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The band Tennis bats about a classic pop sound

NEW YORK – Besides terminal unhipness, the band Tennis has a practical reason to regret taking its name from an inside joke between founding couple Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. ...

Cuban salsa singer split between island and U.S.

MIAMI – In his most famous song, Cuban salsa singer Manuel Gonzalez croons about creating a bridge between Miami and Havana. “A bridge made up of long sleeves,” he sings in “The B...

Pink Floyd sets Nov. 10 release date for new album

The Associated Press NEW YORK – Pink Floyd’s new album will arrive on Nov. 10. A Monday news release gives fresh details about “The Endless River,” the British rock ‘n’...

Review: Lee Ann Womack heads off in new direction

Lee Ann Womack, “The Way I’m Livin”’ (Sugar Hill) For more than a decade, Lee Ann Womack ranked as the most traditional female artist in contemporary country music, holding on to ...

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Lady Gaga: ‘It’s a very happy time in my life’

NEW YORK – After hip surgery and parting ways with her longtime manager, Lady Gaga says things are looking up. “I’ve very centered now. I meditate a lot. I’m happy. I am more sobe...

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FLC Music Department welcomes three new faces

Recital on Sunday will showcase talent

Jason Isbell cleans up at Americana Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell has swept the major awards at the Americana Honors & Awards. Isbell won artist, album and song of the year during the 13th annual...

Wealth of riches fuels rock band New Pornographers

NEW YORK – Soft-spoken A.C. Newman doesn’t seem like a braggart. Yet he feels so strongly that his rock band, the New Pornographers, has just made its best work that a simple good review won...

Review: alt-J returns with beautiful, baffling LP

alt-J, “This Is All Yours” (Atlantic) The new album from alt-J isn’t supposed to exist. Nobody, we’re told, wants to hear this kind of stuff anymore. The album – and especially th...

Experts: Chopin’s heart shows signs of tuberculosis

WARSAW, Poland – The preserved heart of composer Frederic Chopin contains signs of tuberculosis and possibly some other lung disease, medical experts said Wednesday. The findings ...