Randy Lewis

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Lawyer in Led Zeppelin copyright trial suspended for ‘serious misconduct’ in earlier case

June 10, 2018 at 3:59 p.m.

The lawyer who failed to persuade a Los Angeles jury in June that Led Zeppelin stole the introduction of "Stairway to Heaven" from an earlier song by L.A. rock band...

Singer Thom Yorke during Radiohead's performance in May in Paris.

Radiohead fans attacked during streaming event in Istanbul

December 17, 2018 at 11:51 p.m.

A group of Radiohead fans in Istanbul reportedly was attacked on Friday at a streaming event staged around the release of the band's album "A Moon Shaped Pool," but no...

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2008 file photo, musician Scott Weiland poses before signing copies of his new CD, "Happy in Galoshes," in Los Angeles. Authorities say that the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman died of a toxic mix of drugs, which included cocaine.

Music industry tries to deal with the drugs in rock ‘n’ roll

June 12, 2018 at 8:18 a.m.

Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, who died in December from a toxic mix of drugs, including cocaine and MDA, was long one of rock's highest-profile personalities to struggle...

Cheap Trick performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Saturday, August 29, 2015.

N.W.A, Cheap Trick among 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees

June 16, 2018 at 2:23 p.m.

N.W.A has followed the success of "Straight Outta Compton" straight into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After being passed over three times, the influential Compton rap group rode...

John Fogerty files suit against former Creedence bandmates

June 15, 2018 at 6:16 p.m.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Fogerty filed a countersuit alleging that his former bandmates in Creedence Clearwater Revival have breached their contract in which he allowed them...

Live performances by Whitney Houston are compiled for CD, DVD.

Whitney Houston live performances on CD/DVD: Seeking that sparkle

June 18, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

Clive Davis excused himself and stepped out of the room while hopscotching through video highlights of Whitney Houston's career during a recent playback session. At that moment, it was during...

T.I., from left, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams perform in Beverly Hills in January. Thicke and Williams are engaged with members of Marvin Gaye's family in a dispute over whether their 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" infringed on Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up."

Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams lose first round in ‘Blurred Lines’ case

December 18, 2018 at 2:39 a.m.

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have lost the first round in their battle with Marvin Gaye's family in an ongoing debate over whether their 2013 megahit "Blurred Lines" infringed on...

Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage at the Hollywood Bowl.

Taylor Swift connects with fans via ‘secret sessions,’ media blitz

April 6, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

They came from Bakersfield, San Diego, Long Beach and elsewhere across the Southland, about three dozen young women plus a handful of young men who had caught the eye of...

Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the ‘Great Diva Classics’

June 17, 2018 at 10:21 a.m.

As you listen to Aretha Franklin's new album, it's hard not to sense an unspoken message to the world: "Step aside, ladies — here's how it's done." Released on Tuesday,...

Recording artist Taylor Swift attends the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden on September 19, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taylor Swift to premiere new song ‘Welcome to New York’

June 18, 2018 at 12:52 p.m.

Taylor Swift has pulled the curtain back a bit further on her forthcoming "1989" album with Tuesday's release of a third song, "Welcome to New York." The album's opening track,...

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