Bob Dylan, Sugarland, Archuleta among holiday CDs
(11/23/2009 6:57:00PM)
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: Bob Dylan, "Christmas In The Heart" (Columbia) Do you hear what I hear? Bob Dylan singing Christmas carols?! Ho ho ho. The first reaction is this must be a joke. At age 68, rock's greatest trou...
Jackson's doctor returns to his Houston clinic
(11/23/2009 4:00:00PM)
Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without reservation. Dr. Conrad Murray was greeted by several patients and the pastor ...
LA official negotiating over Jackson memorial cost
(11/23/2009 4:00:00PM)
A Los Angeles official says she's negotiating with the company that owns Staples Center about reimbursing at least some of the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial. A City Council panel postponed Monday's cost review for a we...
AC/DC, MJ, Miles Davis, Def Jam and more box sets
(11/23/2009 1:00:00PM)
Here are a selection of box-set offerings this season: AC/DC "Backtracks" (Sony) The essence of a box set is great packaging, lots of swag and hard-to-find content. All that is here on the latest AC/DC box set. The high-end version comes in a box m...
Bill T. Jones — the man behind Broadway's 'Fela!'
(11/23/2009 1:00:00PM)
In the run-up to the Broadway opening of "Fela!" — Bill T. Jones' new musical — one man sat through every single preview performance and hated being there every minute. That would be Bill T. Jones. "For the most part, if somebody wiggle...
Q&A: 50 Cent gets back to gritty roots on new CD
(11/23/2009 12:20:00PM)
To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars. So, the 34-year-old rapper wrote abo...
Review: Tucker Gala lures opera stars old and new
(11/23/2009 9:00:00AM)
A funny thing happened on the way through the program at the Richard Tucker Gala: The night's honoree, tenor Stephen Costello, nearly faded into the woodwork that panels Avery Fisher Hall. That's more a reflection of Sunday's all-star programming th...
Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images
(11/23/2009 8:00:00AM)
Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death. The pop icon wanted Giorgio to create dazzling murals of his children as well as artwork for his "This Is It" concerts, and Giorgio got out his pe...
Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD
(11/23/2009 7:00:00AM)
During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and...
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