Stephen King's taste in music is more eclectic than scary.
The best-selling author reveals his seven picks for the "best albums of the year" in Entertainment Weekly's Dec....
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In every sense of the word, Steve Earle feels at home here.
He revels in walking the same Greenwich Village streets that Bob Dylan did and living in a neighborhood where...
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Singer/songwriter Steve Earle will
release his New West debut, "Washington Square Serenade," on
September 25,. The 12-track set was produced by the Dust
Brothers' John...
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It was craft versus
showbiz at the inaugural Stagecoach festival, held Saturday and
Sunday in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella rock
extravaganza the weekend...
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More than 25,000 people rocked to John Mellencamp's "Little Pink Houses," sung along with Dave Matthews' "Crash into Me" and raised more than $1.5 million for farming at...
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You could say Americana,
that indefinable roots music, is the new punk rock. But the
punks in question are older and make a lot of money.
Last week, a record 1,200 people...
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Farm Aid is ready to kick out the jams and, um, polkas.
With the annual daylong music fest turning 21, founders
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp unveiled an...
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This year's Farm Aid benefit concert will feature not only the nearly annual show's mainstays such as Neil Young and Willie Nelson, but also genres from polka to...
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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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Get ready, Tennessee; here come Radiohead, Tom Petty and 70,000
tour wookiees.
Now in its fifth year, Bonnaroo Music and Arts
Festival will be welcoming fans back to...
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Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright,
Moby and surprise guest James Iha marked the third anniversary
of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq Monday during a concert in New
York...
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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and REM frontman Michael Stipe will headline a New York concert to urge the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
The concert, dubbed "Bring...
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To mark Kris Kristofferson's
upcoming 70th birthday, Nashville-based American Roots
Publishing will release "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris
Kristofferson" June...
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"Take me down to your
dance floor . . ."
No one was dancing as Gram Parsons' voice wafted over the
sound system at Hollywood's Harmony Gallery on Friday evening,
but the...
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There have been times
when Shilah Morrow of Sin City Marketing has been maddened by
her nickname "Mama Shi," for actual mothers have to change
diapers and do other messy...
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It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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Acclaimed singer/songwriter
Alejandro Escovedo, whose career has been sidelined since 2003
by a battle with hepatitis C, is working on an album that is
being produced by...
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ARTIST: BON JOVI
ALBUM: HAVE A NICE DAY (ISLAND)
People like Bon Jovi for its power-chord-laden songs and
Jon Bon Jovi's gravelly vocals. But the frontman has...
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Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks veered down a "Red Dirt Road" two years ago and never looked back.
The duo's new album, "Hillbilly Deluxe," is a twangy rock 'n' roll record...
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The Americana Music Assn. will pay
special tribute to songwriter John Hartford, who died in 2001,
and to singer/songwriter Judy Collins at its fourth annual
Honors & Awards...
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Steve Earle is country's contribution, so far, to "Operation Ceasefire," an anti-war concert and rally scheduled for Sept. 24 at the Washington Monument.
Organizers are...
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An eclectic lineup of punk, country and ambient musicians will gather on the National Mall in September to build support for ending the war in Iraq.
Jello Biafra, formerly...
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An eclectic lineup of punk, country and ambient musicians will gather on the National Mall in September to build support for ending the war in Iraq.
Jello Biafra, formerly...
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Steve Earle's appearance at the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines is drawing protest.
Earle has been the subject of angry letters and paid newspaper commentary in the...
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Over his 20-year career Dwight Yoakam has borrowed from rock, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and even punk to keep his country songs interesting.
But the tune "I'll Pretend"...
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Coldplay, Kylie Minogue) and the White
Stripes are among the headline acts slated for this year's
sold-out edition of the Glastonbury Festival, to be held...
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"Radio has become a
restaurant with horrible food and great service," says Doc
Holiday, host of the weekly "Watusi Rodeo" on Indie 103.1
(KDLD-FM). "Here, sometimes the...
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The major labels are
increasingly acknowledging the value of the entrepreneurial
spirit -- witness Warner Music Group's recently inaugurated
"incubator" entities and...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Better Than Ezra, the New Orleans
trio famed for its 1995 hit "Good," has signed a North American
recording deal with Artemis Records, home of Steve Earle , Jill
Sobule and...
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DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, DVD Plus
and the imminent DualDisc are among the cutting-edge music
delivery formats. But just as these carriers deliver
high-resolution audio, so...
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Johnny Cash's guitars, his black
leather boots and a tin cup from Folsom Prison are among the
memorabilia from the late country music star displayed on
Tuesday ahead of an...
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While the race for the White House
draws most of the public's political attention between now and
Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector
industries will...
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On a soft summer night last year, Dave and Serge Bielanko stood with Bruce Springsteen before 55,000 raucous fans at Giants Stadium. The beaming brothers, guests of the...
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For Keith Richards , it was "another
goodbye to another good friend" as the Rolling Stones guitarist
headlined a pair of Los Angeles-area tribute concerts over the
weekend...
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Keith Richards will pay tribute to
his late pal, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons , by performing
at two all-star charity concerts in California next month,
organizers...
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Country music artists are hardly united in their support of the war in Iraq — but you'd never know it from listening to the radio.
While Toby Keith , Darryl Worley ...
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Amidst a surge of interest and
popularity, Loretta Lynn has been ordered by doctors to cancel
her tour plans for the coming month.
According to her official Web...
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A novel deal is bringing the
record and advertising universes together.
New York-based indie label Artemis Records has minted a
joint venture with commercial production...
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A cottage industry within the
multibillion-dollar music products category, handmade guitars
and amplifiers are answering a rising demand for high-quality
gear.
Unit...
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Neil Young wants to talk about
vegetable oil.
It would be reasonable to expect that the rock 'n' roll
veteran has more pressing matters on his mind -- he's just
launched...
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Country music icon Willie Nelson has
written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the
war in Iraq that he hopes will stir passions in those who...
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Steve Earle is a shadow of his former self.
Seriously. He's been on the Atkins diet, which has stripped more than 50 pounds off his frame, and the 48-year-old...
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With his $2.6 billion purchase of
Warner Music from Time Warner Inc., Edgar Bronfman Jr. is
betting that a privately-held record company can be more nimble
and more...
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Musicians worried that new media ownership rules will make it harder to get airtime are taking the fight from the Capitol to their own turf, embarking on a grass-roots music...
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The late Johnny Cash — a pioneer of both country and rock music — was honored with a tribute featuring artists and performances as diverse and far-reaching as his...
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Buddy Arnold's career in
jazz was bright. The Bronx-born saxophonist played with the
Tommy Dorsey band, the Buddy Rich band, the Glenn Miller band
and the Stan Kenton ...
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Singer Kid Rock and country duo Brooks & Dunn are the latest artists to be added to the Nov. 10 musical tribute to Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium, organizers announced...
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R.E.M .'s Mike Mills,
singer/songwriter Jill Sobule and Boots Riley of rap act the
Coup will join select dates on the Tell Us the Truth tour,
which kicks off Nov. 7 in...
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Tim Robbins will host the Nov. 10 musical tribute to Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium, Cash's longtime manager Lou Robin said Monday.
"He's looking forward to being...
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Actor Tim Robbins will be the host of the Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute at Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 10.
Artists confirmed to take part in the service include Willie...
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Bluesman Corey Harris will
release his fifth studio album, "Mississippi to Mali," on Nov.
18 via Rounder Records.
His second set for the label, the album will feature...
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The Man in Black is reaching out to fans from beyond the grave.
Next month Johnny
Cash not only becomes the focus of an all-star
concert, but also a just-announced...
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A guest appearance by Sheryl Crow and covers of songs by Nirvana and Bob Dylan are among the tracks compiled for Sidetracks, a collection of odds and ends from different...
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Sheryl Crow made an unannounced appearance on stage at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California, Saturday night (August 5) to sing with headliner Steve Earle. Crow...
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Shaping up to be one of the most anticipated soundtracks of the summer is the companion to Steal This Movie, the biopic about '60s radical Abbie Hoffman. Due for release...
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Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Buddy & Julie Miller will be among the country-rock stars performing at a Washington, D.C. concert to...
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It wasn't too long ago that President Clinton served as unofficial "song-plugger" by helping Nashville songwriter Geron Davis land a cut on Barbra Streisand's album Higher...
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