Piracy may rob musicians of profits in China, but it has also helped Taiwan’s top rap artist to get around the censors and build an underground following there.
China cultural authorities first rejected the music of Yao Chung-jen, better known as MC HotDog, for profanity.
He said Beijing had also turned down a “super clean version” of […]
Simply put, My Chemical Romance was so good it was scary as the New Jersey rock quintet unveiled its epic new album “The Black Parade” Tuesday, a day before it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Attribute none of that scariness to the fact that it was Halloween or that the band’s predominantly […]
Although the track list has yet to be announced, Mary J. Blige will be the subject of a new retrospective, “Reflections: The Journey,” due December 12.
The Geffen Records mix of old favorites and previously unreleased tracks will be preceded by the new song “We Ride,” which will hit U.S. radio outlets this week.
Another new song, […]
New York City intends to showcase its diverse Latin community as it plays host for the first time to the Latin Grammy awards.
“We are the true Latin capital,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the president of NYC Big Events, the city organization that brought the event to Madison Square Garden. “We have the most diverse Latin […]
Neil Diamond’s 2005 album “12 Songs,” which garnered some of the loftiest praise of his career, will be reissued as a double-disc set December 12.
The largely acoustic Columbia Records set will now include a second disc of previously unreleased demos and alternate takes dubbed “Artist’s Cut — 12 Sketches,” the first such recordings Diamond has […]
