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‘x’ marks the spot — the No. 1 spot — for Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran’s “x” had 2014’s fourth-best album debut of 2014, moving 210,000 units last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That puts “x” — pronounced multiply — at No. 1 on this...

U.S.-born banda singers find success in Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Banda music is the soundtrack of modern Mexico, with its thumping polka beat and trumpets blasting everywhere from rural fairs to working-class Mexico City weddings. And it’s i...

Mötley Crüe leaves a legacy of hair-metal fame, infamy

Mötley Crüe’s Final Tour has a subtitle: “All Bad Things Must Come to an End.” It’s the band’s acknowledgement that its road to rock ‘n’ roll glory was paved with debauchery and decadence. ...

Time apart strengthens bluegrass trio Nickel Creek

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The trio of musicians in Nickel Creek grew up performing together, but ultimately it was the nearly seven years spent concentrating on their own separate musical interests...

Free concerts al fresco for Durango nights

Summer music series begins this Thursday in Buckley Park

Bobby Womack, singer with brave 2nd act, dies

Bobby Womack, the colorful and highly influential R&B singer/songwriter revered by artists ranging from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack was diagnos...

Jay Z’s touring ‘blueprint’: Rapper co-headlines

NEW YORK – You could create a music award based on Jay Z’s collaborative tours. Past nominees for best live performance by Jay Z and friends would include Justin Timberlake, Emine...

Gimme Shelter: Brazil mocks Mick as World Cup jinx

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger can’t get no satisfaction from soccer fans in Brazil. In what’s becoming something of a World Cup tradition, Brazilians are closel...

Teenie Hodges, genre-defining Memphis player, dies

Teenie Hodges, the diminutive guitarist and “Take Me to the River” songwriter who became a towering figure in the Memphis music scene, has died. He was 68. Longtime friend and Ro...

Mixing the right notes

Solon’s ‘Alchemy’ blends a lifetime of experience

Cuba’s Buena Vista Social Club on ‘Adios Tour’

HAVANA – They were forgotten masters of a long-ago sound, their faces deeply lined and their hands spotted with age. Then, suddenly, at an age when many performers would be retire...

Gerry Goffin, Carole King’s ex-husband, dies at 75

NEW YORK – Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “(You Make Me Fe...
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