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Bruce Springsteen would like to think that music played a small part in helping Barack Obama become president.

NEW YORK (AP) -- To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, here we go again....

Acclaimed rock band Coldplay and Welsh singer Duffy head the field at the 2009 BRITs, the country's top pop music awards, with four nominations apiece, organisers announced on Tuesday.

Mills, who also competed on "Dancing with the Stars," made headlines for her high-profile divorce from British music icon Paul McCartney,...

Faced with increasing broadcast fees and limited success with visual ads, Pandora, the streaming radio service that grew out of the Music Genome project, begins including in-stream advertisements as a way to raise revenue.

Nadine Coyle wants to launch a solo career in the US. The Girls Aloud singer would enjoy performing alone and believes all of her bandmates would be successful if they chose to pursue a music career on their own.

How a kid who rebelled against classical music became one of the hottest Carmens in the world

The Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow, Artistic director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) and Goodman Theatre's (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Executive Director) acclaimed co-production of RUINED, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Kate Whoriskey begins previews tonight at MTC at New york city Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The limited engagement will open Tuesday, February 10.RUINED features Quincy Tyler Bernstine (The Misanthrope at NYTW), Cherise Boothe (King Hedley II at Signature), Chris Chalk (MTC's Defiance), Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Well, Nottage's Fabulation) William Jackson Harper (Queens Boulevard), Chik? Johnson (The Crucible at Steppenwolf), Russell Gebert Jones (Our Lady of 121st Street), Simon Shabantu Kashama (Ruined at the Goodman), two-time Emmy? Award winner Kevin Mambo ('The Guiding Light'), Tom Mardirosian (Wonderful Town, HBO's 'Oz'), Ron McBee (The Colored Museum) and Condola Rashad (Pearl at The Kennedy Center).RUINED p

Soul singer Duffy and Coldplay dominate the nominations for Britain's prestigious music awards. Coldplay's first album in three ...

Pacific Lyric Association is offering a free Workshop for Educators in conjunction with its upcoming production of Luisa Fernanda, the Zarzuela. The Workshop for Educators takes place on Saturday, January 31 from 9 am-12 pm at Art/Works Theatre in Hollywood. Performances of Luisa Fernanda will take place February 19-21 at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre.'As a high school and college theater educator for over 35 years, I'm struck by the art form of zarzuela as a powerful learning experience for students of theater, music, history and Spanish,' explains workshop coordinator Barbara Masters. 'With its stirring music and intriguing characters, I believe that Luisa Fernanda will excite the diverse young people of Southern California who have little or no knowledge of this honored and widely recognized Spanish lyric opera form. It's a wonderful opportunity to enhance the arts and cultural education of our students.'A zarzuela (pronounced zar zway' la) is a Spanish musical that blends the b