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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters

You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936 classic about...  more >

Iron & Wine, Calexico partner for indie 'Waltz'
10/19/2005, Reuters

Calexico's co-headlining and collaborative sets with Iron & Wine on Tuesday night at the Wiltern looked and felt like the indie-rock version of "The Last Waltz," complete...  more >

Q&A: Classical Pianist Christopher O'Riley
7/11/2005, AP

Between hosting the popular radio show From the Top, performing around the world and preparing to record an Elliott Smith album, classical pianist Christopher O'Riley, 49,...  more >

Redwalls Sound Wise Beyond Their Years
7/5/2005, AP

The Redwalls sound wise beyond their years. Not one of them is older than 22. But hearing their music, it sounds like they've been around for 40. This Chicago band plays...  more >

Classical Pianist Interprets Radiohead
3/18/2005, Reuters

Fans of Radiohead take their love of the band very seriously. Classical pianist Christopher O'Riley, however, has taken his admiration further. O'Riley has recorded two...  more >

Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters

A trip to "The Red Light District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday. The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...  more >

Elliot Smith CD Released Year After Death
9/24/2004, AP

It's been almost a year since singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide, and fans and friends will be looking for answers as the posthumous "From a Basement on the...  more >

Blues Label Fat Possum Slams Epitaph with Suit
8/19/2004, Reuters

Mississippi blues label Fat Possum Records and its owner Matthew Johnson have sued former joint-venture partner Epitaph Records, alleging that Epitaph hatched "a malicious...  more >

Music Group Busted Proud to Be Pop
4/8/2004, AP

Busted want you to know: They're pop, not plastic. The London-based trio, currently on a sold-out stadium tour of Britain, may be freshly scrubbed moppets whose melodic...  more >

Music Insiders Divided on Austin Fest
3/26/2004, Reuters

Performers at the nation's biggest gathering of bands here always face Vegas-style odds. Yet acts ranging from major-label properties to unsigned regional groups -- more...  more >

UPN Snags Elliott for Contest Show
3/13/2004, Reuters

It was bound to happen. Music talent-contest fever has been sweeping across TV networks, and UPN finally has a series of its own. UPN has teamed with Missy Elliott for a...  more >

Rounder Signs Madeleine Peyroux
2/26/2004, Reuters

Eight years after the release of her critically acclaimed Atlantic debut, "Dreamland," jazz singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux has teamed with Rounder Records for her...  more >

Tests on Musician's Death Inconclusive
12/30/2003, AP

Tests to determine whether an Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter was murdered or committed suicide were inconclusive, a coroner's spokesman said Tuesday. Elliott Smith ,...  more >

Universal Inks Deal to Buy DreamWorks
11/11/2003, AP

Universal Music Group said Tuesday it reached a deal to buy DreamWorks Records, the music unit of the entertainment company formed by film and music moguls Steven Spielberg...  more >

Beck, Beth Orton & Others Honor Elliott Smith At L.A. Memorial Concert
11/4/2003, Yahoo! Music

On Monday (November 4) at a memorial concert held at Los Angeles's Henry Fonda Theater, Beck, Beth Orton, and other esteemed artists and admirers paid tribute to late...  more >

Singer Smith Apparently Commits Suicide
10/22/2003, AP

Elliott Smith , a singer-songwriter whose dark, introspective songs won him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for the film "Good Will Hunting," has apparently...  more >

Elliott Smith's Apparent Suicide
10/22/2003, E! Online

He was once dubbed "the unhappiest man in the land." His most renowned song was called "Miss Misery." Nevertheless, Elliott Smith sounded disappointed that he was often...  more >

Singer-Songwriter Elliott Smith Dead At Age 34
10/22/2003, Yahoo! Music

Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, best known for his dark songs on the 1997 soundtrack to the film Good Will Hunting, died Tuesday (October 21), an apparent suicide at the...  more >

Windows Media Technology 4.0 Debuts On LAUNCH
4/14/1999, USRN

Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Technology 4.0 will make its debut Wednesday (April 14) at 6 a.m. PDT on LAUNCH.com with more than 45 tracks from more than 45 different...  more >

Oscar Picks His Singers
3/9/1998, USRN

Big belters will belt 'em out at the March 23rd Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences show, better known as the Oscars. Singing nominated original songs will be...  more >

Oscar Bids A 'Titanic' Affair
2/11/1998, USRN

The Titanic juggernaut continued during yesterday's nominations for the 70th annual Academy Awards. Titanic captured a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations (the only...  more >

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