“Born and Raised” (Columbia) Infamy has a uses, and confession has a limits. John Mayer, who has come to grips with during slightest one of those truths, doesn’t wish to seem rude in a face of judgment. He wants we to know that he’s his possess harshest critic, even if he can’t assistance saving a [...]

The decision by the magazine, which is published by a Met fund-raising affiliate, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and which freely reviews companies around the world, troubles some opera experts. It is also the latest sign of sensitivity from the

Some of the people crowding around the stage that night in March began to sing along, even though the song is not on American pop radio, and her first album, “Vows,” comes out in the United States on Tuesday. “I always imagined my first A

Each was about the length of an LP and based on a book of poetry. “God’s Trombones” drew on the 1927 work of the same name by James Weldon Johnson, seven connected poems using the rhetoric of the black American church service; “Inferno�

The cause was complications of cancer and intestinal surgery, his family said in a statement. Mr. Gibb had been hospitalized for intestinal problems several times in the last two years. Cancer had spread from his colon to his liv

But what’s a mere state line in pop-branding cyberspace? Music from the festival was broadcast on satellite radio and Webcast worldwide. On Saturday I took in portions of all 31 sets, which were running continuously on four stages for 11 hour

Mr. Dutoit stepped into a delicate situation four years ago in Philadelphia. For reasons that are hard to pin down, Christoph Eschenbach’s tenure as music director, which began in 2003, did not work out. He and the orchestra parted ways after

But that night, “I got in a fight here,” he said, gesturing at the bar. “I got arrested, and I think they kind of lost interest in me or something, because I didn’t show up for the second day of the sessions.” While he

Scores of Christian youths protested against Lady Gaga in Manila on Friday, calling for her concerts there to be canceled because they object to her sexually charged lyrics and skimpy costumes, The Associated Press reported.The pop diva’s

It appears that all is not right inside the classic rock band Van Halen.  The veteran rockers announced late Thursday that they were postponing more than 30 dates on their current tour to promote their new album, “A Different Kind of Truth,”