Associated Press Music Writers Mesfin Fekadu and Chris Talbott pick their top 10 albums of the year.   Mesfin Fekadu's picks (twitter.com/MusicMesfin):   1. Ariana...

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Sophie DeBattista, an emerging singer/songwriter who is originally from Malta and lives in South East London, has made it through to the Grand Final of the national music competition Open Mic UK! She...

Jake Owen, "Days Of Gold" (RCA)   Since his first album in 2006, Jake Owens has struggled to separate himself from the deluge of good-time male rockers to emerge in country music...

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Britney Spears, "Britney Jean" (RCA Records)   You want to release a good album? You better work harder, chick.   A lot harder.   Britney Spears' latest...

Garth Brooks, "Blame It All On My Roots" (Pearl)   Garth Brooks offers fans a Christmas gift with a discount-priced box set that takes another look back rather than moving...

When Eric Clapton returned to the studio in 1974 after a long break from recording and performing because of heroin addiction, he embarked on a rebirth as an artist with three major albums that...

Dig in and dig it, Duane Allman completists (you know who you are). The seven-CD set "Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective" doesn't include every note Allman ever played, but it...

One Direction, "Midnight Memories" (Columbia)   What's the mother of the average American tween to do as the holidays approach? Miley has twerked her way out of the stocking,...