Reuters - Veteran rapper Nas is on course
to notch his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when data
are issued Wednesday, but sales will likely be considerably
lower than those for his previous release. -- read full article
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser
has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been
out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on
iTunes' editors' picks list. -- read full article
Reuters - The left-of-center pairing of
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz
icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career
milestones on their respective belts.
Reuters - Country star Miranda Lambert says
she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale
"Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on
Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Reuters - After moving nearly 3 million copies
of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock
band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album,
"Take It to the Limit." -- read full article
Reuters - David Byrne is hitting the road in
the fall, but not with Brian Eno. Although one of the three
announced shows touts Eno's participation with the billing "The
Songs of Talking Heads' David Byrne and Roxy Music founder
Brian Eno," Byrne's publicist said Eno was not involved in the
outing.
AP - Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim.
AP - Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary.
AP - James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested.
