Humble Beginnings

We caught up with Patent Pending – the Mount Sinai-based band that captured the top prize in the Billboard Magazine Battle of the Bands – when they came home to Long Island after playing at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20 to rest and recoup from their turn in the national spotlight. Read More

The response, taken from an interviewee in the hip-hop documentary, Big Fun in the Big Town , truly embodies what this 25-year-old film is all about. Read More

For 10 days next month, some of the world's top authors and their readers will descend on a small town on England's border with Wales for a "Woodstock of the Mind" to talk about music, politics, the environment, but mostly about books. Read More

The Australian winery and Great Big Sea's front man band together in a Wine Orchestra for music charity TORONTO , May 22, 2012 /CNW/ - [yellow tail] is calling on Canadians to make music with their wine alongside Great Big Sea's front man Alan Doyle in the [yellow tail] Wine Orchestra at www.yellowtailwine.com/wineorchestra . Read More

Jon Bon Jovi didn't want to get too sentimental about Asbury Park on the third and final night of the Bamboozle festival, but taking the stage in his home state of New Jersey, the big softie couldn't help it. Read More

Robin Gibb, singer with legendary British band the Bee Gees whose disco hits defined an era, has died at the age of 62 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Read More

The Detroit music scene is loaded with cool things to do this weekend. Read More

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is taking her life story to Broadway, and she has chosen film and TV actress Zooey Deschanel to play her on stage. Read More

Iconic heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have announced that they'll be releasing a brand new greatest hits compilation this June, ahead of their performance at Download Festival later that month. Read More

Back in the fall of 1986, Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA were three Brookyn youngsters on the brink of taking the music world by storm. Read More