Hard rock combo Velvet Revolver is eyeing a mid- to late-spring release for the follow-up to its Grammy-winning debut.
The group is recording the RCA release in Los Angeles with producer Brendan O’Brien, who stepped in for the band’s original choice, Rick Rubin, after that arrangement “did not work out,” according to frontman Scott Weiland. O’Brien […]
Italian superstar Laura Pausini’s new album, “Yo Canto,” is a collection of Italian pop standards that span the singer’s lifetime — 32 years.
Released in Italian and Spanish, the Warner Music disc highlights the synergies that exist between the Romance languages, and the musical similarities that allow a handful of artists, Pausini included, to navigate both […]
The family of a man who fell to his death at a party attended by troubled singer Pete Doherty have called for a full police investigation into the incident. Actor Matt Blanco, 30, was found injured outside an east London apartment building where he had attended a party on Dec. 3 and died later in […]
Blue October’s album “Foiled” may be tagged as rock, but the Texas quintet keeps building airplay with a catchy, ’80s-style pop tune boasting crisp synth drums and warm electronic flourish. Mastermind Justin Furstenfeld’s clear vocals openly contemplate a death wish, telling the story of a man jumping into the ocean to end it all. “Not […]
Hip-hop and fashion mogul Russell Simmons said Tuesday he’s selling bling to help raise money for the development and empowerment of Africans.
The 49-year-old entrepreneur announced his “Green Initiative” jewelry, which is manufactured and designed by Simmons Jewelry Co. Twenty-five percent of proceeds from sales will go toward the Diamond Empowerment Fund, which will support institutions, […]
American songwriter David Crosby is famed as a leading light of the 1960s counterculture movement but his second memoir finds him showing a gentler side as a father of six children.
The title of the memoir — “Since Then: How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It” — hints at the perennial Crosby question: […]
Ciara wants to set something straight. The hit-making dynamo — known for her hot moves and sexy tomboy style — is flattered by all those comparisons to Janet Jackson and the late Aaliyah, but she’s not a copycat. She’s doing her own thing.
“I do feel like we’re all different,” she told The Associated Press in […]
Although Mischa Barton and original plot lines may be history on “The OC,” the Fox teen drama continues to feature up-and-coming indie acts on its compilation CDs. This time the show’s latest soundtrack is a covers-only disc. Most of the songs are stripped-down or tamer versions of the originals, such as Mates of State’s […]
On Wynton Marsalis’ upcoming CD, he criticizes political leadership in America, cultural corruption, and sex and violence in rap — and that’s just on one song. “I don’t speak from outside, I’m not finger-pointing,” the 45-year-old jazz great told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
“I’m a part of it, I’m speaking from inside […]
Not a bad start. That goes for both the holiday selling season and the return to duty by a certain recording artist.
A stronger release slate than we saw during Thanksgiving week 2005 makes for a busy top 20 on the Billboard 200. In all, overall album volume is essentially flat compared with last year’s same-week […]
Jennifer Lopez’s first husband, Ojani Noa, told a judge Friday that he plans to fight her efforts to quash a tell-all memoir.
Noa, 31, said in a pretrial hearing that he regrets agreeing to a June 30 preliminary injunction that prohibits him from “criticizing, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging or causing disparagement” […]
Paris Hilton won’t joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week’s Billboard Music Awards because she didn’t like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.
“It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,” her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. “Paris did not […]
Reunited Australian rock band the Hoodoo Gurus, famed for mid-’80s cult hits such as “Bittersweet,” will tour the United States next year for the first time since 1994, a spokeswoman said.
The itinerary is still being worked out, but it will include some March dates at the annual South By Southwest music convention in Austin, […]
Moseying out onstage Wednesday at Downtown Disney’s House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then he took a seat behind the piano, his fingertips ran over the keys and he took charge with a singing voice that sounded at least a couple decades younger. The Killer had […]
