entertainment - "music"

AP - 1. 'American Idol' (Wednesday), Fox.

Famed musician, freedom fighter and evangelist Sonny Okosuns died Saturday, May 24 at Howard University Teaching Hospital, Washington, D.C., at the age of 61. Considered as one of Nigeria's leading artists, Mr. Okosuns succumbed after a prolonged battle with colon cancer. The anti-apartheid singer turned evangelist and praise singer was considered one of Africa's top Afro-reggae musicians, performing with the likes of Jimmy Cliff, Eric Donaldson, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. He was perhaps best known for hits like "African Soldier," "Papa's Land" and the song "Fire in Soweto" that railed against the South Africa's whites-only rule in the 1970s. Dedicated to the struggles for independence and freedom, Mr. Okosuns often turned his music into praises the continent's heroes like Nelson Mandela from South Africa,...

Last month, the rock band Motley Crue began selling a single off a new album exclusively through the video game 'Rock Band' — with great success. It's another new way for the music industry to find paying customers online.

The great soul singer recorded his new album, Lay It Down, with some of today's biggest R&B artists and hip-hop producers. But he says the music is still about 'love, love, love.'

ADVERTISERS are being offered a front-row seat in the evolving world of music retailing through a unique Australian joint venture.

Country music singer Chris Cagle has been arrested for domestic assault after Nashville police said he and his girlfriend got ...

When he began in the early '70s, Phillips offered a rare combination: He's both a talented musician and a stand-out vocalist. Phillips has always stayed one step ahead of the curve, while remaining just below the radar. He plays old and new songs in a session from WXPN.

Folk singer Radmilla Cody has a repertoire, which consists of songs from the Native American half of her heritage. Radmilla is also African American: Her mother is Navajo, her father is black. While Cody grew up negotiating the cultures of both parents, she tells Farai Chideya that she feels closest to her Navajo side.

David Cook's rendition of The Time of My Life is the number one song on iTunes and MP3 on Amazon.com, probably because it was sung by David Cook and not because it's the awful winner of the American Idol 7 songwriting contest.Last Friday, that track 'and the three songs he sang in this week's 'American Idol' finale were the top four downloads on Apple Inc's iTunes music store,' Reuters reports, while two David Archuleta songs came in at number nine and 10.Once he's able to make a real record, instead of recording schlock, David told reporters that his debut record will be 'a mixture of my writing and hopefully writing with other people. I just want to come out of the gate with a solid record. ... It'll probably be a rock record. I just want to make a record that's going to make the hair on your neck stand up ... Even if it doesn't do well commercially, as long as I can put out a record I am proud of -- that's the goal right now. And hopefully the success will follow,' he said.Dav

Country music singer Chris Cagle has been arrested for domestic assault in Nashville after police said he and his girlfriend got into a drunken fight.