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Whether it’s military members in Iraq cutting a hip-hop album, or odes to the troops, or new music from established and new musicians — you’ll find it here.
Tina Turner stalking the stage again
Eight years after a farewell world tour, Tina Turner steps onstage in Kansas City, Mo., tonight to launch an extravagant 36-date North American arena tour.
Fame catches up to The National
Men at work: The name The National calls to mind an obscure federal agency. But to the Brooklyn band’s fans, it’s a voice for disillusioned working professionals. Songs about self-doubt...
New products help you power up your tunes
You can pump up the bass while listening to hip-hop beats and dance rhythms through Radius’ Atomic Bass earphones. Designed with an angled tube chamber that sits in your ear canal, the...
Web delivers new worry for parents: Digital drugs
We all know that music can alter your mood. Sad songs can make you cry. Upbeat songs may give you an energy boost. But can music create the same effects as illegal drugs?
Car-stereo sales hit a low note
IRVING, Texas — The iPod generation is taking some of the thump-thump out of car audio sales.
New for Dr. Dre fans: power headphones
Dr. Dre’s beats are some of the most potent in hip-hop. Now his Beats by Dr. Dre headphones will let fans hear what he hears.
Memorabilia rocks company’s bottom line
George Harrison called his 1970 solo album “All Things Must Pass.” But that doesn’t appear to be true for autographs and other collectibles from The Beatles and other rock music...
Tour tees crank up style
That Billy Joel T-shirt commemorating his 1987 USSR tour may be a nostalgic keepsake. But politically and socially, it’s as out of date as a Soviet map.
Interviews
Rock band Staind happy with diverse new album
Staind has certainly made its mark this year. The rock band’s new album from Flip/Atlantic — which peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s charts after its August debut — has elements...
What’s on Justin’s plate?
For once, Justin Timberlake says with a sigh, he doesn’t have to be center stage.
Linkin Park still mixing it up
Linkin Park, the Grammy-winning group, which pairs Chester Bennington with rapper Mike Shinoda as front men, has been touring heavily, including a stadium show in China — the first outdoor...
Terrence Howard’s time to ‘Shine Through It’
Terrence Howard has often played musicians, but with the release of “Shine Through It,” the actor is finally playing his own music.
Gretchen Wilson describes ‘surreal’ convention performance
It appears that there’s at least one thing on which Democrats and Republicans agree: Country music artists are go-to performers for music worthy of historic moments at national conventions.
Sheryl Crow finds serenity in Tennessee
Sheryl Crow knew her new life in Tennessee would be very different from her days in Los Angeles when she spotted Faith Hill in a Nashville-area clothing boutique.
Albums marked rap’s watershed moment
Two decades have passed since rap found itself at a crossroads epitomized by 1988’s most significant albums, Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” and...
Jesse McCartney departs into a grittier R&B world
Poster boy Jesse McCartney wasn’t kidding when he called his third album “Departure,” taking his sound in a grittier R&B direction. He even worked with collaborators who tapped into...
Talk about a motley crew: Singer Neil dishes
After stunning the music industry in 2005 by reuniting and staging one of the most successful concert tours of that year, the rejuvenated Motley Crue has not slowed down.
Dr. John hunts for ways to heal New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Burrowed in the Music Shed, an inconspicuous recording studio in the Garden District, Dr. John and Randy Newman are wrapping up a song for the upcoming animated movie “The...
Improv awakens the creative spirit in Wilco’s Nels Cline
About 50,000 people got a new guitar hero at last year’s Bonnaroo music festival, watching guitarist Nels Cline — playing with Wilco — toss one blistering solo after another out...
Kenny Chesney rules the road
The most prominent member of an endangered species, Kenny Chesney is nonetheless feeling OK.
The world according to Ringo
Former Beatle Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday this summer, but he looks and sounds the same as he did a decade ago.
Bluegrass legends inspire Plant, Krauss
Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and modern bluegrass queen Alison Krauss have founded one of the world’s more exclusive mutual-admiration societies.
New CDs feature troops, veterans
To The Fallen Records, a label featuring only active military personnel and veterans, has released two new compilations — odes to country music and rock.
Military record label prepping next album
To The Fallen Records, a label featuring only current and former military personnel, is gearing up to release its next albums. Their first CD, “To the Fallen — Vol. 1,” a hip-hop...
Military record label drops its first album
When former Army Capt. Sean Gilfillan left the service, he wasn’t sure how to transition back to civilian life. But thanks to his love of music and loyalty to the service members with whom...
Dylan reveals many facets on ‘Tell Tale Signs’
The tunes, they are a-changin’, and Bob Dylan fans will find the telltale signs on “Tell Tale Signs,” the long-rumored eighth installment of his “Bootleg Series.”
Listeners still taking a chance on ABBA
You happen to hear that disco ditty “Dancing Queen” while in the car or at the mall. Instead of engaging your gag reflex, which was the case back when Springsteen and The Who were more...
Rapper Nas ‘Untitled’, unbowed
Nas spent months trying to keep the N-word as his new album’s name. But with the untitled disc set for release July 15, he’s just glad it’s finally getting out.
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