Music

Cliburn's friends, colleagues on what his passing means for competition

FORT WORTH, Texas - The drama traditionally has begun a few days before the opening performance of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, when the young competitors first convene in Fort Worth.

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Darius Rucker rides 'Wagon Wheel' to top of charts

Darius Rucker is a fan of Old Crow Medicine Show, but says he didn't really get what was so infectious about the string band's signature hit "Wagon Wheel" at first.

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Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole

A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.

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Georges Moustaki, who penned for Piaf, dies

Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other French stars, has died at age 79.

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Jazz symphony looks at Chicago River's momentous reversal

CHICAGO - It was called the "seventh engineering wonder of the world," a herculean effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River.
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Obama honors Carole King at White House concert

President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times.
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Emails show AEG lawyer called Jackson a 'freak'

A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed.
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Sammy Hagar faces appeal of tossed defamation case

A former Playboy bunny who claims Sammy Hagar fathered her now-deceased child is appealing a ruling that dismissed her lawsuit against the former Van Halen frontman.
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'Idol' winner rolling out debut album in July

Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album.
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Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library

Shakespeare, the Magna Carta - and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics.
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X's Exene Cervenka and John Doe remember Ray Manzarek

LOS ANGELES - The music that keyboardist Ray Manzarek made as part of the Doors helped define the 1960s, and also was a crucial part of the Southern California music scene in the latter half of that decade. Two generations of L.A. music met in the late 1970s when Manzarek connected with punk band...