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Pharrell works hard to write music that lifts up listeners and brings them to a "lighter place".

Mariah Carey reportedly broke the law Thursday night when she ignited a sparkler during America's Independence Day celebrations.

Pearl Jam have a launched an online countdown clock on their official website as they prepare to make a major announcement

'I think the term 'guilty pleasure' is a bygone term, if you ask me,' New Kids On The Block's Joey McIntyre proclaimed when asked about the most embarrassing song to be found on his iPhone

But she says taking over as Lara Croft from Angelina Jolie would be difficult...

Blondie's Debbie Harry pays backstage visit to Liam Fray and co before show...

In Saturday's Calendar section, Times pop music critic Randall Roberts runs down his picks for the best albums of the year so far, a list that includes Chance the Rapper's "Acid Rap," Kacey Musgraves' "Same Trailer Diffe...

L.A. producer Sam Spiegel has a knack for fusing artists' different aesthetics (think Ol' Dirty Bastard and David Byrne) into one big musical party.Musician and producer Sam Spiegel lives in a wooden A-frame house in the...

If summer is the busiest season for Wolf Trap National Park in Vienna, July is its busiest month. Philanthropist Catherine Filene Shouse donated 100 acres of farmland to build America's only national park for the perform...

For the third consecutive year Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will invite some of their friends to

Marling soars on 'Once I Was an Eagle,' and the Hurley reissues 'Armchair Boogie' and 'Hi Fi Snock Uptown' stand up over time.Folk music over the years has taken many forms, has gone electric and returned to its roots, h...

Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees also take the stage in Los Angeles to perform classic hits in front of a wildly enthusiastic crowd.

The teenage daughters of rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman are in New Orleans with their dads this weekend, but it's the girls who are greeting fans and signing autographs at the Essence Festival.

Folk music over the years has taken many forms, has gone electric and returned to its roots, has moved in and out of favor as new generations discover, rework and reexamine the music. Below are new releases and reissues ...

Missy Elliot remixes are pretty common and at times it seems like it's hard to make something stand out. Diplo and GTA's "Boy Oh Boy" was a straight up banger, but since then... it's been kind of a lull when it comes to ...

Justin Bieber posted an undated photo of himself and on/off girlfriend Selena Gomez on his Instagram page on Thursday, sparking rumors that the couple is back together. Both stars were spotted tog...

Ciara is out with the break-up anthem of the 2013 and, smartly, she got Nicki Minaj to do the intro verse

Despite the ease with which they appear to create the music that thousands of fans go crazy for, punk-rock supergroup the Transplants didn't just whip out their new album In A War Zone over a few days in the studio

Monuments have recruited former Periphery frontman Chris Barretto to replace their vocalist Matt Rose, who left the group earlier this year

Phoenix's new video for 'Trying To Be Cool,' off of their latest album Bankrupt, is full of very bizarre non-sequiturs

The latest episode of the Mars Attacks podcast features an exclusive interview with legendary U.D.O. and Accept lead singer Udo Dirkschneider

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has enjoyed his introduction to country music via his daughter