AP - Rock band The Flaming Lips is headlining an Earth Day concert on the National Mall this weekend, and Chevy Chase is scheduled to help thank thousands who volunteered to improve parks and schools in 10 major cities.
Reuters - Two years ago, Booker T. Jones went to the South by Southwest music conference and ended up performing with his old band and connecting with a new one. -- read full article
AP - President Barack Obama welcomed thousands of children and families to the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, calling it "one of the greatest White House traditions."
AP - Berklee College of Music has announced that R&B legend Smokey Robinson, vocalist Linda Ronstadt and merengue pioneer Juan Luis Guerra will be awarded honorary degrees.
Reuters - Children's music is dominating Ziggy Marley's melody making these days -- both for himself and on behalf of his father, Bob Marley. -- read full article
Reuters - Eccentric music producer Phil Spector was convicted on Monday of murdering a Hollywood actress in 2003, and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. -- read full article
Reuters - Pearl Jam is lining up U.S. concert dates for the second half of the year, including the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco. -- read full article
AP - Three debuting singers added zest to a star-studded reprise of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" that's returned to the Metropolitan Opera in the waning weeks of the season.
AP - Two trials involving one legendary music producer. The first jury couldn't reach an unanimous decision, but the second found Phil Spector guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.