Kicking & rhyming
| On a recent Friday, Samuel Adams Wisner is holed up in a recording booth at Cybersound Studio on Newbury Street, laying down a track for his next project, a mix-tape called "Party Records.'' He's we...

Flying Lotus Preview
| The man can do no wrong. Listening to Flying Lotus' third album 'Cosmogramma' on a watermarked, one-track cd promo – the kind that promotes solitary skip-free contemplation 'round midnight – it swif...

Gorillaz aped my song, says furious Eddy Grant
| One is a Guyana-born musician who was at the forefront of the reggae scene in the 1980s and recently headlined the Womad festival for world music. The other is a virtual band composed of four animat...

It's all love for Mr T-Pain
| A year ago if T-Pain had told you his ultimate onstage collaboration would be with his feuding rival Jay-Z, the laughter would have been heard from London to LA. | Ahead of his debut performance in ...

It's all love and no pain for Mr T
| A year ago if T-Pain had told you his ultimate onstage collaboration would be with his feuding rival Jay-Z, the laughter would have been heard from London to LA. | Ahead of his debut performance in ...

Genesis inducted into Rock Hall in NYC ceremony
| DAVID BAUDER | The Associated Press | NEW YORK - English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York City ceremony. They'r...

Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Estelle, More Take Stage At 'Rip The Runway'
| Nicki Minaj is hip-hop's leading lady at the moment and the Young Money rapper proved she's adept at handling that spotlight during her turn as co-host of BET's "Rip the Runway." | The femcee was jo...

Summer Music Festival Preview
| Fest season is here. Get your tix and hit the road to musical awesomeness. | by | March 15, 2010 - It's time, music fans. Festival season is upon us. Kicking off semi-officially next week with the m...

CD reviews: Gorillaz, Bobby Charles
POP/ROCK | Gorillaz, "Plastic Beach" (Virgin) | Though widely loved, Gorillaz has always been easy to hate -- a fictional, animated band heavier on shtick than on sound. A vanity project of ...

Singer-songwriter Dan Black looks for U.S. breakthrough
| PARIS (Reuters) – Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could ...

ABBA, Genesis ready for Rock Hall
| NEW YORK - Some musical acts that thrived in second lives — ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies — are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | They'll be inducted Monday along with reggae superstar J...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcoming ABBA, Genesis, Hollies and Jimmy Cliff
(AP) — Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the . | and will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New York's Waldorf hotel. They'll be joined by the Stooges and reg...

ABBA, Genesis ready for induction to Rock Hall
| NEW YORK – Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New York...

ABBA, Genesis ready for induction to Rock Hall
| NEW YORK -- Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New York's Wa...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcoming ABBA, Genesis, Hollies and Jimmy Cliff
| NEW YORK - Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New York's Wal...

ABBA, Genesis ready for induction to Rock Hall
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New York's...

ABBA, Genesis ready for induction to Rock Hall
| The Associated Press | NEW YORK - Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual cer...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcoming ABBA, Genesis, Hollies and Jimmy Cliff
NEW YORK (AP) — Some musical acts that thrived in second lives are joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | ABBA, Genesis and The Hollies will be inducted Monday at the annual ceremony at New Y...

What can pop learn from Lady Gaga's Telephone?
| Gaga's product placement has reached a new order, but how might pop have looked if such blatent commercial opportunism had always been the norm? | Lady Gaga performs in her new video, Telephone. BT ...

BMI Singer/Songwriter Christy Angeletti Completes New Album Produced by Robert Metzgar
  Christy Angeletti has completed her latest 12 song album project with veteran hitmaker & Legends Hall Of Fame producer Robert Metzgar in Nashville. The project which spanned an entire year of i...

With a little help
| Record industry and music labels hit back at 'myth' of go-it-alone stars. | Record industry bosses in London hit back last week at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful,...

Black Eyed Peas engaging together, not so much in solo turns
| Are robots sexy? The Black Eyed Peas think so. From movies to liquor advertisements to the current tour by the Black Eyed Peas — which landed at the United Center on Saturday night — there’s a visua...

Rihanna-style breakout in Trey Songz' future?
| A lot of male celebrities are checking out Rihanna, and so is Trey Songz — but not like that. | The R&B crooner finds inspiration in Rihanna’s meteoric rise. Her 2007 smash “Umbrella” establishe...

Omission accomplished
| Five performing acts will be inducted into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow at a ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel (Fuse TV, 8:30 p.m.). One rocked insanely hard: punk pi...

Legends of note
| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation will have its 26th annual induction ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Monday night. (The 2011 event could be back in Cleveland, in case yo...

Moya Brennan on "Music of Ireland"
| By David Hiltbrand | For the Inquirer | At the Philadelphia Flower Show, the crowd is snaking along the pathway through the Irish garden display, their eyes intently raking the underbrush as if enga...

Rock? Mamma mia
| IF YOU care about music, you have to wonder what's been going on with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Last year, Madonna, a skilled pop act but hardly a rock singer, was inducted on the first ballot...

Jack White: 'I knew we'd get into these places and stir things up'
| This is your first live album. What took you so long? Buy it from | The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights XL 2010 | I'm not generally a fan of live records and because every show play ...

Jack White: 'I knew we'd get into these places and stir things up'
| The Stripes' frontman Jack White on the President Obama, his wife's first album and doing a whole show on one note | Jack White from the White Stripes | This is your first live album. What took you ...

Mother of mine! It's her day, so why not serenade her?
| With his cheeky Motherwell lilt, crooked grin and perfectly coiffed side parting, prepubescent child star Neil Reid had sons and daughters everywhere reaching for their tissues and into their pocket...

CD reviews: Ludacris, Raheem DeVaughn
HIP-HOP | Ludacris, "Battle of the Sexes" (Def Jam) | Is there any rapper who needs the rampant vocal manipulation trend less than Ludacris? He has long been drunk on his own gleefully elast...