International best-selling author Santa Montefiore writes an epic romance that spans two generations in her new novel, "The Beekeeper's Daughter." Readers are transported back and forth between...

Zac Brown rightly names his new release after a famous, fictional schizophrenic, for few artists in this genre-focused era so openly embrace an eclectic muse. Brown sets the tone immediately on...

Chris Stapleton owns a great, growling bluesman's voice and a sensitive singer-songwriter's heart. He's written hits for Luke Bryan ("Drink a Beer"), Kenny Chesney ("Never Wanted Nothing More"),...

Blues legend B.B. King has died in Las Vegas at age 89, his lawyer says. Attorney Brent Bryson tells The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. PDT Thursday at his...

Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams made magic together more than a decade ago, and now the rapper and producer are doing it again. Snoop Dogg and Williams, who collaborated on the infectious hit...

Blur were Britpop flag-bearers of the 1990s, waging a media-driven battle with Oasis for the musical soul of Cool Britannia. Since that distant era, the band's members have traded the laddish...

Maltese Tenor Nico Darmanin has made it to the finals of the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. In preparation he will be performing the repertoire for the competition at Teatru...

It's a given that pop-rock band Mana will sell out shows wherever they go, whether it's the Staples Center (where they set the mark with 11 sell-out concerts) or in their native Mexico. But what...

America's reigning synthpop king, Passion Pit, is out with a third studio album, "Kindred," a passable offering of tidy little electro ditties. For their heartfelt lyrics, Passion Pit (aka...

This 10-song set is nearly half over before pianist Jon Regen stretches out, launching into an impressive jazzy solo on the title cut. Elsewhere Regen keeps things deceptively simple, and that's...