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Jason Aldean, center, performs with Florida Georgia Line during Sunday's ACM Awards in Las Vegas.

Without ‘Old Town Road,’ the ACM Awards felt like a lost opportunity for country music

April 8, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

“Here to kick off the show with a world-premiere performance…,” an announcer said at the start of Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, and for a second or two...

Sara Bareilles at the Village studio, where she recorded her new album, "Amidst the Chaos."

Why Sara Bareilles, with a raw new album, is no longer ‘terrified of upsetting anybody’

April 5, 2019 at 9:19 a.m.

It wasn’t that Sara Bareilles hadn’t been onstage in a few years — far from it, in fact. It was just that, until a recent evening at the Troubadour, she’d...

Desde la izq. Jesse Perlman, Josh Conway, Maria Zardoya y Edward James de The Marias.

Por qué The Marias es ‘la banda indie del momento para los jóvenes de L.A.’?

May 13, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

María Zardoya deja fuertes primeras impresiones. Esta cantante nacida en Puerto Rico y criada en Atlanta antes de mudarse a Los Ángeles en 2016, se presentó en Kibitz Room de...

Toni Cornell, daughter of the late Chris Cornell, arrives at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

What Chris Cornell’s kids said in accepting a Grammy for their dad

February 11, 2019 at 6:34 a.m.

The late Chris Cornell was awarded a Grammy for best rock performance on Sunday, for a recording of his song “When Bad Does Good,” from a compilation of his music...

Producer and songwriter Mark ?Sounwave? Spears, righthand man to Kendrick Lamar, who worked with the rapper to create the Grammy- and Oscar-nominated "Black Panther." soundtrack.

Kendrick Lamar’s secret weapon? His right-hand man, ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack producer Sounwave

February 7, 2019 at 8:18 a.m.

The baby toys at Sounwave’s house provide some clues about what he does for a living. There’s a tiny grand piano he says he’s been encouraging his 7-month-old son to...

Jennifer Hudson performs Sunday during a Recording Academy tribute to the late Aretha Franklin at the Shrine Auditorium.

Was Aretha Franklin properly honored at her all-star Grammy tribute?

January 15, 2019 at 8:09 a.m.

To honor Aretha Franklin’s roots in gospel music, Shirley Caesar sang “Mary, Don’t You Weep.” To showcase Franklin’s rhythmic flair, Janelle Monáe did “Rock Steady.” And to highlight the late...

Michael Bublé on his son’s cancer: ‘I can’t wait to never talk about it again’

December 4, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

“Ga-JENK-jenk-ga-JENK-jenk-ga-JENK,” Michael Bublé sang, strumming an imaginary guitar with his right hand as his left foot kept time on an imaginary kick drum. “Ba-BA-da-BOOM!” Seated — just barely — at...

Matty Healy is more daring — and more anxious — than ever on the 1975’s new album

November 29, 2018 at 2:32 p.m.

Matty Healy is so self-aware — so deeply, painfully, hilariously cognizant of his place in the world — that you almost can’t believe the guy went to rehab last year...

Ashley Monroe, from left, Angaleena Presley and Miranda Lambert of the Pistol Annies, whose new album is "Interstate Gospel."

Miranda Lambert’s Pistol Annies have never been more important than they are right now

December 11, 2018 at 10:16 p.m.

For the Pistol Annies, sometimes a song arrives whether or not all three members of this country-music supergroup are ready for it. One example? “Best Years of My Life,” a...

Dear Grammy voters: Here’s how to get the nominations right

December 12, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

Dear Grammy voter, It’s been a while! Hope you’re well. I’m getting in touch, of course, because it’s that time again: First-round voting for the 61st Grammy Awards — in...

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