Chris Brown is coming off his Grammy win for best R&B album for “F.A.M.E.” Now he’s going for the second half of the equation with “Fortune,” out July 3. And if Brown's words at...
On their last two albums— 2007’s “Minutes To Midnight” and 2010’s “A Thousand Suns”— the members of Linkin Park were feeling their oats a little, bucking the musical con...
“No shoes, no shirt, no problems,” has been Kenny Chesney’s unofficial motto (and title for his seventh album) for much of his career.
Sure, he’s done serious songs, like “Better As A...
It’s taken Fiona Apple six years to get down the masterful anxiety of “The Idler Wheel…” The full title itself – “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whi...
Justin Bieber finds himself at an important, but tricky, intersection with his new studio album, “Believe,” out June 19. Now 18, can Bieber transition from his teen idol status to an artist that transcends...
Usher may be “Looking 4 Myself,” as his new album’s title indicates, but he certainly isn’t at a loss when he’s searching for musical styles. On his most adventurous album yet, Usher take...
The success of “American Idol” and “Glee” has created a major market for collections of cover songs that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago.
For a long time, people (i.e. me) wond...
The Beach Boys are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, but in some ways, the designation is misleading. While the initial quintet originally formed in 1961, there have been long periods—decades, actual...
Though it’s totally coincidental, Kris Allen has picked the perfect time to release his second album, “Thank You Camellia.”
A lot has changed at radio since the “American Idol” season...
Brad Pitt at the Cannes premiere of Andrew Dominik's highly-anticipated "Killing Them Softly" on Tuesday. Dominik and Pitt also collaborated on "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert For...
