The first day of the semiannual gathering of TV critics, programmers and performers was mostly talk - with some familiar faces promoting new fall chatfests. George Lopez, for one, is joining the burgeoning list of late-night talk-show hosts. "Lopez ...
At the South by Southwest music festival two years ago, Booker T. Jones ended up performing with his old band and connecting with a new one. After playing a showcase with the MG's -- the Stax Records house band that backed Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and ...
'I was going to call these albums 'Heaven' and 'Hell,'" Charlie Louvin says in his smooth Southern drawl. He's talking about his two most recent projects, which he recorded last year at the age of 81: the gospel collection "Steps to Heaven" and the ...
"I was going to call these albums 'Heaven' and 'Hell,' " Charlie Louvin says in his smooth Southern drawl. He's talking about his two most recent projects, which he recorded last year at the age of 81: the gospel collection "Steps to Heaven" and ...
From left, Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Malcolm Young of AC/DC, which releases its new album on Oct. 20. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) NEW YORK: In a tastefully luxurious suite at the Peninsula Hotel in New York, Brian Johnson, the lead singer of ...
IN a tastefully luxurious suite at the Peninsula Hotel in New York, Brian Johnson, the lead singer of AC/DC, is crooning the opening lines of “It’s a Wonderful World” while he waits to have his picture taken. Although he’s known for belting out AC/DC’s ...
Just as Wal-Mart solidifies its power as a music industry hitmaker with an exclusive album from the rock band AC/DC, the chain is getting its first major exclusive video game to go with it. MTV plans to announce on Tuesday that it has made a deal ...
Of all the assessments of the Bush administration that have been set to pop music, few are as deadpan as Randy Newman’s song “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,” which Mr. Newman released last year on iTunes and has included on his first album of ...
Girl Talk, the D.J. whose real name is Gregg Gillis, performing in Detroit with his trusty laptop. (Christos/Detroitartist.org) The DJ Girl Talk has won positive reviews for his new album and news media attention for its Radiohead-style ...
A decade and a half after releasing its previous album, Guns N’ Roses plans to put out a new song in September on the video game Rock Band 2. MTV expects to announce on Monday that the sequel to its popular Rock Band game will include “Shackler’s ...
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