Music News

US star returns for live shows early next year

Race for festive chart toppers heats up

A suburban New York house owned by former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has gone up in flames.

Although Rick Ross didn’t release his 'Mastermind' album as promised this year, his record label, Maybach Music Group, had a successful run in 2013. Now Rozay is enjoying the fruits of his labor by copping a luxury whi...

US star returns for live shows early next year

Despite the snowfall outside, A$AP Rocky made his way to his old-stomping grounds in Harlem, N.Y., to give words of encouragement to a few dozen teenagers at the National Black Theatre on Saturday (Dec. 14). The ladies, ...

So on the night before last, Beyoncé came and conquered yet again by unexpectedly dropping an amazing visual album that features 14 new tracks and 17 accompanying videos. As Bey showed the world she didn't need a press ...

For some artists, winning the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition would be a career highlight. But three years later, the feat seems almost a footnote for Cécile McLorin Salvant, a Miami-born singer wh...

When was the last time you heard this Ciara single? Probably not since 2004, where it made a huge impact on top ten billboards and got every high schooler and pre teen terribly failing at trying to do this alleged 'one, ...

Bruno Mars ends 2013 on top. Billboard has just named the crooner as the 'Artist of the Year.' He is the first male artist to claim this coveted title since 2008.

Def Leppard are set to host A Day Of Hysteria on AXS TV, as the band takes over the channel

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is a bit queasy about the band's upcoming tour.

Rapper Fat Joe melted our hearts last month when he surprised his daughter on Thanksgiving Day after serving three months of a four-month prison bid on tax evasion charges. However, their reunion was short-lived as the B...

A $5 surcharge on tickets to Thalia Mara performances, starting in July, will help fund renovations to the 45-year-old city auditorium, and some find the prospect a potentially pricey pill to swallow.

Judging by Wale’s profanity-laced phone call to Complex magazine recently, you would think he doesn’t have much of a sense of humor. Well, he does. The MMG artist appeared in a 'SNL' skit with cast member Jay Pharoah...

"Christmas time is here/ happiness and cheer/ fun for all that children call/ their favorite time for fellatio"--wait...what...I don't remember Vince Guaraldi being that graphic about holiday festivities. As we all know,...

A month shy of 85 and among jazz's greatest living composers, Benny Golson could ride out his career in America's most prestigious venues. But it wouldn't suit him. The iconic saxophonist's talents as a musician are matc...

Chvrches were one of the year’s Best New Bands for making one of the year’s Best Albums. And when the Scottish synth-pop trio wasn’t turning heads on tour and late-night TV shows, they were expanding their repertoi...

In recent years, the Folger Consort's annual Christmas concert has undertaken a grand tour of the early European music world, with stops in Spain, Italy, France and Germany. This season, the ensemble has traveled to the ...

British singer and multi-instrumentalist James Mullholland, aka TECHNIQUES, is the newest addition to the Kitsuné roster with his debut Switch EP. The original is a poignant, slow-burning track with heady synths and hau...

Sheryl Crow drew a crowd of nearly 15,000 bundled-up fans who brought food and cash for local food banks to a free holiday concert in Minnesota.

The rocker failed to show up in court to give a progress report in his cocaine possession case. Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin's legal woes continue. A judge has issued a bench warrant for his arrest after he failed ...