http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/dsTMx2qre8U/la-ca-pop-divas22-2009nov22,0,4990088.story A powerhouse voice, a cover-girl face, a centerfold body, a clever and alluring personality -- can a singer ever hope to be the 'total package' for a pop-culture world that seems to demand it? <br/><br/> Everyone knows that Taylor Swift can't sing. The teen star might hold the zeitgeist in her pink satin clutch, but she's regularly criticized for her live vocal performances, which tend toward wild notes and shortness of breath. Her turns onstage at the recent Country Music Assn. Awards, where she became the youngest-ever Entertainer of the Year, had critics pulling out descriptions like "shaky," "a train wreck" and (memorably, from Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker) "wobbly as a newborn colt." <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/paTl1BvStAjYcCiagxpVnhc-B9g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/paTl1BvStAjYcCiagxpVnhc-B9g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/paTl1BvStAjYcCiagxpVnhc-B9g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/paTl1BvStAjYcCiagxpVnhc-B9g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/dsTMx2qre8U" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-pop-divas22-2009nov22,0,4990088.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/_Le7Coo9ecU/la-et-u2-berlin-concert-5nov5-link,0,7439191.story Fans hoping to catch a glimpse Thursday of U2's free concert celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall will have to "scale these city walls" after organizers threw up a barrier to block the view for those without tickets. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iLz5KBOfCt_Aaa48nM96m_4RCBk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iLz5KBOfCt_Aaa48nM96m_4RCBk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iLz5KBOfCt_Aaa48nM96m_4RCBk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iLz5KBOfCt_Aaa48nM96m_4RCBk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/_Le7Coo9ecU" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-u2-berlin-concert-5nov5-link,0,7439191.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/PJkXXftdee0/la-et-fela23-2009nov23,0,4727912.story Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have lent their clout to the new Broadway musical depicting a defiant African pop star-activist. <br/><br/> At the start of the new musical "Fela!," protagonist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti welcomes the audience to a concert at what was known in Lagos, Nigeria in the late 1970s as the Shrine, an enclosure of corrugated tin and barbed wire. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0pAH8oM8TPACKCA0y8mErb_9ZxQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0pAH8oM8TPACKCA0y8mErb_9ZxQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0pAH8oM8TPACKCA0y8mErb_9ZxQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0pAH8oM8TPACKCA0y8mErb_9ZxQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/PJkXXftdee0" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-fela23-2009nov23,0,4727912.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/D081wmJeRlQ/la-et-amas23-2009nov23,0,4592249.story Sure, the guys performed on the show Sunday evening, but it was the women who blazed. <br/><br/> Are guys even making relevant pop music right now? That's a ridiculous question, obviously, but after Sunday's American Music Awards telecast, it seems almost reasonable. Though plenty of men performed during this roundup of both trending and reliable chart toppers, the show's heat emanated from the feminine sphere. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/exv27EOoA5Usu2FF5Es3NqFNkwo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/exv27EOoA5Usu2FF5Es3NqFNkwo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/exv27EOoA5Usu2FF5Es3NqFNkwo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/exv27EOoA5Usu2FF5Es3NqFNkwo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/D081wmJeRlQ" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-amas23-2009nov23,0,4592249.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/cBVHKMyVZ3U/la-me-elisabeth-soderstrom23-2009nov23,0,1372889.story She had a refined, delicately shaded voice, and was known for her nuanced operatic performances in a distinguished career that spanned more than five decades. <br/><br/> Elisabeth Soderstrom, a Swedish soprano who was greatly admired for her sensitive operatic roles and for her refined, delicately shaded voice, died of a stroke Friday in Stockholm. She was 82. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/evdX2gW9bEKJFhXKkqb6rqs1_OI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/evdX2gW9bEKJFhXKkqb6rqs1_OI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/evdX2gW9bEKJFhXKkqb6rqs1_OI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/evdX2gW9bEKJFhXKkqb6rqs1_OI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/cBVHKMyVZ3U" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-elisabeth-soderstrom23-2009nov23,0,1372889.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/DReV0yIHbbk/la-et-michael-bearden23-2009nov23,0,7172229.story The music director for Michael Jackson's ill-fated comeback tour now heads up the music on George Lopez's new TBS talk show. <br/><br/> " Lopez Tonight " is only a few weeks old, but host George Lopez and bandleader Michael Bearden already have their opening ritual down pat. As the Ese Vatos house band jams on War's "Low Rider," Lopez prowls the stage and struts through a frenzied studio audience, gradually working his way to Bearden for a celebratory fist pump. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bYdTX96to_byDmtQeEol7vABMTw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bYdTX96to_byDmtQeEol7vABMTw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bYdTX96to_byDmtQeEol7vABMTw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bYdTX96to_byDmtQeEol7vABMTw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/DReV0yIHbbk" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-michael-bearden23-2009nov23,0,7172229.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/V8pWmIic2mI/la-et-amawinners23-2009nov23,0,7331052.story The young country-pop singer adds five AMAs to her trophy collection. Michael Jackson receives four awards posthumously. <br/><br/> Not long after 19-year-old country-pop sensation Taylor Swift walked off with the Country Music Assn.'s biggest awards in Nashville, the American Music Awards handed her more trophies to add to her growing collection. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oVIhMX5PY9_Kk2YEMVEX5f6KCaM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oVIhMX5PY9_Kk2YEMVEX5f6KCaM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oVIhMX5PY9_Kk2YEMVEX5f6KCaM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oVIhMX5PY9_Kk2YEMVEX5f6KCaM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/V8pWmIic2mI" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-amawinners23-2009nov23,0,7331052.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/t4kzPM4GGwQ/la-ca-berlin22-2009nov22,0,3462059.story After becoming the orchestra's principal conductor in 2002, the Englishman has endured a rocky interlude but wins a contract extension through 2018. <br/><br/> In April 1989, the glamorously autocratic Herbert von Karajan resigned from his post as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, the West German ensemble he had led for 35 years and made into the most brilliant orchestra the world had ever known. In July, he died. On Nov. 9, the Berlin Wall came down. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/u1PJ__A5dUMyQjXuYG8BMMgrzCs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/u1PJ__A5dUMyQjXuYG8BMMgrzCs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/u1PJ__A5dUMyQjXuYG8BMMgrzCs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/u1PJ__A5dUMyQjXuYG8BMMgrzCs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/t4kzPM4GGwQ" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-berlin22-2009nov22,0,3462059.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/5pAbADV-NXw/la-na-michael-jackson22-2009nov22,0,4021912.story The singer's famous glove is the highlight of an auction of pop music memorabilia in New York City. His jacket from his 'Bad' tour fetches $225,000. <br/><br/> Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, and a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2qKwOyqWlLxgI1iVchAkBRESWdk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2qKwOyqWlLxgI1iVchAkBRESWdk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2qKwOyqWlLxgI1iVchAkBRESWdk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2qKwOyqWlLxgI1iVchAkBRESWdk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/5pAbADV-NXw" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-na-michael-jackson22-2009nov22,0,4021912.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~3/JkDbWKfiFv8/la-et-mastodon21-2009nov21,0,502641.story The most animated act (think: Adult Swim) grabs the spotlight at a metal mash. <br/><br/> It's telling that the most orthodox act on one of the season's most anticipated metal package tours was the one composed of cartoon characters. The sprawling quadruple bill of High on Fire, Converge, Mastodon and Dethklok -- the last a Gorillaz-like animated band project for self-aware Hessians -- proved Thursday night at the Hollywood Palladium that while the heaviest strains of rock music are very much thriving, the rule book for what constitutes metal today has been burned at the stake. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IwMoM0HPEHH5RHU66-L6uF_cz60/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IwMoM0HPEHH5RHU66-L6uF_cz60/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IwMoM0HPEHH5RHU66-L6uF_cz60/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IwMoM0HPEHH5RHU66-L6uF_cz60/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/music/~4/JkDbWKfiFv8" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-mastodon21-2009nov21,0,502641.story?track=rss