Popular Music (genre)

Weekend's best bet: Frankie Rose at Golden West Cafe

2012-04-05 09:18:00

Watch the video for Frankie Rose's "Gospel/Grace" above. When Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Frankie Rose — who plays Golden West Cafe on Saturday — released her first album, "Frankie Rose and the Outs," back in 2010, it fell in line with the reverb-...

South River Spanish teacher wins state foreign language honor

2012-04-12 16:21:00

The creators of the language-learning software Rosetta Stone have made it simple to grasp the complexities of Spanish. But can they back it up and Dougie? "Usted and ustedes if you're talking to a group. Start with the 'yo' form and throw it for a loop!"...

With White Life, a brother-sister duo goes pop

2011-12-20 11:29:00

Jon Ehrens is five years younger than his sister Emily. It might not seem too important now that they're both adults, but when you're a kid, that's a big gap. Which is why, even though they came from a musical family, the two never really had much...

Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs

2012-01-14 12:32:00

Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War. But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Grammy nominations: Put your money on Adele

2011-12-01 06:58:00

Voicing disappointment over Grammy nominations is similar to complaining to your friends at recess that your 70-year-old teacher just "doesn't get it." In other words, it's pointless, other than feeling slightly better that you made the injustice known to...

Whitney Houston, music superstar, dies

2012-02-11 19:45:10

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the...

Adele, Hudson and the energy of archetype elevate Grammy telecast

2012-02-13 01:58:00

I haven't watched a Grammy telecast all the way through in quite awhile. As much as I love the great TV-music moments when they happen, there haven't been enough of them lately to keep me tuned in when all the wretched excess, bizarre productions and...

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2011-08-22 10:35:24

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Passing the past along at Korean Festival

2011-10-08 16:26:00

She was born in South Korea, loves her homeland's traditions with a passion and has officially served the burgeoning Korean-American community in Maryland for more than six years now. But Michelle Kim still insists that as a cultural ambassador, she...

James Richard Kopelke, entertainer, dies

2011-05-27 07:53:00

Dinosaur Jr. back with original lineup

2011-06-23 11:30:00

Fans of '90s alternative rock will have more than one chance this year to get their fix. Yo La Tengo, almost 20 years old now, will play Merriweather Post Pavilion in September, opening for The National, natch. And this Saturday, the seminal three-...

'Harpejji' gaining traction in music world

2011-07-23 00:00:00

It looks a little bit like a body board, and it does ride the waves — sound waves, that is. Meet the harpejji, a fretted string instrument invented and built in the Baltimore area. Coldplay bought one. A.R. Rahman, who composed the score to...

Jennifer Hudson, Season 3 The tragedy of Jennifer Hudson s early expulsion from Season 3 she left before teen Hawaiian sensation Jasmine Trias AND the young but old-seeming crooner John Stevens provides some convincing evidence that American Idol viewers may be less than adept at picking a

2012-04-12 17:26:00

Chris Daughtry, Season 5 Nobody was prepared for Chris Daughtry to leave Idol when he did, before even making the final three. But considering his album sales have beat both Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks sales and runner-up Katherine McPhee s, it s clear who the real American Idol is.

2012-04-12 17:26:00

(When they say, even now, they wanted to be in the Beatles, you know they mean the loose, zippy "Can't Buy Me Love" Beatles, not the rococo "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" Beatles.

2012-03-20 14:05:32