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Blake Fielder-Civil, the ex-husband who was widely credited with introducing Winehouse to heroin, has finally come out and apologised for initiating her addiction.

Despite speculation that Madonna snubbed her good friend Demi Moore by inviting the actress' ex Ashton Kutcher to an Oscars party instead of her, the pals are reportedly on good terms.

Last night at the Red Bones Blues Cafe in Kingston, Jamaica, Jah9 blessed the ears of some truly privileged people with the live debut of her latest album New Name. We couldn't be there but envy those who were. We covere...

A selected guide to classical music and opera performances in New York.

A selected guide to jazz performances in the New York area.

It's a British rap-a-palooza! Not to toot our own horn or anything, but we've totally got the 411 on all the hot British hip-hop acts. We already told y'all about British rapper Master Shortie when we brought you his Bru...

A selected guide to rap, folk-rock, rock, pop, dream-pop and retro soul.

The New York Philharmonic is presenting a concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel," which is as gorgeously sung a production of this Broadway musical as you are ever likely to hear.

The trio, comprised of Drew Chadwick, Wesley Stromberg and Keaton Stromberg, hit the famed venue for their first live show since finishing fourth on the Fox reality competition. During their set, the group debuted three ...

Anastacia, an American pop star who made it big in Europe and Australia, has announced that she will be canceling her European tour because of a second breast cancer diagnosis.

Watch Solange KILL her performance of "Don't Let Me Down" on "David Letterman." We swear one of these days we're going to stop bringing up you know who when we're talking about Solange. And while Beyoncé is the queen of...

School of Rock is a franchise of music schools throughout North and South America that teaches kids how "to rock on stage and in life" through lessons, camps, and workshops. The school has a program called "Epic Albums",...

The Huntington Beach-based trio performed three songs off their forthcoming debut album during a packed concert at L.A.'s Roxy Theatre.

Check out Diamond Youth's acoustic cover of Frank Ocean's "Thinkin About You." When we first met Baltimore/Chicago's Diamond Youth, we immediately thought of our favorite distortion-based late '90s-early '00s alt-rock ba...

Glasgow indie pop act Camera Obscura have announced their first album since 2009's excellent My Maudlin Career. They'll release Desire Lines through 4AD on June 4 (June 3 in Europe and the UK/Europe). Recorded in Portlan...

Growing up is weird in the new Blondfire video, "Where The Kids Are." The central metaphor of any coming of age story -- "The Chronicles of Narnia," for example -- often revolves around children passing through an object...

Kim Kardashian and boyfriend Kanye West have reportedly rejected offers to sell their newly-purchased Los Angeles mansion at a $1.5 million profit.

Austin Mahone delivers a stripped-down version of "Say You're Just A Friend." Just so we're all totally clear, Austin Mahone is quite literally the gift that keeps on GIVING! Because in addition to all those shirtless ab...

Today in Morrissey vs. Jimmy Kimmel: Billboard points out that Kimmel addressed their dispute once again in the opening monologue of his show last night. This time he took a gentler tone with Morrissey, whom he'd previou...

The real Harlem Shake, a much more raw, frenetic dance than the versions seen in thousands of YouTube videos, was born in New York City about 14 years ago.

The New York fest's April 17 kickoff will host a performance by the indie band and a screening of "Mistaken for Strangers," a documentary made by its lead singer's younger brother.

In 2008, the National released A Skin, a Night, a pretty glum, monochrome documentary directed by Vincent Moon about the creation of the Brooklyn band's album Boxer. A new documentary on the band by frontman Matt Berning...