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Boston-based journalist and curmudgeon candidate for Massachusetts governor Chris Faraone spent the first few months of last year hopping between radio and press appearances to argue with dipshits and promote his book on the Occupy Wall Street movement, 99 Nights with the 99 Percent.

"Magical" is how P!nk described her past 18 months -- which included the release of her first No.

Was Yeezus snubbed in the nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards ? Kanye West put the question out there during a speech at his December 10 concert in Phoenix, Arizona.

His target this time around? The Grammys. Specifically, the lack of Grammy nominations he received this year for his critically acclaimed Yeezus album.

Miley Cyrus became a household name for families when her Disney Channel television show, "Hannah Montana," premiered in 2006.

It's a Meh-ry Christmas on the holiday music scene. No Groban, no Buble. Nothing to make the needles shake on the Christmas tree.

Marvin Rabin, a music conductor who founded youth orchestras in Wisconsin and Massachusetts and whose students played at the White House and Carnegie Hall, has died after a brief illness, his family said Tuesday.

Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom: If ever a local band name perked interest, it's that one.

A Grammy-winning band of brothers on Tuesday brought their soaring musical talent back to one of the places where it first took flight, Denbigh High School in Newport News .

Devotees of the Everything Used to Be Better school will love Neil Young's sorta-new record.

Who makes their biggest announcement of the year on a weekend? One paralyzed by Antarctic temperatures at that? The Grammys! Business as usual for the award avatars, contemporary flavors versus fossil rock .

Love makes sweet music! Many musicians can't resist bringing their boos into the vocal booth for some sultry duets.

Eleanor Parker, who played the scheming baroness in love with Baron von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, has died aged 91. "She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs," he said.

The Liberty Hotel hosted the 26th Boston Music Awards on Sunday night, and the music-filled evening crowned locally-bred band Bad Rabbits the artist of the year.

Super Bowl XLVIII is rapidly approaching and VH1 is teaming up with the NFL to bring you six concerts in six nights leading up to The Big Game.

When it came to designing her entry for the Maritime Aquarium's 2013 Festival of Lighthouses, Donna Kern Ball stuck to a sweet and simple strategy: Create something that everyone wants to devour.

We all know Shakira is ready to dominate the global pop scene once more, and it sounds like she's planning a major collaboration with Rihanna .

Miguel says he never expected to land two nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

Kacey tweeted, "FOUR?! Dang, y'all!...So surreal!" She added a "THANK YOU" in all caps, along with her congratulations to all the nominees.

Lorde has scheduled a new stand-alone Auckland concert after cancelling her performance at St Jerome's Laneway Festival so she could attend the Grammys.