two-day 'Budweiser Made in America' music festival during the Labor Day weekend. Wonder how organizers of July 4 festival feel?
Chris Forsyth plays a love song for Kensington
May 10, 2012
On his first solo album, Chris Forsyth pays homage to the ’hood that changed his perspective.
On ‘Blues Funeral,’ Mark Lanegan is as dark and snarling as ever
May 09, 2012
Mark Lanegan is one of music's most formidable frontmen.
Regina Spektor watches herself perform online
May 09, 2012
‘From the Cheap Seats’ is a more memorable album than she’s letting on.
Ira Glass, John Irving, Regina Spektor and more on latest podcast
May 09, 2012
MORE talk, less ROCK! But who needs music when you have people talking about music? Those people include John Irving, Ira Glass, Regina Spektor, M. Ward, Mike Doughty and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Plus, you'll get to find out once and for all, if Sting does it in the shower! Oh, and yes, we do have a song you will dig by Star Slinger.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros get ‘a little more all-togethery’
May 07, 2012
Lead singer Alex Ebert on the Magnetic power of his large crew and their ‘more aggressive’ next album.
New Bob Marley documentary examines the reggae legend
May 06, 2012
Director Kevin MacDonald finds humanizing, revealing and inspiring sides of the man.
Beastie Boy Adam 'MCA' Yauch dies of cancer at 47
May 04, 2012
After a three-year battle with cancer, Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47.
Mike Doughty: Labor of ‘Drugs’
May 03, 2012
In live performance, Doughty plays a number of his solo songs, reads passages from “The Book of Drugs” and answers audience questions.
M. Ward on ‘Wasteland Companion’ and people that inspire him
May 02, 2012
He says he never planned to write songs for a living.
Andrew Bird breaks through with a ‘Break It Yourself’ approach
May 01, 2012
Andrew Bird on the late-night TV rounds, a potential new sound and his ‘solitary, antisocial leanings.’
The Feelies never wanted to do an oldies tour
April 26, 2012
Believe it or not, indie rock existed well before the '90s.
Oh! Pears: Bittersweet symphony
April 26, 2012
For Oh! Pears frontman Corey Duncan, a full-time, 13-member ensemble would be ideal.
Journey: Rockers have a new singer and an even newer movie
April 24, 2012
Lead vocalist Arnel Pineda on his past hardships and meteoric rise to fame.
Miike Snow are making some hits of their own
April 24, 2012
The band whose name sounds like the name of one guy is actually three guys who have helped write hit songs for Britney Spears and Bruno Mars.
Jennifer Hudson testifies against man accused of killing family members
April 23, 2012
"None of us wanted her to marry him," Jennifer Hudson said today in court as she took the stand to testify against her sister's husband, accused of murdering three of her family members.
'Hot Problems' rivals Rebecca Black's 'Friday' as worst song in the world
April 20, 2012
Which one takes the gold as worst song in the history of the world: "Hot Problems" or "Friday"?
Folk You Philly brings together local artists for casual conversation
April 19, 2012
Mike Baurer on his popular website, podcast and this weekend’s showcase at the Fire.
Esperanza Spalding: Part of the 'Society'
April 19, 2012
Though the singer who bested Bieber admits she, too, may have dissed herself in her teen years.
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