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Jay-Z's "Empire" holds strong atop singles chart (Reuters)

Rapper Jay-Z is interviewed at the MuchMusic television station in Toronto in this October 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" claimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.



Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:31:16 GMT


Haydn expert HC Robbins Landon dies at 83 (AP)

AP - H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83.
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:54 GMT


John Mayer's "Battle" wins top spot on album chart (Reuters)

Reuters - John Mayer brought home his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart Wednesday, while Norah Jones grabbed the No. 3 rung.
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:20:05 GMT


Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going (AP)

In this Oct. 11, 2009 photograph, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins motions a 'thumbs up' gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., honoring him. Although he is 96 years old, Perkins, who formerly drove a tractor at the plantation in the 1940's, keeps an active performance schedule and takes time to record with a number of contemporary blues musicians, many several decades younger than himself. Proceeds of the festival are used to help fund programs of the Blues Foundation. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:22 GMT


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