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Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., backed up by his band The Killers , was on fire last Wednesday night.

"Buenos Aires Report," the opening composition of Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ziegler's collaboration with the Netherlands' Metropole Orkest, Amsterdam Meets New Tango, is a good indication of the emotional grit that characterizes the album's aesthetic. Ziegler, as Gustavo Conde's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered by Astor Piazzolla , and Ziegler had learned from the master.

Quick, name a Billboard Music Award winner. Yeah, we'd be hard-pressed to do it, too.

"Don't do no press, but I get the most press, kid," said Kanye West on "Mercy." He's not wrong.

Princeton-based Saves the Day will play the Skate and Surf Festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Sunday.

TMZ spoke with Aretha Franklin, who told them that Kim shouldn't be travelling around because it's not good for the child.

It's been a long time since we've heard from Zach Steinbach. Nearly five years ago Steinbach fronted The Color Truth, a Milwaukee band that seemed poised to take the next step with its big, melodic, poppy rock and roll.

TMZ reports that police were called to Miley Cyrus' house as she yet again became the victim of another swatting prank.

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F amous fam ily, sort of: British singer Emeli Sande got her first taste of fame when she and her parents moved from her mother's native England to the rural town of Aberdeenshire in northern Scotland.

We know you wish you were in the crowd during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ' amazing high-energy set at Hangout.

We've been watching Hangout Music Festival madness unfold through the eyes, and selfies, of ground correspondents Chrissy Teigen and Vinny Guadagnino all weekend as they document everything going on at the three-day, beach-side event.

The first 24-hours of Hangout Music Festival were amazing. But just in case you had to step away from your monitor to use the bathroom or refill your beer , here's a recap of some of the biggest must-see moments.

We live in the middle of a golden age of documentaries. For the past few years, music documentaries have featured prominently in my Top Ten lists.

While primarily a gala benefit for KLRU, our local PBS affiliate, last night's three-hour ACL Live at the Moody Theater concert celebrated Austin music master Lloyd Maines .

A judge says that the WWE does business in Texas, so it will have to face off there against the guy who "pioneered" giving wrestlers songs to walk into the ring to.

Sonia Leigh is an amazing country music artist and someone to keep an eye on. She's certainly a quiet storm to be reckoned with and, in a world full of pop artists who claim to be "country," it's refreshing to hear a truly amazing country artist.

When the Virginia Arts Festival performs at the Williamsburg Winery on Thursday, May 23, the menu will pair chamber music with fine food and wines.

An official announcement is still a few days away, but Bay Days organizers say they are looking at a musical lineup filled with a variety of accomplished local and regional players, from Norfolk's Mike Aiken Band to Smithfield's Bria Kelly .

The Original Big 7 Social Aid & Pleasure Club with the Original Big 7 Junior Steppers second-line with a brass band down Pauger Street as part of the 7th Ward Festival in celebration of Mother's Day in 2009.