Demi Lovato, whose hair has been several different colors in the past few years, has gone back to blonde after a brunette hiatus. A photo of her at an event for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration taken …

One of the Dixie Chicks has struck out on her own and released a solo album. Natalie Maines this week released Mother, a rock album that breaks from the Dixie Chicks’ country music past. Maines told CBS in an interview …

Lauryn Hill, the Grammy-winning singer formerly with The Fugees, will be sentenced today on three charges of tax evasion. The 37-year old was charged last summer with evading taxes on the $1.8 million she earned between 2005 and 2007, and …

Metallica frontman/guitarist James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett played “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Giants/Dodgers game a few days ago, in a segment that in some ways felt like it could have been the intro to a Metallica album of …

Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman passed away on Thursday leaving one of the biggest holes in the metal community since the loss of Pantera’s Darrell Abbott. Interestingly, Thursday also saw a partial reunion of Pantera, when vocalist Phil Anselmo …

Two of the greatest compositions ever written, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, apparently share a lot more that the word “rhapsody.” As YouTuber Scott Bradlee shows, they’re a real killer when you mash them up. Simply …

Unlike Twitter, Spotify isn’t looking to build an entire standalone music service – they already have that. But they are interested in discovery, like Twitter, and to that end the company has just acquired a Swedish music discovery app called …

Jeff Hanneman, one of two guitarists for the legendary heavy metal band Slayer, has died of liver failure. He was 49. The above image currently appears on the band’s official site, where they shared the following statement: Slayer is devastated …

Deftones played a show at The Pageant in St. Louis last night, and after learning of Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly’s death, paid a bit of a tribute, adding some lyrics from the smash hit “Jump” to their own song …

Kanye West sure knows how to stand out in a sea of tweets. The hip-hop mogul recently deleted every post on his page save for one, which has gotten almost 27,000 re-tweets: “June Eighteen”. No one knows for sure what …

Eye of the Tiger has been an inspiration to Starbucks fans everywhere since its first appearance in Rocky III. Now the song has taken on a decidedly different tone in the upcoming Rayman Legends. Players will be visiting a variety …

Apparently, no one told Beyonce that there was royalty at her show in London last night. Princess Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, was in attendance right down in front, and Beyonce just happened to throw the …

Chris Kelly, half of the famous rap duo Kris Kross, which rose to fame when Kelly (The Mac Daddy) and Chris Smith (The Daddy Mac) were just kids, has died of an apparent drug overdose. Those of us at the …

Rapper Chris Kelly, who formed one half of the popular ’90s hip-hop group Kriss Kross, was found dead in his home on Wednesday night. He was 34 years old. Kriss Kross shot to stardom in 1991 with their debut album, …

Pink opened up to Glamour Magazine recently about what it means to be a new mom, how to make a celebrity relationship work, and why she calls herself a “reformed slut”. “It’s my very unsophisticated way of taking the power …

As part of the “Musicans At Google” series, singer/songwriter Margot B. recently stopped by Google NYC to give an acoustic performance, including songs from her current CD “Live At The Hazlett”. Google has now made it available on YouTube. She …

Ray J apparently doesn’t want us to forget that he was the one who started the Kim K train a’rollin’, because not only did he write a song called “I Hit It First”–which is obviously about Kim–but he made sure …

Hey, if you need something to do Sunday night while you DVR Game of Thrones, Vampire Weekend is performing at Tribeca, Steve Buscemi is directing it, and YouTube is streaming it. This concert marks the 12th in the American Express …

YouTube is peppered with covers of the classic Radiohead song “Karma Police” off their masterpiece album OK Computer. And it should be – it’s an incredible song. But I guarantee you’ve never heard that song like this before. The amazing …

It’s been rumored for a while now that Eminem has been working on a studio album. Now, that rumor has been all but confirmed. Dr. Dre, a long-time collaborator and producer for Eminem, this week called in to a radio …

As previously reported, Google is showing a homepage doodle honoring the 96th birthday of jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald in parts of the world where it’s currently April 25th. The doodle has now made it to our side of the world …