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Shorter, slimmer styles have finally come to Los Angeles.

Doc Watson, a master storyteller, was one of the pioneering artists of roots-conscious Americana.

Doug Dillard played with his brothers in the bluegrass group, performed as a solo artist and collaborated with numerous other country, bluegrass, rock and pop musicians.

The Beastie Boys’ cultural and musical impact went far beyond their 1986 album ‘Licensed to Ill,’ which was powered by the anthem ‘(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!). In later years, Yauch became a leading advocate for Tibetan independence.

Levon Helm’s Arkansas-hewn voice and imaginative drumming helped make the Band — first known as Bob Dylan’s backup band — into one of the most esteemed groups in pop music history.

The music impresario whose ‘American Bandstand’ put rock music in the mainstream was also known to millions as a New Year’s Eve tradition.

Marshall provided the gritty roar for Jimi Hendrix, Motley Crue and even the fictional Spinal Tap.

Moebius’ signature became shorthand for singular and strange visions in comics. The French artist also contributed to the look of films such as ‘Alien’ and ‘Tron.’

Playlists to take you higher, lower or farther, offered by Amina Khan, singer-songwriter-producer Rico Love, KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad and L.A. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts.

The former Blink-182 drummer’s star has risen in the hip-hop sky, with help from YouTube. His latest project is the duo TRV$DJAM.

The singer is found unresponsive at the Beverly Hilton hours before Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy Awards party. Once a ruler of the pop charts, Houston had seen addiction take a toll on her success.

At 84, the oldest working sound engineer in the film industry lends his expertise to the ‘Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’ soundtrack.

The Grammy-winning musician’s interests included jazz, Latin and pop music, and he released more than 50 albums under his name.

The new box set includes conversations and recordings from the Beach Boys’ work on the mid-1960s project.

He’s taken direction from Kenneth Branagh, Terence Davies and Joss Whedon in the last two years, but the most memorable part of the ride was working with Steven Spielberg on ‘War Horse.’

Similes, metaphors, memorable characters and lyrics — it’s all there in the singer-songwriter’s notebooks. Here, he talks about birthing his first new album in seven years — ‘Bad as Me.’

After drummer Travis Barker’s brush with death, he, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge put aside differences and reunite.

Jane’s Addiction has a turbulent past, but with ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins have broken free of their troubles.

The composer came late to the L.A. noir film, which already had five songs locked into it, but the resulting soundtrack album has become a surprise chart-topper.

Singer and banjo player Wade Mainer was known by some as ‘the godfather of North Carolina country music.’ He was one of the most influential and popular figures in early country music.

Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Paul Simon and Pete Townshend credit Bert Jansch’s effect on their music and celebrate his virtuosic playing and evocative songwriting.

Musicians will hold a benefit to help the jazz singer with medical bills.

Leiber and Stoller’s first No. 1 hit was Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog.’ They also wrote for the Coasters, the Drifters, Ben E. King and many other artists. A popular musical based on their songs, ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe,’ opened on Broadway in 1995.

After a rough patch, the veteran L.A. band is back with a new guitarist and a new album due out this month.

‘She’s got a special way,’ Herbie Hancock says of the singer-songwriter. He’s on the ‘Joni’s Jazz’ bill with Wayne Shorter, Kurt Elling and many others.

Glyndebourne Festival maintains a tradition of fine operatic theater and bucolic picnicking.

The politically active rockers are headlining the L.A. Rising festival. And yes, they still have some radical messages to deliver.

Once, pop buzzed with energy. Now, that momentum has been overwhelmed by its past, fueled by reissues, revivals and recycling. Here’s hoping a massive jolt reshapes music’s future.

He used to go by the moniker Smog, but now the singer and songwriter is clearly focused on themes of rugged individualism and other American myths.

Artist Steve Roden combines found old pictures, recordings and text to create his new CD, “... i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces.�

First, Mark Foster & Co.’s bouncy single ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ went viral. Then its album ‘Torches’ hit the Top 10. It’s left it the hottest band in L.A. Now, about that court case …

Composer Marvin Hamlisch is putting on a show as the new principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops. For him, the music is the most important part of the performance, but there’s more to give an audience.

Around the Sunset Strip, Venice and UCLA in the 1960s, he was admired as an untamed practitioner of ‘outsider art.’ He struggled with mental illness all his life.

He combined social and political commentary with spoken words and musical grooves in ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ and other songs.

The pop star first found fame as a singer and later, as a producer and songwriter for other artists. He continued to work in the music industry throughout his life and was recently in the process of creating another album.

For a quintet of piano virtuosos, coming to Orange County to perform Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Mussorgsky, classical music skill is all in the family.

The company founded in 1999 appealed to artists, athletes and musicians such as Kobe Bryant and Kanye West. ‘They almost created a new genre in sportswear,’ one industry leader said.

The hook-loving pop star with a party-girl image is also an accomplished songwriter. Her ‘Get Sleazy’ tour’ hits L.A., and she is carefully plotting her next move.

Young bands including Animal Collective, Blues Control and others are incorporating sounds from the much disparaged genre.

Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü writes in ‘See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody’ of his problematic childhood, his indie band’s experience and his belated coming out as a homosexual.

The media-shy artist’s austere fifth album, ‘Wit’s End,’ journeys to darker places.

Bernard Greenhouse, cellist and founding member of chamber music group Beaux Arts Trio, dies at 95

Her new album is called ‘Hard Bargain,’ but at 64, the singer-songwriter seems at ease with her life thus far.

She and Union Station record an emotional 11-song cycle based on her life.

The festival attempts to prevent gate-crashing and combat counterfeiting with a perimeter fence, police checkpoints, encrypted wristbands — even private investigators.

Hazel Dickens, raised in poverty in the West Virginia coal country, formed a popular singing duo with Alice Gerrard before continuing as a solo artist. She was a lifelong advocate for miners, the poor and women, causes that infused her music.

Black Flag’s former frontman Keith Morris rages on in Off!, with band mates Dimitri Coats, Steven McDonald and Mario Rubalcaba set to light a punk-rock fire in Indio.

Roger Nichols worked with many other artists, but his association with Steely Dan produced six of his seven Grammy awards.

Brother-and-sister pop duo the Belle Brigade seem born to perform together.

Danny and Tiffany Preston step it up with ‘Boys and Diamonds.’ They headline Friday at the Echoplex.

In Christopher Nolan’s fertile mind, dreams and CGI merge with reality and complex live action. The result: ‘Inception.’

She was just 15 when she recorded Motown Records’ first No. 1 pop single in 1961. The group had six Top 20 singles, including ‘Beachwood 4-5789,’ ‘Don’t Mess With Bill’ and ‘Playboy.’

Social Distortion’s new album, ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,’ makes clear frontman Mike Ness’ creative evolution as a punk rocker trying to do right by his family.

Where to see big bands in the Southland

Mumford & Sons, which performed on the Sunday telecast, has seen a huge sales jump in just one day. It’s the same for Grammy winners the Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum and Esperanza Spalding.

The quartet from Mexico City was nominated for Latin Grammys and is on the radar north of the border.

The indie band scores an upset for album of the year.

African blues, Indian drumming, Old Hollywood strings, bluegrass harmony — even wildebeests — are present on ‘So Beautiful or So What.’

When Hollywood performers are done recording soundtracks for film and singers, they are playing in big bands around town. They help give L.A. a vibrant music scene.

The composer, 81, is wrapping a seven-installment ‘American Songbook’ for female voice, some of which will be performed in coming months.

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Mumford & Sons and Metallica collaborated on ‘See My Friends.’

The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter finds the perfect fit with producers and it’s a hit with fans.

Some, whether frustrated with hip-hop or just looking to experiment, are mixing their delivery.

With band visionary Kevin Barnes sensing a staleness creeping in, he and his creative team devised their most free-form stage show yet to support the soulful new album ‘False Priest.’

Promoters of the Coachella festival have teamed with design-minded collaborators, including the creators of some of U2’s concert sets, to turn various stages into an artistic, live-show extravaganza.

The comedian gets rough and raunchy right out of the gate. Some at the award show give back in kind.

The bandleader’s exhausting pace and ambition led to the improbable solo album ‘Alexander.’

The elite musician and producer doesn’t bare enough of his soul in his often engaging musical memoir.

Randy Randall and Dean Spunt’s most ambitious album yet, ‘Everything In Between,’ finds the artsy L.A. duo on heavy ground.

The Fellowship Band featuring Brian Blade Who: Melvin Butler on tenor and soprano sax, Myron Walden on bass clarinet and alto sax, pianist/keyboardist Jon Cowherd, bassist Chris Thomas and guitarist Jeff Parker Where: Zipper Hall, Colburn School, 200 S.

His practice of having white singers record black artists’ hits is credited by some with helping black musicians — and early rock music — break into the commercial mainstream.

One of the genre’s major stars in the 1970s, the ‘Cool Ruler’ had a polished sound and lyrics that focused on tales of love. He was also known for his designer suits and an outlaw persona that included cocaine addiction.

The band emerges from a dark period (including a scrapped record) with a danceable album inspired by frontman Gerard Way’s comic-book ideas.

Brian Blade, Steve Smith and Allison Miller bridge musical worlds by drawing on such influences as Bob Dylan, gospel and Indian ragas.

Music for ‘The King’s Speech,’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ ‘127 Hours’ and ‘Inception’ are also nominated. Four songs are cited.

The indie rocker comes to L.A. on a tour of unusual venues (and sans the Pharmacists) ‘to get out alone and clear my head.’

Recent award shows have seens stars dressing down (People’s Choice), playing it safe (Oscars) and pulling stunts (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry). Will Sunday’s Golden Globes be different?

The hip-hop sensation with the assorted alter egos and costume changes aims to give fans a taste of the true Nicki Minaj.

The British singer’s career is rising rapidly thanks to a powerful voice that can shift among blues, rock and soul. Now if she can just conquer those nerves.

A composer whose patiently developing musical architecture is not properly appreciated receives attention from the L.A. Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony.

He and his band never sold many records, but their work was critically acclaimed, especially the album ‘Trout Mask Replica.’ He was also an abstract painter.

The singer and her band put out a hit album, their first in nine years, in February but aren’t touring behind it until next year. Oh, and after nine years of vegetarianism, she’s eating meat again.

The 1970s Bay Area group backed Elvis Costello on his critically acclaimed debut album, ‘My Aim Is True.’ Ciambotti later worked as a session musician and chiropractor.

His credits include composing music for ‘Dragnet’ and ‘Lassie.’ He also worked on series such as ‘Have Gun-Will Travel,’ ‘Rawhide,’ ‘The Twilight Zone,’ ‘The Untouchables’ and ‘Wagon Train.’

A study of Grammy data for the top three performance categories over more than 50 years shows that white men have dominated over the years, as have natives of California and New York. And rock and pop were the dominant genre winners.

The duo, influenced by pop, jazz, folk, soul and punk, plays the Wiltern on Saturday.

The closets of three busy women yield tips for getting rid of little-worn items and keeping more of what works.

With the music industry in free fall, musicians turn to corporate advertising and product placement to promote their work.

Journalist Dan Charnas’ detailed and colorful account of hip-hop history and its fusion of art and commerce is a must-read for fans of the music industry.

The real-life School of Rock teaches young musicians how to jam.

After winning a Tony Award, the Eastside indie rocker and creative force behind the Negro Problem returns to his native L.A. for two shows.

He co-founded the R&B-doo-wop group the Moonglows, whose first single was the 1954 hit ‘Sincerely,’ and was an early mentor of Marvin Gaye.

Over his long career, he wrote biographies, memoirs, novels and criticism for diverse publications about a broad range of subjects, from baseball to popular music.

One of the genre’s most ardent advocates, he founded the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, was the host of popular jazz shows on NPR and profiled musicians for CBS’ ‘Sunday Morning’ show.

The composer and keyboard player, who performs Friday at the El Rey, explores the space between noise and structure.

David Fanshawe, composer who collected endangered music, dies at 68; Hwang Yau-tai, popular Chinese composer, dies at 97

The director’s 32nd feature film, which will screen at the Toronto film fest, looks at people who have touched the other side of death.

At KFAC, KUSC and other stations, Dixon was known for his mellow baritone and keeping his authoritative commentary to a minimum. He was considered L.A.’s longest running radio host.

The composer’s works have moved past the controversy to be ubiquitous and vital.

Known as the First Lady of Latin Jazz, Graciela sang salsa and bolero songs with Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra in the 1940s.

When I was in college, I hated Richard Nixon.

Members have come and gone, but the band, featuring the daughters of music industry veterans, has a new album out and is ready for its next shot.

The conductor and composer remains steps ahead of established music thinking, but some institutions are finally beginning to follow his path.

The virtuoso will take the podium at the Hollywood Bowl this week. Other musicians who have transitioned to conducting say his musicianship may suffer.

Today, stagings of ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’ blast into science fiction, the Industrial Age or Achim Freyer-like Brechtianism. Programmers cheer, but audiences don’t always.

The singer’s recent Staples Center concert creates magical moments for a father and daughter.

The singer performed often at New York’s Met and toured throughout Europe. Later she taught young opera singers in Arkansas and San Francisco.

Langridge studied at the Royal Academy of Music and had roles in numerous operas, including Strauss’ ‘Capriccio,’ ‘Peter Grimes’ and ‘Das Rheingold.’

It is the West Coast premiere and only the second staged production in North America.

The Eduard Schmieder-powered festival spotlighting international musicians builds toward a showcase concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

It’s his band — even if he quit it once. And he takes full responsibility for it.

Conflicting stories between management and musicians on conductor Jorge Mester’s exit add to the strain of a company trying to dig itself out of debt.

The drama about artist Mark Rothko and the musical about the 1950s music industry win, as do Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ‘Fences,’ also a winner for best revival.

Chesnutt, who was paralyzed after a 1983 car crash, was known for creating poetic, melancholy music. He died from an intentional overdose of prescription muscle relaxants, a family spokesman said.

He was perhaps best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio but also played with Jimmy Dorsey and Ella Fitzgerald during his long and varied career.

Violinist Daniel Hope is a passionate champion of composers who were victims of the Nazis.

Sam Worthington models Payless, George Clooney shows polish, Morgan Freeman steps lively.

The rock festival thrives as other parts of the music industry falter.

McLaren was a restless cultural entrepreneur and talent spotter whose ears were attuned to the discontented undercurrents, both in popular music and in British society, that gave rise to punk.

A memorial service for film and TV composer- arranger Nathan Scott, who died Feb. 27 at age 94, will be held at 11 a.m.

Hunting for a record deal won’t cut it anymore. Modern bands are focusing more on the Internet, looking for film soundtrack opportunities and piggy-backing album sales on designer T-shirts.

His covers for “Conan� paperbacks and others in the 1960s set the standard for sword-and-sorcery-genre artwork.

Virtuoso extends his mastery of piano keyboard to that of a computer keyboard with his blog.

He was just 16 when he burst from the Memphis music scene in 1967 singing ‘The Letter’ in the smoke-gravel voice of a grizzled soul man. Later, he inspired the alternative-rock world with Big Star.

Husband of singer Cleo Laine was a sax player, bandleader and composer. Together they founded a musical education charity and a theater near London.

He was co-leader of the Bayreuth opera festival from 1951 until his brother’s death in 1966, and then on his own through 2008, when his two daughters took over.

Sundays Sundays Live at LACMA: Weekly one-hour classical chamber music concerts and recitals by soloists and ensembles.

She was the last surviving member of the Latin singing group that started in Cuba and found success in Las Vegas. In 1947, the sisters sang ‘Babalu’ on the first telecast of KTLA.

El Chicano’s sound blended funk, jazz, rock and R&B. The East L.A. group had top-40 hits in the ‘70s with ‘Viva Tirado’ and ‘Tell Her She’s Lovely.’

The Santa Monica store played an important role in the evolution of Southern California’s folk music community.

Hanna, known for his unerring sense of time, was at home playing with big bands and small groups. He performed with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson and Duke Ellington, among others.

The trumpeter, who had hits such as ‘Soul Serenade’ in the 1960s, helped mold the Memphis soul sound with Green and Ann Peebles.

He often was described as ‘Mr. Taste’ for his sensitive accompaniment of instrumentalists and singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Billy Taylor.

Southwest Chamber Music’s exchange program will introduce Asians to contemporary classical works.

Rowles, the daughter of pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles, was a fixture in the L.A. jazz scene. She had built a following in Europe, where she regularly toured.

Lil Wayne and his rap pals charge ahead with lyrics that don’t make it to listeners at home.

On a cross-country tour, the cellist is trying to reach audiences that might otherwise be unfamiliar with or even resistant to classical music.

His newest work, for the American Composers Festival, is inspired by Mt. Rushmore. The place reminds him of family vacations.

Johnson brought realism and whimsical surrealism to various film and multimedia projects with the rocker, from 1974’s ‘Journey Through the Past’ to last year’s ‘Neil Young: Archives: Volume I.’

He became the reigning sex symbol of R&B in the 1970s and ‘80s and then an inspirational figure after a car accident left him paralyzed.

He became the center of the psychedelic band’s free-form style with his spellbinding finger-picking on the electric guitar. The group launched Janis Joplin to stardom.

Bob Dylan, dressed for the Grammys in a pewter troubadour’s coat and a dandy western tie, arrived backstage to greet the assembled press after winning the album of the year award for 1997, but before the first question he turned to his handlers and asked, “Is Bob out there?�

The Knack was formed in 1978 and soon signed with Capitol Records. Fieger co-wrote ‘My Sharona,’ which was a No. 1 hit for six weeks in 1979. The tune was inspired by a former girlfriend.

Inspiration for collections often comes from the past. But the first lady is a modern muse.

The family of singers rose to fame in the swing era and, after Yvonne staged a charity event, briefly had their own TV show in the 1960s.

He also composed the theme music for the 1965-71 rural comedy ‘Green Acres.’

Songs that she and her sister Anna wrote were recorded by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Maria Muldaur. She’s also the mother of singer-songwriters Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

Soul singer combined romantic love songs with a sexy stage presence. Left paralyzed by a 1982 car crash, he established a group for people with spinal cord injuries that focuses on quality of life.

She had a refined, delicately shaded voice, and was known for her nuanced operatic performances in a distinguished career that spanned more than five decades.

Esa-Pekka Salonen in Milan, Wagner in Wales and a Sondheim salute.

Uprooting the family. Getting mugged. Contractor problems. Thankfully, Salonen has his music.

He co-wrote the 1972 film ‘The Harder They Come,’ which helped introduce reggae music and urban Jamaican culture to international audiences.

The L.A. music industry veteran also worked at RCA and managed Lionel Richie’s solo career.

He is found dead at his Huntington Beach home; there are no signs of foul play. The band, often referred to as A7X, has sold nearly 2.5 million albums.

The Phil’s new music director has family ties to the orchestra and an ‘unobtrusive’ style.

Of mixed Indian and French ancestry and born to day laborers, she used the ‘new song’ movement to champion social justice in the face of government repression.

The band rose to prominence in 1968 with a memorable cover of the rock classic ‘Summertime Blues’ and continued to perform -- loudly -- until last year.

‘The Disney Symphonic Legacy’ is the first time a program of all-Disney music will be played there since the venue opened in 2003.

Her first record was released before she was 10; later she toured with the L.A. Philharmonic and performed regularly at New York’s Lincoln Center, featured in its Mostly Mozart Festival.

With his brothers, he inspired the rise of U.S. folk music. Bob Dylan called him ‘the best ballad singer I’d ever heard in my life.’

Richard Sherman co-wrote the music that made the Disney film soar. He also lent a hand with the stage musical coming to L.A.

Their lush orchestral recordings of 1960s movie themes propelled them to popular and commercial success. The classically trained pair met at the Juilliard School in New York.

She used science to try to re-create the qualities of a Stradivarius and other fine old Italian instruments.

The show’s former executive producer also was an old-school talent agent, manager, music mogul and Broadway producer.

The music industry veteran, whose career began in the 1940s, wrote more than 2,000 songs, including ‘It’s Now or Never’ and ‘A Big Hunk o’ Love.’

Los Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics.

He joined Coltrane’s group in the mid-1960s during the saxophonist’s period of avant-garde jazz experimentation. After Coltrane died, Ali toured Europe before returning to New York to play and record.

The Hollywood venue, which opened in 1977, quickly became a crucible for emerging, anarchic L.A. groups like the Weirdos and the Germs and later X and the Go-Go’s.

The talent scout also launched the careers of Roger Miller and Ray Stevens, and resuscitated Sun Records.

Ellie Greenwich, the New York songwriter behind a string of 1960s hits that gave effervescent voice to unbridled teen romance including “Da Doo Ron Ron,� “Chapel of Love� and “Be My Baby,� many of them in collaboration with producer Phil Spector, died Wednesday of a heart attack, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner.

The composer is organizing the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s first festival for its new music director, Gustavo Dudamel.

Pop music critic Robert Hilburn recalls the years when the public turned its back on the singer. ‘I’m lonely,’ a 23-year-old Jackson said.

Celebrities praise the late singer’s life, and his daughter, Paris Katherine Jackson, delivers a tearful statement to the Staples Center crowd: ‘Daddy has been the best father you can imagine.’

Bo penned the 1960 Etta James hit ‘My Dearest Darling’ and ‘I’m Wise,’ which was made famous by Little Richard when he renamed and released it in 1956 as ‘Slippin’ and Slidin’.’

Young and Newton had a long collaboration. He played guitar with her and also served for a time as her road manager.

Reviews of recordings by Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet, David Aaron Carpenter, Eliesha Nelson and others.

She said she was not fond of the song, penned by John Lennon after his 4-year-old son came home from school with a drawing of her. She died after a long battle with lupus.

She was known for ‘All About Ronnie,’ which she did as part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. She became a soloist in the 1950s and had hits with ‘Trust in Me’ and ‘About the Blues.’

Farris, who was also a songwriter, had moved to L.A. from Austin, Texas, to launch a solo career.

Knechtel played keyboards and bass with the Wrecking Crew, a group of L.A. studio musicians, before joining Bread in 1971. His arrangement of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ won a Grammy in 1970.

Hinton was one of the founders of the folk-song movement that began in the 1930s. A onetime San Diego area resident, he also wrote two books on the sea and seashore animals.

Mike Seeger, a folk musician, music historian and collector of traditional music who was a major influence on the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, died Friday of multiple myeloma at his home in Lexington, Va.

Short and edgy or long and refined? Expect both -- and everything in between, stylists say. And don’t forget Hollywood’s fashion wild cards.

‘The original psychedelic cowboy band’ was the Grateful Dead’s opening act from 1969 to 1971, then became successful touring on its own.

After a military career, the Princeton music graduate later became director of the arts and humanities division of the Department of Education.

He was best known for his musical partnership with entertainer Louis Prima. They were a nightclub fixture and appeared on TV and in movies.

Before joining the L.A. Philharmonic in 2007, Witser was assistant principal trombonist and acting principal trombonist of the Cleveland Orchestra.

The British pianist’s main focus is Beethoven, but he also tackles other masters of the Austro-German classical repertoire.

She made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist. During her heyday in the 1940s, she toured with Tharpe and sang duets with her, the best known being ‘Up Above My Head’ and ‘Didn’t It Rain.’

Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa’s big band in the 1940s, has died.

Entertainer who had once battled addiction survived a fiery plane crash last year.

Jackson never let go of the mandate to transform. It became the great source of his art, and his biggest burden.

The performer and composer, considered a ‘National Living Treasure’ in India, was the first Indian musician to be honored by the MacArthur Foundation with its so-called genius grant.

The musician, who set the beat for several top-10 Lit hits, succumbs to brain cancer 15 months after being diagnosed.

The lead singer, who was known for his Mick Jagger-influenced vocals, was believed to be in his 60s. The Seeds’ garage-band sound was popular with the flower-power generation.

In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the embrace of classical music can tend toward the lusty, with Bergman overtones. And a younger generation is making its influence felt.

David “Pop� Winans Sr., the Grammy-nominated patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family, died Wednesday.