Love Song

This instrumental track comes from the score to the Brain Fuller television series Pushing Daisies . Read More

When you call singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway for a scheduled interview at 10 a.m., she laughingly tells you it's two hours before diva-wake-up time. Read More

I think the most influential artist overseas was either Beyonce or Alicia Keys. On one hand, Beyonce, the whole world would agree, has accomplished so much and influenced so many artists. Read More

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys' latest opus The Element of Freedom (MBK/J Records) debuts at #1 on Billboard's R&B Albums and Digital Albums charts and #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. Read More

Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom" topped the R&B chart in its first week of sales, but fell short of Susan Boyle to land at No. 2 on the Top 200 Albums chart, her label said on Wednesday. Read More

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys' latest opus The Element of Freedom (MBK/J Records) debuts at #1 on Billboard 's R&B Albums and Digital Albums charts and #2 on Billboard 's Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. Read More

All that clatter must have something to do with last-minute packing by Santa and his elves. Read More

Sure, it's 26 years old, but when he died this June, the entire universe moonwalked again. 2. Read More

If the Noughties really was the decade where pop railed against its history – the first decade in age without massive musical movements, where trends fractured and splintered like glass beads in a kaleidoscope – then why did the cover version become so bloody popular? Read More

After reading our lists of the year's best albums , Steve Morse -- the former Globe music critic who's now a frequent contributor and overall good friend of Sound Effects -- sent us his own picks, including "No Line on the Horizon" by U2 (above). Read More