entertainment - "music"

At 72, Buddy Guy says his new album may be his best-and most personal.

The death Wednesday of Jo Stafford further thins the ranks of the singers who filled the pop-music charts in the years right before rock 'n' roll. That might also make this a good time ? even if it's a little late ? for those singers to be lifted out of history's shadow.

At a time of outright genocide in Darfur, and civil unrest throughout the Sudan, an unprecedented gathering of musicians from across the war-torn country presented a contrasting picture — one of harmony and unity — at the Sudanese Festival of music and Dance in Chicago.

Gathered around a large, vintage diaphragm microphone, the native West Virginians in Hillbilly Gypsies perform a mix of traditional and original Appalachian music before a crowd at the International Mother's Day Shrine.

The Jonas Brothers want their MTV. And MTV wants them.The trio will be debuting a new song from their new album during the MTV Video music Awards, sources confirm.This...

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Experience Hendrix, which controls the Jimi Hendrix's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music and likeness for the latest ...

Linda Eder will be appearing with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell for two shows this weekend at the South Shore music Circus in Cohasset and the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis. She will be performing standards, but her new CD 'The Other Side of Me' scheduled for release in September features songs with a pop, country feel.

It's tempting to say that 'Mamma Mia!' has the worst choreography of any big-screen musical in history, though that would imply that what happens in the film is choreography.

Turiya Mareya and timbalero Charlie Chavez will perform at the Baja Jazz Festival2008 in Tijuana. the concert will take place July 26th at Casa De La Cultura at 9:30 pm Mareya was raised in the vibrant border of Tijuana and San Diego. She started playing with Mexican dance bands at a young age and later studied Jazz under the direction of Mr. Daniel Jackson, one of the West Coast Jazz Legends. She studied also at the Creative music School in Woodstock but most of her musical instruction came from the streets, the clubs and fellow musicians. She began playing Latin Jazz with the Tambu International Ensemble, moving to Vera Cruz and living later in Mexico City. Returning to the border she was active in the jazz and Latin music scenes. In 1992 she became the musical director and pianist for the Kokopelli Lati...