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Jackson Browne on testing positive for COVID-19, his condition and passing it to his son

March 26, 2020 at 10:48 a.m.

First the good news: Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne says, "I'm OK — I'm not bad at all" after learning this week that he has tested positive for COVID-19. His symptoms, he...

Dr. Dre, Mister Rogers, Glen Campbell among 2020 Library of Congress recording inductees

March 25, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

Whitney Houston's 1992 rendition of Dolly Parton's hyper-romantic ballad "I Will Always Love You," Dr. Dre's groundbreaking rap album "The Chronic" from the same year, Glen Campbell's 1968 heart-rending single...

Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy chair of the board and interim president/CEO, speaks at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Lost your music gig? Here are some organizations that can help

March 18, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

The music community has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus outbreak, with the cancellation or postponement of festivals large and small, entire concert tours and individual performances nationwide. In...

More than 250,000 fans planned to descend on Indio and Palm Springs for the consecutive weekends of the Coachella festival before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the concert.

‘Huge cloud’ hangs over concert industry as Live Nation and AEG shut down tours amid coronavirus

March 14, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

Barely five days ago, music fans and the concert business had a rude awakening to the reality of the coronavirus pandemic when promoters of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals...

Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2019.

Willie Nelson’s 70th studio album, ‘First Rose of Spring,’ is coming soon

February 21, 2020 at 8:27 p.m.

Willie Nelson will release his 70th studio album, "First Rose of Spring," on April 24, just five days ahead of his 87th birthday. It's an 11-track collection that includes two...

Selena Gomez attends the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif.

New study shows some gains for women in music, but men still dominate pop charts

January 21, 2020 at 4:52 p.m.

Women in the music business of 2020 are, by some measures, better represented on the sales charts and at the impending Grammy Awards, according to an updated, broad-based study conducted...

Deborah Dugan participates in the 62nd Grammy Awards nominations news conference last year. In a move announced late Thursday, the Recording Academy has placed Dugan on administrative leave following an allegation of unspecified misconduct by a senior leader.

Ousted Grammys chief: ‘We will expose what happens when you “step up” at the Recording Academy’

January 17, 2020 at 8:42 p.m.

Just 10 days before the 62nd Grammy Awards, Recording Academy President and Chief Executive Deborah Dugan was placed on leave after an allegation of misconduct, the organization confirmed Thursday. Dugan...

Neil Innes, who worked with Monty Python and performed with the Rutles and the Bonzo Dog Band, visited the Vintage Vinyl record store in Evanston on June 9, 2009.

Neil Innes, an actor and musician who often worked with Monty Python, dies at 75

December 31, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

English musician and humorist Neil Innes worked closely with two of the biggest cultural juggernauts his nation ever produced _ the Beatles and Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy troupe --...

Taylor Swift performs onstage at The Hollywood Bowl on October 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Inset are Scooter Braun, left, and Scott Borchetta.

Taylor Swift, Elizabeth Warren and the record company dispute, explained

November 19, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Taylor Swift's ongoing dispute with her record company, the Big Machine Label Group, its founder Scott Borchetta and new owner Scooter Braun has caught the attention and elicited responses from...

Neil Young performs on stage for his first time in Quebec City during 2018 Festival d'Ete on July 6, 2018.

At 74, Neil Young will finally become an American citizen: ‘We’ve got a climate emergency’

October 26, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

Neil Young has come up with a canny way to disarm those who have periodically criticized the veteran Canadian singer and songwriter's most pointedly political songs or public statements about...

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