Music

Review: Phish plays as a group on ‘Fuego’

“Fuego” is Phish’s first studio release in five years.Associated Press photo/JEMP Records They succeed on “Fuego,” the Vermont quartet’s first…

June 19, 2014

Music

How Pasquale Rotella went from raver to EDM king

This weekend, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) takes over Sin City, with 400,000 EDM fans painting the town neon. More than…

June 19, 2014

Music

Shins, Coldplay, Bon Iver on ‘Wish I Was Here’ soundtrack

“Wish I Was Here,” a Sundance Film Festival standout written by Braff and his brother Adam, opens in select cities…

June 18, 2014

Music

On ‘Ultraviolence,’ Lana Del Rey lets her songs speak

Del Rey’s musical gifts may be limited, but the sultry minimalism of her vocals continues to work well against spookily…

June 17, 2014

Music

A pretty chill Bonnaroo

Traveling man: Dierks Bentley’s Sunday began in Columbus, Ohio, where the country singer played Saturday. Before he appeared on Ed…

June 16, 2014

Music

Checker to Rock Hall: Induct me or ‘drop dead’

Chubby Checker performs at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on Thursday in New York.Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/Associated Press Checker…

June 13, 2014

Music

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley heads to California

LOS ANGELES – The old farm boy who used to raise cattle in a place called Big Spraddle Creek says…

June 13, 2014

Music

Amazon launches music streaming for Prime members

Company hoping to hook new customers on free-shipping plan

June 12, 2014

Downtown Lowdown

Music, food and cheers to all the dads

Like many dads (with the exception of the numerous deadbeats who I’ve got words for that aren’t fitting for this…

June 12, 2014

Music

Husband-wife duo married to the music

Mastersons to open for Steve Earle tonight

June 12, 2014

Music

Crafting a hit: How many songwriters does it take?

top songs are written by 4 or more people

June 12, 2014

Music

Bonnaroo features mini-British Invasion in 2014

Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP<br><br> Lauren Mayberry of the electronic band Chvrches performs during the 2013 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia,…

June 12, 2014

Music

Grammys to allow samples in songwriting categories

Previously, samples – snippets of previously recorded material or songs incorporated into a new work – had been allowed only…

June 12, 2014

Music

Chrissie Hynde a Pretender no more on ‘Stockholm’

Chrissie Hynde has released her first solo venture, “Stockholm,” six years after the last Pretenders album.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press…

June 11, 2014

Music

Jack White goes country on second solo

This photo released by Third Man Records/Columbia shows the cover of Jack White’s new album, “Lazaretto.”Associated Press Photo/Third Man Records/Columbia…

June 9, 2014

Music

Maxwell plans for tour, new music & possible baby

Singer Maxwell performs on “The Early Show” in New York in 2008. Maxwell’s new album, “Summers,” originally supposed to be…

June 6, 2014

Music

The Week in Music: Fred Schneider, a Journey cover, more

In no particular order, these go to 11: 1. Bob Mould’s video for “I Don’t Know You Anymore;http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/65f616aff7/bob-mould-i-don-t-know-you-anymore.” Mould has…

June 6, 2014

Music

Lorde teams up with MAC for makeup collaboration

After all, the 17-year-old wrote on Twitter;https://twitter.com/lordemusic/statuses/450460437998747650 , “I find this curious – two photos from today, one edited so…

June 5, 2014