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Beck adds some substance to his digital style
| Beck is a living, breathing iPod playlist in random shuffle mode. | No other artist so ably exemplifies the mash-up, cut-and-pas...

The classics redux
Even the music industry takes a summer holiday. That's why there are fewer big new releases in stores and online these days. | But...

CDs out today
By John Wenzel | The Denver PostArticle Last Updated: 07/07/2008 11:58:05 PM MDT | Beck, "Modern Guilt" (Interscope) Early re...

Listen Up: G-Unit
| "T.O.S.: Terminate On Sight" (G-Unit/Interscope) | With its hard-core, synth-heavy beats, "T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight," G-Unit's...

Rothbury opens with broad bill: Snoop Dogg, Jakob Dylan, Of Montreal and more
| ROTHBURY, MICH. � ��The early bird gets the worm, huh?,�� Jakob Dylan said as he got the second day of the inaugural Rothbury fe...

Lionsgate pacts with indie label Narnack -
| By Cortney Harding 14 minutes ago | NEW YORK (Billboard) - Lionsgate Entertainment has announced an innovative distribution and ...

"Time" is right for R&B singer-songwriter Gourdin -
| By Gail Mitchell 37 minutes ago | LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Before signing his major-label contract, Noel Gourdin caught the att...

RZA, Los Lonely Boys have new CDs
| NEW YORK - RZA as Bobby Digital, “Digi Snacks” | Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA returns for a third time to his Bobby Digital a...

Billboard CD reviews: Beck, G-Unit -
| 23 minutes ago | NEW YORK (Billboard) - Because his records so rarely sound like anyone's but his own, it's easy to forg...

Music Review: Jean Grae shows some promise -
| By BRETT JOHNSON, For The Associated Press 20 minutes ago | Jean Grae, "Jeanius" (Blacksmith Records/ Warner Bros.) | For most i...

Music Review: Beck returns with sullen words on CD -
| By SOLVEJ SCHOU, Associated Press Writer 42 minutes ago | Beck, "Modern Guilt" (Geffen) | In 1994, Beck was a baby-faced 24-year...

Avett Bros. sign with legendary producer
Current label owner staying as Concord band's manager | By Courtney Devores | Special to the Observer | Photos by Crackerfarm From...

Free Natty download
| As Natty prepares to release his much-anticipated debut album, Man Like I, Times Online brings you a free EP download. | Already...

Dizzee Rascal tops singles charts
| Hip-hop artist Dizzee Rascal has debuted at the top of the singles charts with his song Dance Wive Me. | The East Londoner dethr...

Doctor Who: a musical force?
Dr Who has inspired an amazing raft of music from sometimes unlikely sources. But is any of it any good? | Delia Derbyshire on the...

Brother J
| At tonight's installment of Vibation, a night at Church that features DJ Bradford James's mix of Afro-beat, neo-soul, and hip-ho...

IDENTIFIED Vanessa Hudgens
| IDENTIFIED | Vanessa Hudgens | While the second installment of High School Musical was extremely successful, that might not be t...

Inspiring people
| Sheldon Blackman and The Love Circle fuse music genres into one glorious blend. | SHELDON Blackman of the group The Love Circle ...

Michael Franti Does Politics, Impressions at Rothbury
| Throughout his late-afternoon Rothbury set with Spearhead, Michael Franti displayed a knack for impressions that would put Dave ...

Music: Ratatat's 'LP3'
| (XL Recordings) | If Brian Eno and Pink Floyd had worked on making a soundtrack to the future, it would, no doubt, sound like "L...

George Michael through the years
| You'd be perfectly within your rights to have forgotten that George Michael has a shred of talent. In the last 10 years, he's ha...

Spin control
ALT-FOLK | Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop) Though their wardrobe, beards and burgeoning following are all in step with the le...

When & Where: Yaz performance dates, Manhattan
| ÂLost’ book club has makings of a novel idea | What would a "Lost" book club be like? Would it be one of those nice grou...

New Recordings
| Pop | Jean Grae | (Blacksmith Music ***) | Underground hip-hop heads have long sung the praises of Jean Grae, but the rapper's f...

Whose song will always remind us of the summer of 2008?
| By Dan DeLuca | Inquirer Music Critic Everybody's got a personal playlist of summer songs. It might have Frank Sinatra's "Summer...

'I'm not humble, but I'm modest.'
In his new memoir, Broadway composer Charles Strouse, 80, looks back on success ("Bye Bye Birdie"), failure ("Nick and Nora"), and...

CD Reviews
ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. | ?Como Te Llama? | Indie-Rock | Sun Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 | Strokes of impatience? Perhaps. Afro-coiffed gui...

'70s and '90s music legends, and some new blood, too
| "BIG BLUE BALL," Peter Gabriel (Real World) | For a few years in the early- to mid-1990s, Peter Gabriel would routinely open the...

Warped Tour's universal language is loud
| "Red Headed Stranger" braids, real and souvenir, gave way to mohawks and faux hawks Saturday as the Vans Warped Tour took over t...

Download this
| See if you can follow this labyrinth of details: Iranian-American DJ K-Salaam, a former Rhymesayers cohort who left Minneapolis ...

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Entertainment

For better or worse, opera supertitles endure
| During a long career in North America, Lotfi Mansouri, the Iranian-born opera director and manager...

Scalpers fee for free Bon Jovi concert in Central Park: Up to $1,500 a pair
| NEW YORK - Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some ...

Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert
The Associated Press | ...

Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert
The Associated Press | AP Photo Rocker Jon Bon Jovi meets James and Lisa Williams during a walking t...

Supermodel's Emotional Testimony
By SHARYN ALFONSI and LEE FERRAN | July 8, 2008 | FONT SIZE | Christie Brinkley was all smiles as sh...

Intel and DreamWorks go to the movies -
| By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET 33 minutes ago | Intel and DreamWorks Animation SKG announced Tuesday a str...

What's Coming to Network TV This Fall? It's Anyone's Guess
By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY | July 8, 2008 | FONT SIZE | There are few combinations the networks hat...

McConaughey's Girlfriend Has Baby Boy
July 8, 2008 | FONT SIZE | Camilla Alves and actor Matthew McConaughey have a baby boy. Alves gave b...

Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert -
| 13 minutes ago | NEW YORK - Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn...

Dreamworks to use Intel technology for 3-D movies -
| 1 hour, 4 minutes ago | NEW YORK (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from ...

Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert
| Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers fr...

Exercise helps fight cancer
| The standard weapons in the fight against cancer - surgery, chemotherapy and radiation - may soon ...

Local wildlife expert hosts "Greatest American Dog" on CBS
| Until now, Jarod Miller has been a big fish in the relatively small pond of syndicated and cable T...

Anger as 11 BBC fat cats take home 16% pay rise totalling �700,000 despite year ...
| BBC chiefs have been criticised for pocketing huge pay rises despite a disastrous year for the cor...

Ex-official: Cheney wanted testimony deletions
| Former EPA adviser says VP's office was wary of linking climate, health | Dennis Cook / AP> | WASH...

U.S., Czech Republic sign missile agreement
| Countries agree defense shield will be based in the former Soviet territory | BREAKING NEWS | PRAG...