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All rights reservedWed, 01 May 2013 14:29:42 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/music/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f.s2Rm0whMDNGJaInV55PA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T182942Z_1_CBRE9401FDS00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MARIAHCAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sumptuous princess ceremony that shut down Disneyland, Mariah Carey and her comedian husband Nick Cannon renewed their weddings vows and celebrated the second birthday of their twins. Wearing matching Cinderella and Prince Charming-style costumes, and riding in a horse-drawn crystal carriage, the &quot;We Belong Together&quot; singer and the &quot;American Idol&quot; judge tweeted photos and video of the celebration on Tuesday night at the southern California theme park. &quot;On our way to renew our vows. I love you Nick Cannon shut down Disneyland,&quot; Carey tweeted. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 14:29:42 -0400Reutersmariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f.s2Rm0whMDNGJaInV55PA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T182942Z_1_CBRE9401FDS00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MARIAHCAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sumptuous princess ceremony that shut down Disneyland, Mariah Carey and her comedian husband Nick Cannon renewed their weddings vows and celebrated the second birthday of their twins. Wearing matching Cinderella and Prince Charming-style costumes, and riding in a horse-drawn crystal carriage, the &quot;We Belong Together&quot; singer and the &quot;American Idol&quot; judge tweeted photos and video of the celebration on Tuesday night at the southern California theme park. &quot;On our way to renew our vows. I love you Nick Cannon shut down Disneyland,&quot; Carey tweeted. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WI_QYijsdS_C72WD9vJKow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T181910Z_1_CBRE9401EXD00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer Michael Buble went straight to the top of the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, scoring his fourth No. 1 album. &quot;To Be Loved&quot; - a mix of standards and original songs - sold 195,000 copies in its first week, beating out its nearest competitor by more than 100,000 according to figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan. The 37-year-old singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album had already topped the charts in the U.K. following its April 15 release there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 14:19:10 -0400Reutersmichael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WI_QYijsdS_C72WD9vJKow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T181910Z_1_CBRE9401EXD00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer Michael Buble went straight to the top of the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, scoring his fourth No. 1 album. &quot;To Be Loved&quot; - a mix of standards and original songs - sold 195,000 copies in its first week, beating out its nearest competitor by more than 100,000 according to figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan. The 37-year-old singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album had already topped the charts in the U.K. following its April 15 release there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Country music legend George Jones will be remembered in a public memorial service featuring former First Lady Laura Bush and a list of speakers and musical performers including Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson on Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones, whose honky-tonk career spanned more than six decades, died in Nashville last week at the age of 81. The memorial service will be open to the public, the singer's publicist announced. ...http://news.yahoo.com/laura-bush-top-country-singers-headline-george-jones-224821971.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 18:48:21 -0400Reuterslaura-bush-top-country-singers-headline-george-jones-224821971<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Js_T39y6ZstgCX6481v.cA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T083924Z_2_CBRE940037Z00_RTROPTP_2_PSY-SONG-GENTLEMAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The story of South Korean rap sensation Psy&#039;s ascent to global stardom with his megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; has now been immortalized in full color and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in a comic book. &quot;Fame:Psy&quot;, which went on sale in the United States and South Korea on Wednesday, focuses mainly on what went into making &quot;Gangnam Style,&quot; which catapulted the sunglassed singer with the garish jackets to global fame and became YouTube&#039;s most popular song ever with more than 1.5 billion hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 04:39:24 -0400Reuterskorean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Js_T39y6ZstgCX6481v.cA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T083924Z_2_CBRE940037Z00_RTROPTP_2_PSY-SONG-GENTLEMAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The story of South Korean rap sensation Psy&#039;s ascent to global stardom with his megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; has now been immortalized in full color and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in a comic book. &quot;Fame:Psy&quot;, which went on sale in the United States and South Korea on Wednesday, focuses mainly on what went into making &quot;Gangnam Style,&quot; which catapulted the sunglassed singer with the garish jackets to global fame and became YouTube&#039;s most popular song ever with more than 1.5 billion hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - More than 400 Afghan women and girls jumped from their seats, screaming and even headbanging to rock and rap music at an all-female music festival in the capital of Kabul, which organizers say was the largest such event in the country's history. It may also be one of the last. In ultra-conservative Afghanistan, women's rights remain precarious. ...http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-female-rock-fest-triumphs-anxiety-over-future-042625867.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 00:26:25 -0400Reutersafghan-female-rock-fest-triumphs-anxiety-over-future-042625867By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly four decades after his death, British singer-songwriter Nick Drake has never been as popular. Tribute singers, car and cough syrup advertisements, radio and film documentaries, and word of mouth have combined over time to turn Drake from unheralded 1970s musician into modern-day music lore. Now a new CD of Drake's songs covered by other artists and a remastered boxed vinyl of one of his few albums are set to add to the phenomenon and put his haunting, poetic music into the spotlight. ...http://news.yahoo.com/songs-unheralded-nick-drake-airing-four-decades-150314885.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 11:03:14 -0400Reuterssongs-unheralded-nick-drake-airing-four-decades-150314885<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zpcRGIk8GpFTA4SFTZHeXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-30T215453Z_2_CBRE93T17DE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STAGE-TONYAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical &quot;Kinky Boots,&quot; with the score by pop star Cyndi Lauper, on Tuesday earned 13 nominations for the Tony Awards, leading the field for Broadway&#039;s highest honor and closely followed by British import &quot;Matilda,&quot; which received 12. Both shows were nominated for best musical, along with &quot;Bring It On: The Musical&quot; and &quot;A Christmas Story: The Musical.&quot; Lauper was nominated for best score along with book writer Harvey Fierstein and three members of the show&#039;s cast. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 17:54:53 -0400Reutersmusical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zpcRGIk8GpFTA4SFTZHeXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-30T215453Z_2_CBRE93T17DE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STAGE-TONYAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical &quot;Kinky Boots,&quot; with the score by pop star Cyndi Lauper, on Tuesday earned 13 nominations for the Tony Awards, leading the field for Broadway&#039;s highest honor and closely followed by British import &quot;Matilda,&quot; which received 12. Both shows were nominated for best musical, along with &quot;Bring It On: The Musical&quot; and &quot;A Christmas Story: The Musical.&quot; Lauper was nominated for best score along with book writer Harvey Fierstein and three members of the show&#039;s cast. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HoEt0BdIzO.Iikk3Da6fNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T182554Z_1_CBRE93S1F7F00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JASONALDEAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Country music singer Jason Aldean has filed for divorce from his wife and high-school sweetheart Jessica Ussery, seven months after photographers caught the singer kissing a former &quot;American Idol&quot; contestant at a Los Angeles bar. Aldean, who became one of country music&#039;s biggest stars with his 2011 album &quot;My Kinda Party,&quot; cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce in court documents filed late on Friday in Williamson County, Tennessee. &quot;This is a really tough time for my entire family,&quot; Aldean said in a statement on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 14:25:54 -0400Reuterscountry-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HoEt0BdIzO.Iikk3Da6fNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T182554Z_1_CBRE93S1F7F00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JASONALDEAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Country music singer Jason Aldean has filed for divorce from his wife and high-school sweetheart Jessica Ussery, seven months after photographers caught the singer kissing a former &quot;American Idol&quot; contestant at a Los Angeles bar. Aldean, who became one of country music&#039;s biggest stars with his 2011 album &quot;My Kinda Party,&quot; cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce in court documents filed late on Friday in Williamson County, Tennessee. &quot;This is a really tough time for my entire family,&quot; Aldean said in a statement on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W6_3KPq.yy7xONOb0X.0Aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T221826Z_1_CBRE93S1PZ100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEVOICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" align="left" title="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singers Rod Stewart and CeeLo Green will perform live in May on U.S. television singing competition &quot;The Voice,&quot; a prominent spot for artists to promote upcoming albums. Network NBC said on Monday that Green, a former judge on the popular contest, is slated to perform his new song &quot;Only You.&quot; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stewart will perform material from his upcoming album, &quot;Time,&quot; his first release of original material in over a decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 18:18:26 -0400Reutersrod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W6_3KPq.yy7xONOb0X.0Aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T221826Z_1_CBRE93S1PZ100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEVOICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" align="left" title="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singers Rod Stewart and CeeLo Green will perform live in May on U.S. television singing competition &quot;The Voice,&quot; a prominent spot for artists to promote upcoming albums. Network NBC said on Monday that Green, a former judge on the popular contest, is slated to perform his new song &quot;Only You.&quot; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stewart will perform material from his upcoming album, &quot;Time,&quot; his first release of original material in over a decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hmzk6FazhuA2v7_oVitfhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T141120Z_1_CBRE93R13F100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-EMELISANDE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" align="left" title="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scored a new chart record on Sunday with her debut album after a stellar year in Britain that has paved the way for her next challenge - the U.S. market. Sande smashed a record held for nearly 50 years by The Beatles when her debut album, &quot;Our Version of Events&quot;, hit its 63rd week in the top 10 of the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 10:11:20 -0400Reuterssinger-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hmzk6FazhuA2v7_oVitfhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T141120Z_1_CBRE93R13F100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-EMELISANDE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" align="left" title="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scored a new chart record on Sunday with her debut album after a stellar year in Britain that has paved the way for her next challenge - the U.S. market. Sande smashed a record held for nearly 50 years by The Beatles when her debut album, &quot;Our Version of Events&quot;, hit its 63rd week in the top 10 of the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vkMFyL2QYcNGPyq3Heb7fA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T192607Z_1_CBRE93R1HZU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" align="left" title="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - French electronic duo Daft Punk notched up their first number one in Britain&#039;s official singles charts on Sunday, dislodging London drum&#039;n&#039;bass quartet Rudimental who were pushed into the number two spot. Daft Punk&#039;s song &quot;Get Lucky&quot;, featuring the guest vocals of Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers on guitar, had entered the chart the previous week in the number three spot. It racked up sales of 155,000 in the past week, the Official Charts Company said, the biggest one-week sales tally of the year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 15:26:07 -0400Reutersfrench-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vkMFyL2QYcNGPyq3Heb7fA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T192607Z_1_CBRE93R1HZU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" align="left" title="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - French electronic duo Daft Punk notched up their first number one in Britain&#039;s official singles charts on Sunday, dislodging London drum&#039;n&#039;bass quartet Rudimental who were pushed into the number two spot. Daft Punk&#039;s song &quot;Get Lucky&quot;, featuring the guest vocals of Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers on guitar, had entered the chart the previous week in the number three spot. It racked up sales of 155,000 in the past week, the Official Charts Company said, the biggest one-week sales tally of the year. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSrDGIzgwd7WQsShpxcy0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T224605Z_2_CBRE93Q1NOU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-MUSIC-GUTHRIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" align="left" title="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" border="0" /></a>By Steve Olafson TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie&#039;s mind where the final repository of her famous musician father&#039;s legacy would be. The Woody Guthrie Center opened on Saturday in Tulsa, allowing visitors to see the folk singer&#039;s handwritten lyrics to &quot;This Land Is Your Land&quot; and thousands of other lyric sheets, letters, postcards, artwork, photos, manuscripts and journals. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, about 60 miles from Tulsa, in 1912 and spent his early years there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 19:25:26 -0400Reuterswoody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSrDGIzgwd7WQsShpxcy0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T224605Z_2_CBRE93Q1NOU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-MUSIC-GUTHRIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" align="left" title="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" border="0" /></a>By Steve Olafson TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie&#039;s mind where the final repository of her famous musician father&#039;s legacy would be. The Woody Guthrie Center opened on Saturday in Tulsa, allowing visitors to see the folk singer&#039;s handwritten lyrics to &quot;This Land Is Your Land&quot; and thousands of other lyric sheets, letters, postcards, artwork, photos, manuscripts and journals. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, about 60 miles from Tulsa, in 1912 and spent his early years there. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 10:37:51 -0400Reuterstrombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kr4STdV6LxQHpUn2IbALow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T003931Z_1_CBRE93R01U300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will play a &quot;surprise&quot; gig for fans in Los Angeles on Saturday, a week ahead of kicking off a U.S. tour to mark 50 years in the music business. Hundreds of fans, alerted on the band&#039;s Twitter account, lined up from as early as 5 a.m. on Saturday to get hold of the $20 dollar tickets for the concert at the 320 person capacity Echoplex club in Los Angeles. Tickets were distributed by a lottery system and, according to the band&#039;s Twitter account, sold out swiftly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 20:39:31 -0400Reutersrolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kr4STdV6LxQHpUn2IbALow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T003931Z_1_CBRE93R01U300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will play a &quot;surprise&quot; gig for fans in Los Angeles on Saturday, a week ahead of kicking off a U.S. tour to mark 50 years in the music business. Hundreds of fans, alerted on the band&#039;s Twitter account, lined up from as early as 5 a.m. on Saturday to get hold of the $20 dollar tickets for the concert at the 320 person capacity Echoplex club in Los Angeles. Tickets were distributed by a lottery system and, according to the band&#039;s Twitter account, sold out swiftly. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-mixes-album-standards-original-songs-133135026.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i4lqwtrYB0KIPg5CD_OvOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T133135Z_1_CBRE93Q11KW00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MICHAELBUBLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a son on the way and a new album with more original songs than ever, Michael Buble is venturing into uncharted territory without letting go of his personal or artistic roots. &quot;To Be Loved,&quot; the 37-year-old Canadian singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album, mixes standards inspired by jazz, Motown and even the Bee Gees, with tracks written by Buble as well as collaborations with Bryan Adams and Reese Witherspoon. &quot;I wanted everything to be soulful,&quot; Buble told Reuters. The album grabbed the top spot on the U.K. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-mixes-album-standards-original-songs-133135026.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 09:31:35 -0400Reutersmichael-buble-mixes-album-standards-original-songs-133135026<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-mixes-album-standards-original-songs-133135026.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i4lqwtrYB0KIPg5CD_OvOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T133135Z_1_CBRE93Q11KW00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MICHAELBUBLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a son on the way and a new album with more original songs than ever, Michael Buble is venturing into uncharted territory without letting go of his personal or artistic roots. &quot;To Be Loved,&quot; the 37-year-old Canadian singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album, mixes standards inspired by jazz, Motown and even the Bee Gees, with tracks written by Buble as well as collaborations with Bryan Adams and Reese Witherspoon. &quot;I wanted everything to be soulful,&quot; Buble told Reuters. The album grabbed the top spot on the U.K. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korean-rap-sensation-psy-honored-tribeca-film-211707425.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_hjX8E8uX4m8vXctI0_rlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T211707Z_1_CBRE93P1N4X00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - South Korean rapper and Internet sensation Psy was honored as a transcultural phenomenon by the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday along with a host of other luminaries ranging from choreographer Twyla Tharp to controversial media host Glenn Beck. &quot;Who knew, right?&quot; Psy said as he was presented his Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award. &quot;Giving me this award in itself is innovation, I think. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-korean-rap-sensation-psy-honored-tribeca-film-211707425.htmlFri, 26 Apr 2013 17:17:07 -0400Reuterssouth-korean-rap-sensation-psy-honored-tribeca-film-211707425<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korean-rap-sensation-psy-honored-tribeca-film-211707425.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_hjX8E8uX4m8vXctI0_rlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T211707Z_1_CBRE93P1N4X00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - South Korean rapper and Internet sensation Psy was honored as a transcultural phenomenon by the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday along with a host of other luminaries ranging from choreographer Twyla Tharp to controversial media host Glenn Beck. &quot;Who knew, right?&quot; Psy said as he was presented his Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award. &quot;Giving me this award in itself is innovation, I think. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-singer-george-jones-dies-age-81-144810382.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VQiFMFgIOVbbIPd9MCdYfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T145849Z_2_CBRE93P155R00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="George Jones performs during the Country Music Association Awards in Tennessee, November 6, 2002." align="left" title="George Jones performs during the Country Music Association Awards in Tennessee, November 6, 2002." border="0" /></a>By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Jones, a classic country singer with a voice full of raw honky-tonk emotion and a life full of honky-tonk turmoil, died on Friday at age 81, his spokesman said. Jones, whose career spanned more than six decades and included hits such as &quot;He Stopped Loving Her Today&quot; and &quot;Window Up Above,&quot; died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville. He had been hospitalized since April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure, spokesman Kirt Webster said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-singer-george-jones-dies-age-81-144810382.htmlFri, 26 Apr 2013 14:06:59 -0400Reuterscountry-music-singer-george-jones-dies-age-81-144810382<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-singer-george-jones-dies-age-81-144810382.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VQiFMFgIOVbbIPd9MCdYfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T145849Z_2_CBRE93P155R00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="George Jones performs during the Country Music Association Awards in Tennessee, November 6, 2002." align="left" title="George Jones performs during the Country Music Association Awards in Tennessee, November 6, 2002." border="0" /></a>By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Jones, a classic country singer with a voice full of raw honky-tonk emotion and a life full of honky-tonk turmoil, died on Friday at age 81, his spokesman said. Jones, whose career spanned more than six decades and included hits such as &quot;He Stopped Loving Her Today&quot; and &quot;Window Up Above,&quot; died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville. He had been hospitalized since April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure, spokesman Kirt Webster said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mamma-mia-bookie-offers-odds-abba-reunion-155645171.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QN3I7qDnM_.YCuZvoAal2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-25T155645Z_1_CBRE93O18B900_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ABBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cast and members of Abba appear together at the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical &#039;Mamma Mia&#039; in Stockholm" align="left" title="Cast and members of Abba appear together at the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical &#039;Mamma Mia&#039; in Stockholm" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A British bookmaker is taking bets on an ABBA comeback after singer Agnetha Faltskog hinted at a possible reunion for Sweden&#039;s most successful band. Faltskog, who has come out of retirement to release a solo album called &quot;A&quot;, was asked by German&#039;s Die Zeit Magazine if she would be open to an ABBA reunion and she responded positively. &quot;Maybe a charity concert? I would not say &#039;No&#039; right away,&quot; she said. Her former husband Bjorn Ulvaeus and his fellow ABBA songwriter Benny Andersson vowed in 2008 not to reform the group that broke up in 1982 after nine British No.1 hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mamma-mia-bookie-offers-odds-abba-reunion-155645171.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400Reutersmamma-mia-bookie-offers-odds-abba-reunion-155645171<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mamma-mia-bookie-offers-odds-abba-reunion-155645171.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QN3I7qDnM_.YCuZvoAal2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-25T155645Z_1_CBRE93O18B900_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ABBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cast and members of Abba appear together at the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical &#039;Mamma Mia&#039; in Stockholm" align="left" title="Cast and members of Abba appear together at the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical &#039;Mamma Mia&#039; in Stockholm" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A British bookmaker is taking bets on an ABBA comeback after singer Agnetha Faltskog hinted at a possible reunion for Sweden&#039;s most successful band. Faltskog, who has come out of retirement to release a solo album called &quot;A&quot;, was asked by German&#039;s Die Zeit Magazine if she would be open to an ABBA reunion and she responded positively. &quot;Maybe a charity concert? I would not say &#039;No&#039; right away,&quot; she said. Her former husband Bjorn Ulvaeus and his fellow ABBA songwriter Benny Andersson vowed in 2008 not to reform the group that broke up in 1982 after nine British No.1 hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/african-diva-angelique-kidjo-wins-songlines-best-artist-002744039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r7QG_V3NrhWD6mpe2XDUCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T002744Z_1_CBRE93P01AF00_RTROPTP_2_NOBEL-NORWAY-CONCERT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Benin singer Angelique Kidjo performs during the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo" align="left" title="Benin singer Angelique Kidjo performs during the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo" border="0" /></a>By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - African diva Angelique Kidjo was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine&#039;s annual world music awards on Friday, lauded for her high-energy shows and her championing of social causes. French veterans Lo&#039;jo, who mix French folk with African and Arabic sounds, picked up the Best Group award and the young Zimbabwean band Mokoomba was chosen as top Newcomer. The Best Cross Cultural-Collaboration went to Dub Colossus for the blend of Ethiopian roots, reggae and dub beats on their latest album &quot;Dub Me Tender Vol. 1+2&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/african-diva-angelique-kidjo-wins-songlines-best-artist-002744039.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 20:27:44 -0400Reutersafrican-diva-angelique-kidjo-wins-songlines-best-artist-002744039<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/african-diva-angelique-kidjo-wins-songlines-best-artist-002744039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r7QG_V3NrhWD6mpe2XDUCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T002744Z_1_CBRE93P01AF00_RTROPTP_2_NOBEL-NORWAY-CONCERT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Benin singer Angelique Kidjo performs during the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo" align="left" title="Benin singer Angelique Kidjo performs during the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo" border="0" /></a>By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - African diva Angelique Kidjo was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine&#039;s annual world music awards on Friday, lauded for her high-energy shows and her championing of social causes. French veterans Lo&#039;jo, who mix French folk with African and Arabic sounds, picked up the Best Group award and the young Zimbabwean band Mokoomba was chosen as top Newcomer. The Best Cross Cultural-Collaboration went to Dub Colossus for the blend of Ethiopian roots, reggae and dub beats on their latest album &quot;Dub Me Tender Vol. 1+2&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-knocked-top-korean-charts-63-old-singer-090558859.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBKI6oJ9dqi3Pe9Gw1NI3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-25T090558Z_1_CBRE93O0PAP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-KOREA-MUSIC-PSY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy, whose latest video &quot;Gentleman&quot; tracked global megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; by going viral on the Internet, has been knocked from the top of the music charts in his native country by a 63-year-old easy listening pop singer. &quot;Gangnam Style&quot;, which holds the YouTube record for most views with more than 1.5 billion, catapulted the sunglassed Korean with the garish jackets to world stardom and made him one of the best-known faces to grace the growing K-pop music scene. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/psy-knocked-top-korean-charts-63-old-singer-090558859.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 05:05:58 -0400Reuterspsy-knocked-top-korean-charts-63-old-singer-090558859<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-knocked-top-korean-charts-63-old-singer-090558859.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBKI6oJ9dqi3Pe9Gw1NI3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-25T090558Z_1_CBRE93O0PAP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-KOREA-MUSIC-PSY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy, whose latest video &quot;Gentleman&quot; tracked global megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; by going viral on the Internet, has been knocked from the top of the music charts in his native country by a 63-year-old easy listening pop singer. &quot;Gangnam Style&quot;, which holds the YouTube record for most views with more than 1.5 billion, catapulted the sunglassed Korean with the garish jackets to world stardom and made him one of the best-known faces to grace the growing K-pop music scene. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-170337634.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-170337634.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 13:03:37 -0400Reuterstrombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-170337634<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-170337634.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/documentary-deceased-british-singer-amy-winehouse-works-223909105.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FPuS9LkTocPDOu3YiiGbbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-24T223909Z_1_CBRE93N1QXG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-AMYWINEHOUSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A painting &#039;Amy&#039; by British artist Andersson is seen hanging at a pub in central London" align="left" title="A painting &#039;Amy&#039; by British artist Andersson is seen hanging at a pub in central London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A documentary is in the works about the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse and it features previously unseen material, the film&#039;s distributor said on Wednesday. The film, which will include archival footage never seen by the public, will be directed by Briton Asif Kapadia, whose 2010 film &quot;Senna,&quot; about Brazilian auto racer Ayrton Senna, won a BAFTA for best documentary. The Grammy-winning singer died in 2011 at the age 27 from alcohol poisoning. Winehouse&#039;s 2006 album &quot;Back to Black&quot; made her an international star. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/documentary-deceased-british-singer-amy-winehouse-works-223909105.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 18:39:09 -0400Reutersdocumentary-deceased-british-singer-amy-winehouse-works-223909105<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/documentary-deceased-british-singer-amy-winehouse-works-223909105.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FPuS9LkTocPDOu3YiiGbbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-24T223909Z_1_CBRE93N1QXG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-AMYWINEHOUSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A painting &#039;Amy&#039; by British artist Andersson is seen hanging at a pub in central London" align="left" title="A painting &#039;Amy&#039; by British artist Andersson is seen hanging at a pub in central London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A documentary is in the works about the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse and it features previously unseen material, the film&#039;s distributor said on Wednesday. The film, which will include archival footage never seen by the public, will be directed by Briton Asif Kapadia, whose 2010 film &quot;Senna,&quot; about Brazilian auto racer Ayrton Senna, won a BAFTA for best documentary. The Grammy-winning singer died in 2011 at the age 27 from alcohol poisoning. Winehouse&#039;s 2006 album &quot;Back to Black&quot; made her an international star. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Isabel Coles ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A singer from Iraq's Kurdistan region has made it through to the semi-final of an Arab talent contest, igniting heated debates over Iraqi identity and politicizing the popular TV show. A panel of judges praised 24-year-old Parwaz Hussein and she was voted through to the next round of "Arab Idol", in which aspiring popstars from Morocco to Bahrain compete for a recording contract. ...http://news.yahoo.com/kurdish-singer-sparks-identity-debate-arab-talent-show-081851646.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 04:18:51 -0400

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