Music News

  • Stephen Stills mining archives "in pieces"

    DETROIT (Billboard) - For rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Stephen Stills, this fall's pair of archival releases are part of a master plan that will lead to a full-scale boxed set of potentially mammoth proportions.

    October 24, 2009, 2:07 pm
  • Beyonce, Maxwell, Keri Hilson lead Soul Train noms

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - With four nominations each, Beyonce, Keri Hilson and Maxwell head the list of nominees for the Soul Train Awards.

    October 24, 2009, 1:43 pm
  • Carly Simon has "good time" revisiting old songs

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Carly Simon recorded her new album, "Never Been Gone," at her Martha's Vineyard compound, and she delivers intriguing twists on her hits ("You're So Vain," "Anticipation") and other songs from past albums, as well as two new tunes.

    October 24, 2009, 1:04 pm
  • Billboard CD reviews: Air, Devendra Banhart

    ARTIST: AIR

    October 24, 2009, 1:02 pm
  • Billboard singles reviews: Norah Jones, Timbaland

    ARTIST: NORAH JONES

    October 24, 2009, 12:57 pm
  • Peter Fonda motors on 40 years after "Easy Rider"

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Forty years ago, actor Peter Fonda flew down America's highways on a motorcycle in counterculture classic "Easy Rider." So what better way to celebrate the film's anniversary than with a bunch of bikers?

    October 24, 2009, 12:12 pm
  • Rapper Kanye West cleared in airport scuffle

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Friday cleared rapper Kanye West of criminal charges following a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport last year, pending his completion of community service, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney said.

    October 24, 2009, 11:54 am
  • Justin Timberlake gets stay away order against woman

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Friday granted Grammy award-winning singer Justin Timberlake a temporary restraining order against a woman he said was "an obsessed, mentally unstable stalker" who broke into his home.

    October 24, 2009, 11:53 am
  • Rapper Kanye West cleared in airport scuffle

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Friday cleared rapper Kanye West of criminal charges following a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport last year, pending his completion of community service, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney said.

    October 24, 2009, 9:06 am