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Now 59, the R&B musician Shuggie Otis has had a baffling career, from a teenage blues guitar prodigy to decades of silence and now a new album and a tour.

Rick Ross lost an endorsement deal with Reebok yesterday when the shoe company cut ties with the rap

Spy chiefs thought music could entice Russian youths

The music industry fixture was the cousin of journalist David Carr and worked with Beastie Boys, Megadeth and David Byrne during stints with Capitol, Warner Bros. and Dreamworks.

US band headlining Irish event in August

Annie Lennox has followed up on her blog from yesterday in which she articulately described Britain under the iron rule of Margaret Thatcher.

In the meantime, Netflix will premiere 15 new episodes of the cult US sitcom on May 26

Sonic Youth man's new band will play London, Leeds and Bristol in June

The season 12 finalist says victory was not necessarily the game-plan. "My goal was to become a singer," he tells THR.

Meanwhile, Mariah Carey weeps and Randy Jackson laughs and laughs.

The Sheepdogs made history in August 2011 when they became the first unsigned band to appear on 

Cleo Higgins stuns judges with Beyonce cover

A few weeks before taking off on Band of Horses' current tour, frontman Ben Bridwell decided to make a pilgrimage of sorts to his old haunt Seattle to meet with old friends, stop by familiar landmarks and dodge umbrellas...

A day after Reebok dropped him as a spokesman, the Miami rapper issued a statement apologizing for lyrics that seemed to condone rape.

Social networking site could be set to launch the world's most popular music app

Judy Garland song is on course for high chart entry this Sunday (April 14)

Singer says he is too "terrified" to ask his friend to collaborate

The Maplewood, NJ teen is the first signing to the Hollywood/Syco Records collaborative arrangement.

Was it the public outcry that got to him, or Reebok's decision to drop him as a pitchman? In either case, rapper-mogul Rick Ross has issued an apology for lyrics contained in his guest appearance with rapper Rocko on the...

Frank Ocean invites us on tour in his latest "Lost" video. Frank Ocean has had a whirlwind year-and-a-half: Not only did he perform (and win!) at the 2013 Grammys, but Frank also made hip-hop history by publishing a brav...

Katherine Jackson has been branded "desperate" by lawyers representing Conrad Murray as she plans to subpoena visitors' records from his jail to prove a theory that he is conspiring with AEG Live.

It was the night before the beginning of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, and as fans from around the world descended on Palm Springs and the surrounding area it became clear that they had come to party. Before a not...