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This cover image released by Sony Music Entertainment Canada/Columbia Records shows "Courage," by Celine Dion.

Album Review: Celine Dion’s ‘Courage’

November 15, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

When Celine Dion's husband and one-time manager, Rene Angelil, passed away in 2016, the powerhouse Canadian vocalist, chart-topper, couture fashion icon, Las Vegas mainstay and soon-to-be biopic focus lost her...

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: Beyonce Knowles-Carter attends the European Premiere of Disney's "The Lion King" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 14, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Album Review: Beyonce’s ‘The Lion King: The Gift’

July 19, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Before touching down on what Beyonce has called her "love letter to Africa," it's important to see what may have brought her to the mother of mankind, with its wide...

The Jonas Brothers are back with ‘Happiness Begins’ — just in time to show the BTSes how it’s really done

June 7, 2019 at 7:27 p.m.

Released in tandem with an Amazon Studios documentary, "Chasing Happiness," and its emotional, rags-to-riches tale of fraternity gone asunder (then, obviously back to brotherly bliss, again), there are many things...

The rock band Jefferson Airplane, Marty Balin, from left, Grace Slick, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, as they pose in their Pacific Heights, San Francisco apartment Dec. 5, 1968.

Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane: 5 defining musical moments

December 12, 2018 at 11:54 p.m.

As far as rock's elder statesmen goes, Marty Balin (pictured above, at left), who died Sept. 27 at age 76, was one of its rarest birds. While helping to create...

Album Review: Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter V’

December 12, 2018 at 11:49 p.m.

It's impossible to separate Lil Wayne's long-delayed "Tha Carter V" from the tortured story behind it: The seemingly endless legal battle with Birdman, his mentor and Cash Money's label boss...

Rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour at Festival Pier in Philadelphia July 13, 2013.

5 Mac Miller songs that revealed his tortured psyche

December 12, 2018 at 10:17 p.m.

Rapper Mac Miller, who was found dead today at the age of 26 of a suspected overdose, had long struggled with substance abuse, a reality of a sometimes tortured life...

Clinic”VISITATIONS”Before Arcade Fire and Clap Your Hands…

August 21, 2021 at 9:48 p.m.

Clinic "VISITATIONS" Before Arcade Fire and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah made snappy art rock safe for today's punk masses, Liverpool's surgical-masked quartet Clinic opened those same askew floodgates. Singer...

Young Jeezy”THE INSPIRATION”RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELSYoung Jeezy…

August 21, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

Young Jeezy "THE INSPIRATION" RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS Young Jeezy hardly sounds so young anymore. Like the title character of "Carlito's Way," the groaning, throaty Jeezy knows he's smart and...

J Dilla

August 21, 2021 at 2:11 p.m.

The name James "Dilla" Yancey stands for quirky sonic technique and ebullient composition within hip-hop, underground and over-ground. His death in February won't change that rep, given the grand, moody...

Goapele

August 21, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

She's neither as raw as Nina Simone nor as smooth as Marvin Gaye when it comes to spouting socially conscious rhetoric. But for Goapele, a spoonful of sugar works best...

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