Clapton says thank you to Cale with ‘The Breeze’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For Eric Clapton, the early 1970s were filled with drug addiction, personal difficulties and growing dissatisfaction with music. Singer-songwriter JJ Cale rescu...

Kitten’s debut album is synth heaven

Kitten, “Kitten” (Elektra) The debut album from rising band Kitten will have you purring. The Los Angeles-based group’s self-titled release is full of synth pop anthems...

Sunrise at Purgatory

Music in the Mountains celebrates contemporary music

Musician’s infamous road goes on and on

Robert Earl Keen celebrating musical milestones in 2014

Bringing home the Bacon

Durango band kicking off debut album with concert

‘Weird Al’ on his weirdly successful week in music

LOS ANGELES – Attention pop stars: If “Weird Al” Yankovic shows up at your concert or has tracked down your personal email address, you’re likely his next parody conquest. Such wa...

Trent Reznor contemplates the future, the road

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Trent Reznor is in a race with technology, from the way he presents his music to fans on the road to how he approaches his job as chief creative officer at Beats Electroni...

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies at 70 in Zurich

GENEVA – Texas blues legend Johnny Winter emblazoned himself into the world’s consciousness with his tattooed arms churning out lightning-fast guitar riffs and his striking long white hair f...

Ron Howard to direct new Beatles documentary

Beatles fans can look forward to a new film documenting the Fab Four’s early years as a touring band. It was announced Wednesday that Apple Corps Ltd., White Horse Pictures and Im...

At Elvis Fest, impersonations are reverent tribute

LAS VEGAS – The white-suited, chest hair-baring, blue contact-wearing men posing with fans outside the showroom of the former Las Vegas Hilton don’t want to be called Elvis impersonators. ...

Extra 'Carmen' performance added by Santa Fe Opera

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Santa Fe Opera has added another performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” to the final week of its current season. General Manager Charles MacKay said an Aug. 18 perfo...

Dolly Parton wants to record dance track

Just when you think you’ve seen it all. The country diva has decided to toss her cowboy hat in the EDM ring, starting with a song, “Just a Wee Bit Gay,” reports Billboard;http://w...