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The 16th annual Asbury Music Awards is a lock for Nov. 8 at The Stone Pony, and the final list of this year's nominees is set to be unveiled within the week.

On the surface, power-pop-rock outfit Smashula comes across as an odd, goofball supergroup of local voices and talents.

So, last Friday, I'm heading up Langdon Street and decide to stop in at Buch Spieler, our awesome local music store, to order a new CD for someone .

Two acclaimed musical groups, Stars ad Hey Rosetta!, will be performing in Moncton on Oct.

Hey bands! Here's a contest happening just over the mountains. Get you stuff together and be famous.

My take: This little import from Sweden is a young and hip songstress whose debut album -- produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John -- is stirring up a lot of critical acclaim.

Remedy Drive debuts as one of the year's best new bands, thanks to their catchy pop/rock and hope-filled lyrics that should appeal to Christians and non-believers alike.

Recently, the San Jose Mercury News referred to John Mayer as "part-time guitarist and full-time raconteur," in a snarky article concerning his alleged breakup with girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Perfect weather meant a perfect evening for country music legend Vince Gill's 90-minute-plus Lorain County Fair performance Monday night at the packed Lorain County Fair grandstand.

Time marches on. Nearly 20 years have marched on since Tracy Lawrence hit number one with his first single, "Sticks and Stones" in 1991.

Chicago-based quartet the Hush Sound clearly had lady luck on its side in 2005, just two years after it first became a band.

S O PAULO ROCK CITY? "It's our home, we love it - ' but I think everyone in the band feels that every time we come back, nothing's really changed." CSS guitarist Luiza S is resting in New York City, on a rare ...

Look, I'm not a 10-year-old girl. Hey, I don't even have a preteen daughter. In other words, I may not be the ideal person to review the new Disney Channel musical movie "Camp Rock" with the Jonas Brothers.

SHOUT FACTORY If the thought of Father's Day gifts is belatedly entering your head, introduce ol' Dad to that newfangled thing called "the Internet." Click onto Shout Factory's site and let him choose from the ...

Sounds like ... a more melodic version of emo-tinged punk-pop bands like Boys Like Girls, The Starting Line, The Academy Is ..., and Saves the Day.

Nashville-based country and pop/rock songwriter coming to Wellington, NZ for three months---July 16th, 2008 to Sept.

Hey all my peeps, OThe MayorO of the Riverwalk is leaving the Valley after 23 years.

“He brings originality to the show with his arrangements, and I must admit to downloading several of his songs from iTunes.”

Syesha Mercado surprised everyone by making it into American Idol's top three, earning her the nickname "Wonder Woman." Photo: Courtesy of Americanidol.com There are a couple of things in life that always ... via TheDartmouth.com

“We're not the first people to be writing a pop musical. I remember hearing Rent and thinking, 'Oh my God, these people are singing like they speak - and there's no pretense. If that was possible...why don't we just give it a shot.'”

When Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner were infants, La Cage aux Folles, Sunday in the Park With George and Big River were also coming into the world. via Playbill

“There are some songs from 'Highly Refined Pirates' in there, and some songs from 'Oso.' ”

Minus The Bear drummer Erin Tate is tired of talking about the group's reputation for bringing humor to its music. via Pittsburgh Tribune