NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nielsen SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks unit point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music ...

The music genres of heavy metal and rock are filled with talented bands, and many of them had big years in 2011. The following 10 acts are nominees in the 2011 Loudwire Music Awards category for ...

How does the saying go? "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Overquoted, tossed off and attributed to the likes of Elvis Costello, Steve Martin and Frank Zappa, there might be ...

December 26, 2011 • Pop has hardly just developed this pretty potty mouth. But never have so many artists spilled profanity so blissfully, or embraced salaciousness with such ease.

In a stunning turnabout, Vivendi and its subsidiary Universal Music Group announced early Friday that it had signed with Citigroup a definitive agreement to buy EMI’s recorded music division for ...

Lykke Li performs during the Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 6th, 2011. Thanks to Bat for Lashes, Fever Ray, and Zola Jesus, the pagan chanteuse has emerged as a major force ...

As with most years spent in New Orleans, 2011 was full of great live music, from big festivals to small clubs and everything in between. It’s tough to remember everything I saw with clarity (I ...

As the frontman of Scottish folk rock Stealers Wheel, Gerry Rafferty sang the immortal classic "Stuck In The Middle With You." The trippy song reached Number Six on the Billboard Hot 100, but many ...

Jenner shared the clip to Instagram on Sunday, Oct. 19 Kris Jenner/Instagram Kris Jenner has got some moves! In a video posted on Instagram on Sunday, Oct. 19, Kris, 69, performed a sultry dance to ...

The annual Music in the Parks series is something Andrew Ward of the Flint Institute of Music looks forward to each year. After 21 years, he said, Mary Margaret St. John’s vision of bringing music to ...

Why, amigos, are any of us willing to settle for a world where Calle Ocho comes only once a year? We here at New Times say: Screw that noise. We demand more. Perfectly greasy arepas, warm Presidente, ...