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One problem with country music is that it doesn't deal with sparring very well. Nearly everything vaguely resembling a competition gets watered down so neither side looks bad. The genre's media was left in a bind following the war of words between Zac Brown followers and Luke Bryan followers after the former artist blasted the music of the latter. In the end, CMT and others did they're best not to make anyone look bad. So, it's not entirely surprising that five different performers will share this year's CMT Artist of The Year Award. -
A Tribe Called Quest Is Breaking Up After Two More Shows
A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip announced on Twitter Tuesday that the hip-hop group would be playing two final shows in New York City before calling it quits. -
CMJ Is Being Sued
CMJ is in full swing in New York City. A pricey lawsuit couldn't come at a worse time, and that's exactly what The New York Times is now reporting. CMJ is being haunted (not by old rock gods) by an incomplete business transaction four years ago. The CMJ's founder Robert K. Haber was to merge CMJ with Metropolitan Entertainment, headed by concert promoter John Scher, The New York Times reported back in 2009. The estimated $2.4 million deal would have included tours and other programs, but then it went kaput. -
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Bracket DAY 2: Vote between N.W.A., The Meters, Linda Ronstadt and Yes!
The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2013 induction nominees on October 15, including KISS, Nirvana, N.W.A. and more. Although there's no limit to how many can be allowed into the hall by the panel of 600 voters, we at Music Times have been reading too much The Hunger Games and wondered: What if there could be only one? -
Anberlin Remixes Catalogue For 'Devotion,' and Doesn't Mind If The Song Doesn't Remain The Same
Alternative rockers Anberlin have released 'Devotion,' a compilation that revisits and remixes 2012's 'Vital,' and they don't mind if it sounds off the wall. After all, says frontman Stephen Christian, isn't that the point? -
Judge Allows Alberto Vilar, Convicted of Fraud, to Attend the Met...as Valery Gergiev's Guest
Judge Richard J. Sullivan recently granted an extended curfew to disgraced businessman Alberto Vilar, so that he could attend the Metropolitan Opera's own scandal-ridden performance of 'Eugene Onegin.' -
Royal Tailor - 'Royal Tailor' Music Review
Tauren, Blake, Jarrod and D.J. had a strong debut with Black & White and their self-titled second release is even better. If you weren't a fan before, after hearing this album, you will be! -
Hoang Pham, Son of Vietnamese Refugees, Wins 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year
Some stories in the arts are heartwarmers, first and foremost, pure and simple. That can certainly be said of the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, a title bestowed at Melbourne Town Hall. Because this year it went -
From South Africa to La Scala to the Met, Soprano Pretty Yende’s Rapid Rise
Soprano Pretty Yende grew up in Piet Retief, in a remote eastern province of South Africa. Her remarkable voice and passion for opera have brought her far, to the stages of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, and an enviable career... -
"The Rev" Jimmie Bratcher - The Secret is Out!
Pastor, evangelist, author, singer, songwriter and guitarist, "The Rev" Jimmie Bratcher preaches in churches almost every Sunday, but at night, you'll find him sharing his testimony and blistering guitar licks onstage in blues clubs and at music festivals, prisons and biker rallies -
Sun Ra Arkestra with Marshall Allen at Jazz at Lincoln Center [PHOTOS]
On the centenary of Sun Ra's earthly birth, Jazz at Lincoln Center welcomed his Arkestra to Columbus Circle for the first time. Ever. -
LIVESTREAM: Julian Jacobson Playing All 32 Beethoven Sonatas in a Single Day
Pianist Julian Jacobson's amazing Beethoven marathon in London is available, for free, via Livestream.
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