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Fulfilling a ‘Teenage Dream’: Katy Perry to host MTV VMAs

NEW YORK – Get ready to roar with Katy Perry at the MTV Video Music Awards: The pop star is hosting the show next month. MTV announced Thursday that Perry will host the Aug. 27 ev...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Linkin Park singer’s widow opens about husband’s death

NEW YORK – The widow of late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington says she’s feeling the love from the rocker’s fans but she’s also feeling the loss. Talinda Bennington said in a...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it

LOS ANGELES - So, finally, at 73, Randy Newman has written a straightforward, autobiographical love song, right? “She Chose Me,” a ballad on “Dark Matter,” his first album in nine years, ope...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

D.L. Menard, Cajun music ambassador, dies at 85

NEW ORLEANS – D.L. Menard, whose song “The Back Door” is among the most popular in Cajun music, is dead at the age of 85. Menard died Thursday at his home in Scott, Louisiana, Lou...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music in the Mountains welcomes violist Jiah Kyun

As the daughter of a South Korean diplomat, Jiah Kyun (pronounced GEE-a Ken) studied and performed in countries all over the world before arriving in the United States. Kyun, 30,...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Dolores celebrates Escalante Days and Nights

Western theme and outdoor education offer many events

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dead heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio to tour as hologram

Late heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio is set to tour again in hologram form. Rolling Stone reports the “Dio Returns” world tour kicks off in Helsinki on Nov. 30 and comes to the ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Taraji P. Henson to host Black Girls Rock honoring Issa Rae

NEW YORK – Taraji P. Henson will host BET’s 2017 Black Girls Rock Awards honoring “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae and others. BET said the Oscar nominee and “Empire” actress ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

For Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Prince is the one influence that reigns above all

After Prince died in April of last year, Britt Daniel bought a mammoth collection of unreleased Prince songs off eBay. The fidelity wasn’t always great and its origins were questionable, but...

DATE: Jul 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Jersey Boys’ nostalgia fades, but the ‘Hit Men’ play on

CRANFORD, N.J. – Five years ago, some musicians who had played with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons during his comeback in the 1970s rounded up some of their friends, slicked back what ha...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Last duet: Kenny, Dolly announce final performance together

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two of country music’s biggest stars, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, whose onstage chemistry spawned hit duets like “Islands in the Stream” and “Real Love,” will be making...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Beijing says no to Justin Bieber over past ‘bad behavior’

BEIJING – China’s capital says it won’t be inviting Justin Bieber to perform in the country because of his past “bad behavior,” although it did concede that the Canadian singer has talent. ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music