The term "singer-songwriter" makes Gavin DeGraw cringe. "It makes you feel like a weakling the way all the singer songwriters are marketed, you know what I mean? ... It's...
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Singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw says
he is moving in a "much more rock direction" with the belated
follow-up to his 2003 debut album.
The as-yet-untitled set will be...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Chicago fancifully painted fiberglass cows, the streets of Washington were decorated with donkeys and elephants, and now the Phoenix area is getting 10-foot guitars...
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Usher, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and The Game were among the recording artists up for multiple honors Wednesday night at the 2005 World Music Awards, which selects winners based...
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"Scrubs" star Zach Braff is returning to the director's chair. Braff, who wrote and directed "Garden State" last year, will direct the latest video from singer-songwriter...
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Clear Channel Communications plans
to make a big push into Internet radio next month with a new
music-performance series that will be syndicated weekly to
hundreds of its...
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Chances are you've heard Jem's music even if you didn't know her name.
Her songs have been prominently featured on Fox's "The O.C.," and she portrayed a wedding singer...
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Sharon Stone's new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami
disaster.
The actress is ready to her best "We Are the World"
rendition, joining forces with socialite...
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Sharon Stone and Denise Rich are producing a song to benefit victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in Asia.
The "Basic Instinct" actress and the socialite-songwriter are...
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Performing at Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy bash has been a good omen for a lot of rising stars. Alicia Keys hadn't even put out a single when she wowed the crowd with her...
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Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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The WB drama series "One Tree Hill"
has spawned a soundtrack and tour.
The 14-song album, due Jan. 25 on Maverick/Warner Sunset
Records, features tracks from Gavin DeGraw...
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When Casey Stratton was a struggling singer-songwriter a few years ago, he had idealistic notions about artistic integrity. High on his list of what would jeopardize it:...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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With Ashlee Simpson in the news
this week following a disastrous lip-synching appearance on
"Saturday Night Live," Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says
it's "pathetic"...
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When it comes to artist
development, concert promoter House of Blues is putting its
money -- and marketing muscle -- on the line.
HOB's Emerging Artist program, with help...
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Now that's what I call a sweet 16!
The latest edition
of the top-pop hits collection, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol.
16, featuring singles by the like of OutKast,...
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The heavy lifting is about to begin
for BMG and Sony Music.
With the European Commission 's July 19 clearance of the
proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by...
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