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    • Review: Google's new music plan solid, … The Canadian Press - 11 hours ago

      LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to … More »Review: Google's new music plan solid, …

      LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

    • Conan Tells Taylor Swift What Being … Rolling Stone - 16 hours ago

      Taylor Swift enjoyed a massive birthday bash in her music video for Red single "22," and Conan O'Bri[...] More »Conan Tells Taylor Swift What Being …

      Taylor Swift enjoyed a massive birthday bash in her music video for Red single "22," and Conan O'Bri[...]

    • Singer Aretha Franklin performs during a tribute concert to composer Marvin Hamlisch in New York
      Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three … Reuters - 16 hours ago

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her … More »Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three …

      Singer Aretha Franklin performs during a tribute concert to composer Marvin Hamlisch in New York

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her to cancel two shows in May. Spokesman David Brokaw said the "Queen of Soul" did not give a reason for postponing concerts in Clarkston, Michigan, as well …

    • Blake Shelton performs "Sure Be Cool If You Did" at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas
      Oklahoma country singer plans benefit … Reuters - 17 hours ago

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, … More »Oklahoma country singer plans benefit …

      Blake Shelton performs "Sure Be Cool If You Did" at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday. "The Voice" judge Shelton, a native of Ada, Oklahoma, which is 75 miles northwest of …

    • Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei Recalls … Rolling Stone - 20 hours ago

      Chinese sculptor, installation artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei has released the first song [...] More »Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei Recalls …

      Chinese sculptor, installation artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei has released the first song [...]

    • World Goth Day: Going Dark
      World Goth Day: Going Dark Rolling Stone - 20 hours ago

      World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music, fashion and art on May 22nd.[...] More »World Goth Day: Going Dark

      World Goth Day: Going Dark

      World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music, fashion and art on May 22nd.[...]

    • Metallica Has 'Enough Material' for New Album
      Metallica Has 'Enough Material' for … Rolling Stone - 20 hours ago

      Metallica have enough songs for a new album, but their busy schedule in the coming months has sidetr[...] More »Metallica Has 'Enough Material' for …

      Metallica Has 'Enough Material' for New Album

      Metallica have enough songs for a new album, but their busy schedule in the coming months has sidetr[...]

    • On the Charts: Vampire Weekend Score Second Number One
      On the Charts: Vampire Weekend Score … Rolling Stone - 20 hours ago

      WINNER OF THE WEEK: Vampire Weekend. It's hard to believe an indie-rock band with such a nuanced sou[...] More »On the Charts: Vampire Weekend Score …

      On the Charts: Vampire Weekend Score Second Number One

      WINNER OF THE WEEK: Vampire Weekend. It's hard to believe an indie-rock band with such a nuanced sou[...]

    • FACTBOX - Reviews for films in main … Reuters - 21 hours ago

      CANNES (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. … More »FACTBOX - Reviews for films in main …

      CANNES (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. Here is the 2013 lineup with the average rating out of four by 10 international critics as published in trade magazine Screen: - HELI by Amat Escalante, …

    • Daft Punk Bonus Track 'Horizon' Surfaces
      Daft Punk Bonus Track 'Horizon' Sur … Rolling Stone - 21 hours ago

      A bonus track from the Japanese version of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories ha[...] More »Daft Punk Bonus Track 'Horizon' Sur …

      Daft Punk Bonus Track 'Horizon' Surfaces

      A bonus track from the Japanese version of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories ha[...]

    • Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Season 12 finale of "American Idol" in Los Angeles
      A Minute With: Pitbull on music, Jennifer … Reuters - Wed, 22 May, 2013 9:05 AM EDT

      By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Pitbull has taken his blend of American pop music fused with Latin beats from the clubs of Miami to international pop charts, … More »A Minute With: Pitbull on music, Jennifer …

      Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Season 12 finale of "American Idol" in Los Angeles

      By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Pitbull has taken his blend of American pop music fused with Latin beats from the clubs of Miami to international pop charts, but he now is crossing into film with his first acting role as an animated character in the upcoming movie, "Epic." Pitbull, whose real name is Armando …

    • Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stands at the door to his studio in Beijing
      China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career … Reuters - Wed, 22 May, 2013 1:56 AM EDT

      By Maxim Duncan BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from … More »China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career …

      Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stands at the door to his studio in Beijing

      By Maxim Duncan BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called "Dumbass" that takes inspiration from his detention in 2011. The video for the heavy metal song, which was directed by Ai …

    • FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Trinquart, File)
      Germany celebrates 200th birthday of … The Canadian Press - Tue, 21 May, 2013 11:39 PM EDT

      BERLIN - Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer's birthplace of Leipzig. More »Germany celebrates 200th birthday of …

      FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Trinquart, File)

      BERLIN - Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer's birthplace of Leipzig.

    • Why Daft Punk Wears Helmets
      Why Daft Punk Wear Helmets Rolling Stone - Tue, 21 May, 2013 4:55 PM EDT

      In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Jonah Weiner goes in-depth with the mysterious French duo Daft Pu[...] More »Why Daft Punk Wear Helmets

      Why Daft Punk Wears Helmets

      In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Jonah Weiner goes in-depth with the mysterious French duo Daft Pu[...]

    • This May 6, 2013 photo shows composer Burt Bacharach posing for a portrait in promotion of his memoir, "Anyone Who Had A Heart: My Life and Music," in New York. (Photo by Scott Gries/Invision/AP)
      Award-winning music composer Burt Bacharach … The Canadian Press - Tue, 21 May, 2013 4:28 PM EDT

      NEW YORK, N.Y. - Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional — not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being … More »Award-winning music composer Burt Bacharach …

      This May 6, 2013 photo shows composer Burt Bacharach posing for a portrait in promotion of his memoir, "Anyone Who Had A Heart: My Life and Music," in New York. (Photo by Scott Gries/Invision/AP)

      NEW YORK, N.Y. - Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional — not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.

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