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  • Macy Gray lends raspy voice to others' songs

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After selling 15 million albums worldwide and winning a Grammy over her 12-year career, Macy Gray has taken a break from singing her own songs to channel her unique raspy voice in a new direction - singing favorite tunes by other artists.

    April 11, 2012, 9:27 am

  • Review: Monica's "New Life" sounds sleepy

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former teen R&B queen Monica sounds excessively mature, if not downright snoozy, before her time in "New Life," a virtually all-ballad collection from the 31-year-old.

    April 11, 2012, 5:49 am

  • Questions we ask everyone: Shihad's Tom Larkin

    One of our best known bands Shihad is celebrating the release of the double CD 'The Meanest' with a nationwide tour. We caught up with drummer Tom Larkin to ask him the questions we ask everyone.

    April 10, 2012, 12:41 pm

  • New North American tour for singer Charles Aznavour

    NEW YORK (AFP) - French singer Charles Aznavour is back for a new North American concert tour, and it's not to say farewell.

    April 10, 2012, 11:07 am

  • Barbra Streisand won't sing at Obama's L.A. fund-raiser

    LOS ANGELES, April 8 (TheWrap.com) - Barbra Streisand is still backing President Obama's re-election campaign, but she won't be singing for the president on his next fund-raising stop in Southern California.

    April 9, 2012, 8:36 am

  • Ben Howard aims to conquer U.S. with "Every Kingdom"

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British folk singer Ben Howard admits he initially struggled with his entry onto the U.S. stage at last month's South by Southwest festival in Texas because the reception was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

    April 7, 2012, 6:27 am

  • Kanye West raps of love for Kim Kardashian

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West professed his love for reality TV star Kim Kardashian in a new song leaked online on Thursday, and the pair were spotted out on the town in New York together.

    April 6, 2012, 10:02 am

  • Marshall guitar amp creator dies, aged 88

    LONDON (AFP) - Jim Marshall, the guitar-amp pioneer nicknamed "the Father of Loud", has died aged 88, his company's website announced on Thursday.

    April 6, 2012, 9:19 am

  • Beyonce shares family photos on new fan website

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B superstar Beyonce gave fans some insight into her private life on Thursday with the relaunch of her website, featuring intimate snapshots of her daily routines the singer has carefully shielded from the public until now.

    April 6, 2012, 7:09 am

  • London music fest gambles on little-known Nancarrow

    LONDON (Reuters) - Avant garde rock star Frank Zappa said his music sounded like "bionic ragtime", the U.S. government considered him an unwelcome communist and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's soldiers wanted to kill him.

    April 6, 2012, 6:47 am

  • Kanye West raps of love for Kim Kardashian in 'Theraflu'

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West rarely stays under the radar for long, and he was grabbing headlines again on Thursday after professing his love for reality TV star Kim Kardashian in a new song leaked online.

    April 6, 2012, 5:54 am

  • French rocker eyes comeback after brush with death

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday, a legend in his homeland, is gearing up for a comeback tour two years after a health scare which nearly killed him in his adopted home of Los Angeles.

    April 6, 2012, 3:07 am

  • Houston drowned in very hot water, cocaine in system

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston drowned in a hot bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room with cocaine in her system and white powder nearby, a final coroner's report revealed on Wednesday.

    April 5, 2012, 2:23 pm

  • White powder found in Whitney Houston's bathroom

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - White powder was found in the Beverly Hills hotel bathroom where singer Whitney Houston drowned accidentally in a bathtub from the effects of cocaine in February, according to the full coroner's report released on Wednesday.

    April 5, 2012, 1:48 pm

  • Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" to become movie

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - From the classic western "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" to the painful ego-trip that was "Masked and Anonymous," Bob Dylan has a pretty extensive, if varied, movie resume for a rock star.

    April 5, 2012, 12:34 pm

  • Cocaine found in Whitney Houston's bathroom

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - White powder, later determined to be cocaine, was found in the Beverly Hills hotel bathroom where singer Whitney Houston drowned accidentally in a bathtub in February, according to the full coroner's report released on Wednesday.

    April 5, 2012, 10:52 am

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