Barbra Streisand, "Partners" (Sony)   Barbra Streisand's "Partners" isn't just about star-powered duets, but partnerships of love and family. It's a love...

U2, "Songs of Innocence" (Interscope)   Everything about U2's new album is unexpected. Like its very existence, for one, after the Irish rock band dropped it on iTunes users...

Sergio Mendes, "Magic" (Okeh)   Sergio Mendes continues his mission of spreading the joy of Brazilian music to a global audience on new album "Magic."   That...

Chances are you haven't heard these Johnny Mathis albums — but that will change.   The 78-year-old singer is dropping a 13-CD box set of unsuccessful commercial albums released...

Bart and Lisa Simpson, Chief Wiggum and son Ralph, bartender Moe and Apu from Kwik-E-Mart celebrated 25 years of "The Simpsons" in Hollywood on Friday.   Those characters are...

Chris and Moira is now 20 years old and they are getting younger. They have celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of their fourth album ninety nights and a Monday, went on a European tour...

Late singer Amy Winehouse has been honored on what would have been her 31st birthday with a life-size statue in her beloved Camden Town neighborhood of north London.   Winehouse's many...

Robert Plant has been a lifelong rambler with almost no interest in returning home to Great Britain. These days, though, he's as snug as a hobbit in his hole in his native country after returning...

Even Merle Haggard gets nervous about stepping onto a stage when the audience is filled with songwriters, record label executives and fellow artists.   "Well, it's glorious but...

Lee Brice, "I Don't Dance" (Curb)   On Lee Brice's third album, "I Don't Dance," he furthers his reputation as the most sensitive of the ball cap-bedecked...