Dear Jody, Jonah, Ann and Nitsuh, My system is still working overtime to process turkey, lamb, yule log, liqueurs, oysters, cookies, and wine—when your birthday and Xmas are a couple of days apart, ...

The music genres of heavy metal and rock are filled with talented bands, and many of them had big years in 2011. The following 10 acts are nominees in the 2011 Loudwire Music Awards category for ...

Some songwriters minced no words. Here’s Merrill Garbus: “My country, ‘tis of thee/ Sweet land of liberty/ How come I cannot see my future within your arms? …/ At the Salvation army making us all ...

Lykke Li performs during the Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 6th, 2011. Thanks to Bat for Lashes, Fever Ray, and Zola Jesus, the pagan chanteuse has emerged as a major force ...

Jenner shared the clip to Instagram on Sunday, Oct. 19 Kris Jenner/Instagram Kris Jenner has got some moves! In a video posted on Instagram on Sunday, Oct. 19, Kris, 69, performed a sultry dance to ...

As the frontman of Scottish folk rock Stealers Wheel, Gerry Rafferty sang the immortal classic "Stuck In The Middle With You." The trippy song reached Number Six on the Billboard Hot 100, but many ...

As with most years spent in New Orleans, 2011 was full of great live music, from big festivals to small clubs and everything in between. It’s tough to remember everything I saw with clarity (I ...

Music's perhaps the easiest art form to argue about, and 2011 in particular was a good year for big debates in pop, rock, and rap. Does modern music have a defining sound? Is it a problem if it ...

The annual Music in the Parks series is something Andrew Ward of the Flint Institute of Music looks forward to each year. After 21 years, he said, Mary Margaret St. John’s vision of bringing music to ...

How does the saying go? "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Overquoted, tossed off and attributed to the likes of Elvis Costello, Steve Martin and Frank Zappa, there might be ...