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Springsteen is ‘exactly where I want to be’

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:45:44 GMT

If longtime rocker gets mixed up occasionally as to which city or state he's about to rock, it's understandable. But the musical legend remains excited about his future and that of the E Street Band.

E Street Band - Rock music - Musical theatre - Music - Arts and Entertainment

Susan Boyle’s debut album tops Britain’s charts

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:12:13 GMT

More than 410,000 copies of CD sold since Nov. 23 release.

Susan Boyle - Compact Disc - I Dreamed a Dream - United States - Music

Musician-folklorist Bess Hawes dies at 88

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:55:49 GMT

Bess Lomax Hawes, who sang with Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, co-wrote the Kingston Trio hit "M.T.A." and spent a lifetime documenting American folklore in recordings and films, has died.
Pete Seeger - Woody Guthrie - Bess Lomax Hawes - United States - Kingston Trio

Minn. college students get schooled on hip-hop

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:45:02 GMT

A private downtown St. Paul college hopes the first students, after completing a recorded project and a live performance, get their diploma certificates at commencement next summer.

Hip hop - Saint Paul Minnesota - College - Music - Education

Sting offers ‘slightly different’ seasonal album

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:03:27 GMT

The kind of celebratory mood usually found on holiday music is absent on "If On A Winter's Night," which features the rocker's interpretations of traditional British songs that somberly mark winter.

Christmas music - Song - Music - Sting - British people

Shakira says new CD looks out for single ladies

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:55:53 GMT

The Colombian-born singer says the songs on her new album "She Wolf," out this week, are a reflection of a woman who is looking for her prince charming.

Shakira - She Wolf - Compact Disc - Singer - Music

50 Cent: ‘Pain is more monumental than joy’

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:34:56 GMT

To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars.

50cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin - Hip hop music - Hip hop - Music

‘Shock is fun,’ Lambert says of performance

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:18:10 GMT

The "American Idol" runner-up, who is promoting his new album, says the decision to censor his racy American Music Awards song for the West Coast ‘discrimination.’

American Music Award - American Idol - AdamLambert - West Coast - Music

MJ, Def Jam, AC/DC box sets out for holidays

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:50:22 GMT

Finding a gift for music lovers this season shouldn't be hard with the release of these great collections.

Def Jam Recordings - Christmas and holiday season - AC/DC - Entertainment - Shopping

Susan Boyle to her bullies: ‘I’m all grown up’

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:43:46 GMT

For the Scottish singing sensation, having Amazon.com's biggest CD pre-order ever is sweet revenge against those who tormented her in childhood. The Madonna song "You'll See," Boyle says, tells them: "You can't do it to me now because I'm all grown up now."

Susan Boyle - Amazon.com - Madonna - Compact Disc - Scottish people