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Twilight Singers Cut CD in New Orleans | ARTICLE

February 21, 2006 3:47 PM ET
Chris Brown Ponders Music, Movies | ARTICLE

It's been quite a few months for young R&B sensation Chris Brown, who rode his debut single, "Run It," to the top of the charts. But the Virginia native, while looking back during Grammy week ("Last...
February 13, 2006 11:28 AM ET
Kelly Clarkson Surprises at Grammys | ARTICLE

February 9, 2006 12:04 PM ET
Linkin Park Team With Rick Rubin | ARTICLE

Their label issues with Warner Bros. behind them, Linkin Park are in pre-production for the follow-up to 2003's multiplatinum chart-topper, Meteora. This time around, the hard rockers are teaming with veteran producer Rick Rubin, who's worked of...
February 9, 2006 11:48 AM ET
Fugees Go to La La Land | ARTICLE

It's been ten years since the Fugees dominated thecharts with their groundbreaking blend of socially conscious rap, R&B and reggae, The Score. But in the world of pop music -- particularly hip-hop -- a decade might as...
February 7, 2006 1:18 PM ET
Stefani, Peas Lead Singles Boom | ARTICLE

The Black Eyed Peas sold 3.4 million digital singles in 2005, landing four songs at once in iTunes' Top Forty — but they aren't exactly celebrating. "It's exciting, but at the same time, there is no question...
January 20, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Axl Rose Breaks His Silence on 'Chinese Democracy' | ARTICLE

"People will hear music this year," says Axl Rose, puffing on a cigar in the early hours of Saturday morning at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The notoriously reclusive rocker is of course referring to Guns n' Roses' decade-in-the-making...
January 18, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Alanis Morissette Writing Memoir, Album | ARTICLE

In between intense writing sessions for her next studio album, expected in 2007, Alanis Morissette will spend this year working on a memoir. "It will be all the wisdom I've accrued in the thirty-one years of my...
January 13, 2006 1:46 PM ET
Def Leppard Do Covermania | ARTICLE

After a nonstop 2005 — marked by a twenty-fifth-anniversary hits compilation, a slew of TV appearances and tours with Bryan Adams and Cheap Trick — Def Leppard have no plans of stopping. This spring will bring a...
January 5, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Ben Harper Sees Both Sides | ARTICLE

Ben Harper will release a two-CD set, Both Sides of the Gun, on March 21st. While Harper released a collaboration with the Blind Boys of Alabama in 2004, this eighteen-track collection, divided into nine songs per disc,...
December 29, 2005 12:00 AM ET
OutKast Pack "Idlewild" | ARTICLE

OutKast's long-awaited Idlewild -- the follow-up to the Grammy-winning blockbuster Speakerboxxx/The Love Below -- is shaping up to be an embarrassment of riches. "We're having a hard time picking the single," says Big Boi of the album being...
November 23, 2005 12:45 PM ET
The Eurythmics Look Back | ARTICLE

The Eurythmics will reissue their entire back catalog -- each title remastered and featuring a number of unreleased tracks, including covers of Lou Reed, the Doors, David Bowie and the Smiths -- on November 15th. But today, the...
November 8, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Johnny Cash Honored in L.A. | ARTICLE

"Johnny Cash crossed all boundaries," said Joaquin Phoenix, appropriately dressed in black, from the stage of Los Angeles' Pantages Theater for the taping of I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash. The TV special, to...
October 26, 2005 12:00 AM ET
INXS Choose Lead Singer | ARTICLE

Although the veteran Aussie rockers had fun taping their summer-long reality series, Rock Star: INXS, it was also serious business. "This whole process, the TV show, was all about finding a new singer so we can do...
September 21, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Last Smith Songs in Film | ARTICLE

Thumbsucker features new tracks from Elliott Smith, who died before he could complete the film soundtrack. Smith's contributions are the original "Let's Get Lost" -- which would appear on the 2004 posthumous release From a Basement on...
September 12, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Linkin Park's Shinoda Is Fit to Be Tied | ARTICLE

Linkin Park emcee/producer Mike Shinoda will become the first member of the multi-platinum act to release a solo album when he unveils his debut, as Fort Minor, on November 22nd. Shinoda says the album, The Rising Tied,...
August 26, 2005 12:00 AM ET
The Doors Are Reopening | ARTICLE

Despite battling each other in the courts, the surviving members of the Doors have been working together on plans for the band's fortieth anniversary in 2007. The festivities will begin early, with the limited-edition box set Love/Death/Travel...
August 12, 2005 12:00 AM ET
White Stripes Heat Up Cozy Cali Gig | ARTICLE

The White Stripes hit the sheds of America in support of Get Behind Me Satan beginning tonight at San Diego Street Scene. But before the duo of Jack and Meg White play to thousands, the pair got...
July 29, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Xzibit Opens His "Arms" | ARTICLE

In the year since his last album, 2004's Weapons of Mass Destruction, Xzibit has become a full-fledged TV star as the host (and consulting producer) of MTV's Pimp My Ride. The rapper, who appeared opposite buddy Eminem...
July 21, 2005 12:00 AM ET
Louis XIV Tell Secrets | ARTICLE

San Diego's Louis XIV are high off the company they've been keeping since the release of their debut full-length album, The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, this past March. "We hung out with Dave Grohl for a...
July 7, 2005 12:00 AM ET