AP - Trey Anastasio probably wouldn't be confused with a folk act, even if the former frontman for the jam band Phish stepped on stage solo with an acoustic guitar. The same goes for the Black Crowes, whose bluesy guitar-driven rock would easily drown out the average acoustic troubadour.
Reuters - With his new album, "Tha Carter
III," poised to debut at No. 1 on next week's Billboard 200,
rapper Lil Wayne begins a fifth week atop the Hot 100 singles
chart with "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. -- read full article
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:19:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Blood-splattered videos for R&B
singer-songwriter Ashanti's single "The Way That I Love You"
sparked a protest by demonstrators in Los Angeles, prompting
the artist and Universal Records to remove the clips from the
Internet.
Reuters - R&B star R. Kelly's child pornography
trial went to the jury on Thursday with prosecutors calling him
a sexual predator and his attorneys saying he is wrongly
accused and possibly the victim of an extortion plot.
AP - Prosecutors wrapped up their child pornography case Thursday against R. Kelly the same way they began it a month ago: by playing for jurors the entire graphic sex tape at the center of the trial.
Reuters - Grammy-winning musician Peter Gabriel
believes the Internet has drowned users with too much choice,
failed to democratize the pop industry as much as was hoped and
eroded the quality of what people listen to.
Reuters - Atlantic Records sued two members of
the alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots on Thursday,
accusing them of trying to prematurely end their recording
contract with the Warner Music Group label. -- read full article
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:13:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: The man on trial himself.
