By CHUCK CAMPBELL Scripps Howard News Service As if this month's announcement of Grammy nominations weren't a bad enough indication of what an unremarkable year 2007 was for music, the chart domination by the stars of "High School Musical" and "Hannah Montana" didn't help. But how about the teenagers from those shows? Could one of them be the next Britney Spears? Like them, Spears was once a Disney-connected teenager. And the 26-year-old pop star was the most talked-about singer of 2007, even if it was rarely about her music, and even if it was rarely good talk. Despite the...
Broadway music arranger Peter Howard dead at 80
Newsday
Newsday
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - Peter Howard, who arranged the dance music for many of Broadway's greatest hits over the past half-century, has died at age 80. Howard died April 18 in Englewood, according to Annmarie De Feis,...
will.i.am, Alicia Keys, and Black Lilly | THE SCOOP | MUSIC NEWS | Music | BET.com
BET
BET
-- Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am got political again this week, weighing in on why he and his group will be performing in China despite recent [unofficial] requests...
Los Angeles Music Center 'Spotlight Awards' Highlight Teenage Talent
Voa News
Voa News
The Los Angeles Music Center features some of the world's top entertainers, and once a year, it also hosts some talented young performers in its Spotlight Awards. Mike O'Sullivan has more on the teenaged singers,...
Three-day festival promises awesome blend of music
The Star
The Star
PENANG: The World Music Festival is back in town and the performing bands are promising revellers "sounds they have never heard before." Kicking off tonight at the Quarry Gardens at the Penang Botanic Gardens, the...
`No, No, Nanette' giddily celebrates 1920s musical theater
The State
The State
NEW YORK -- "No, No, Nanette" is one of those Broadway musicals that is the perfect combination of tap and tune - catchy songs and dance numbers guaranteed to get an audience giddy. It did in 1925, then again in 1971 and...






