entertainment - "music"

'Love Story 2050' music is good, but not extraordinary

Kid Rock wants fans to know it's OK to illegally download his music.

Denis Fréchette, former member of legendary Quebecois band La Bottine Souriante, died on the 19th of June at 5:15 pm of a heart attack. He was 56 years old. "It’s a big lost for all the folk, jazz and Latin community in Quebec," said La Bottine's trombonist Bob Ellis. "It is with an immense sadness and great shock that we learned about the sudden death of the musician Denis Fréchette on June 20. This grand musician, professor of music, owner of a recording studio of recording and great performer of traditional Québécois music and jazz leaves in mourning, in addition to his closest family, an innumerable community of friends and artists throughout the world," said Gilles Pitre, directo...

DETROIT - Kid Rock wants fans to know it's OK to illegally download his music.

A Sigur Rós show, like the music they make, is always special. Yet rarely is the venue in any way comparable to the splendour and majesty of their songs. It doesn't matter - they can fill any vacant black hole, however big, and make it feel as if the

Kid Rock wants fans to know it's OK to illegally download his music. And while they're at it, they should steal cars, designer clothes and iPods, too. Well, maybe not.

Publisher says it had the rights to use True Romance music in GameCube commercial spot all along.

Make off with iPods, gas and designer duds too, rap-rocker tells fans

Kid Rock wants fans to know it's OK to illegally download his music.

Music reviewers generally wait until November and December to assess the year in music. But 2008's halfway point seems like a good place to stop and look back at six busy months full of critics' darlings, Internet sensations and even, in a grim commercial climate, commercial hits.