After recharging rockabilly with the Stray Cats in the 1980s, then helping spark a swing revival in the '90s, Brian Setzer is going even further back in musical history on...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5's Adam
Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV's 14th annual
New Year's Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Common,...
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He might be a tough guy on the silver screen, but on this week's
album chart, 50 Cent got an old-fashioned butt-whipping from Kenny Chesney.
Chesney scored his fourth...
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Much of Brian Setzer's music has
been rooted in rockabilly, so it only makes sense that his
latest album is a salute to Sun Records. But even he is
surprised by the reaction...
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LeAnn Rimes says she's glad she waited this long to make her first Christmas album, "What A Wonderful World."
"It's really just classical and beautiful," she told...
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The Stray Cats — a band that was new wave and punk and rockabilly rolled into one — had its heydey in the early '80s. But two decades on, it's clear the Cats,...
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Every year, recording artists and
their labels pull together holiday music releases in hopes of
striking perennial silver and gold, and 2004 can be considered
a banner year...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Brian Setzer will take a break from the Brian Setzer Orchestra for an album and summer tour with a new combo billed as the Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special, a three-person...
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Stray Cats frontman turned swing bandleader Brian Setzer has just finished his new album, Vavoom!, which is set for an August 1 release, but fans can hear his latest music...
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Elektra Records is assembling the soundtrack album for the forthcoming Jim Carrey movie, Me, Myself and Irene. The movie is slated for a June 20 release and the soundtrack...
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EMI Records will release The Brian Setzer Collection: 1981-1988 on Nov. 16. The collection contains hits and six previously unreleased songs from the period, which covers...
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After soul legend Al Green canceled (LAUNCH, 7/23) the task of opening Woodstock on Sunday (July 25) fell to the more-than-capable Willie Nelson, country music's sole...
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Even before the official telecast of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards hit the airwaves at 8 p.m. EST/PST, Grammy favorite Lauryn Hill, who is nominated in 10 categories, took...
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The solo debut by Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness will have some very special guests--Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer, Time Bomb Recordings has confirmed after...
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The solo debut by Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness will have some very special guests--Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer, Time Bomb Recordings has confirmed after...
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Feeling a bit retro lately? Fighting urges to get dressed to the nines, shake up a martini, and cut up a dance floor with your main squeeze? Don't worry--you've probably...
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Summer blockbuster films aren't only knocking 'em dead at the box office, they've spawned some of the biggest albums of the season.
On the new album chart the City Of...
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