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Forward-thinking U2 innovating while entertaining

Since U2 stunned the music world by delivering a surprise album at Apple’s iPhone 6 unveiling and making it available to a half-billion iTunes users for free, they’ve gotten an avalanche of ...

DATE: Sep 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Robert Plant has been a lifelong rambler with almost no interest in returning home to Great Britain. These days, though, he’s as snug as a hobbit in his hole in his native...

DATE: Sep 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Music is healing

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Even Merle Haggard gets nervous about stepping onto a stage when the audience is filled with songwriters, record label executives and fellow artists. “Well, it...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: No surprise, the surprise U2 album shines

U2, “Songs of Innocence” (Interscope) Everything about U2’s new album is unexpected. Like its very existence, for one, after the Irish rock band dropped it on iTunes users Tuesday...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

St. Vincent leaps ahead, will tour with Black Keys

NEW YORK – After watching a video of St. Vincent’s performance at a British rock festival this summer, an anonymous music fan posted a succinct review. “It’s bonkers,” the viewer ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Tragicomedies at Toronto find mixed results

TORONTO – The opening days of the Toronto International Film Festival saw a trio of tragicomedies combine humor with pain, often with mixed results. The balancing act can be prec...

DATE: Sep 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Q&A: Richards on new book, Stones tour, solo music

NEW YORK – There’s one person who knew Keith Richards would become Keith Richards: his grandfather. The Rolling Stone member said Augustus Theodore Dupree introduced him to the gu...

DATE: Sep 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Keith Richards’ has a new collaborator: his own daughter

Discovering guitar is central theme of children’s book

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

3 bands, 30 breweries and a Ska celebration

Legendary Jamaican band The Skatalites stop in town during 50th anniversary tour

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Maya Angelou’s work mixed with hip-hop for album

NEW YORK – Maya Angelou’s iconic words and lyrics will blend with hip-hop beats for a new album called “Caged Bird Songs.” Shawn Rivera, the lead singer of R&B group Az Yet, and ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

‘She Blinded Me With Science’ musician becomes teacher

BALTIMORE – Before composing his 1982 synth-pop hit “She Blinded Me With Science,” Thomas Dolby sketched out the story line for the music video. That’s not just rock-and-roll trivia – it’s o...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music