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Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:55 PM PDT


Record Store Day's Most Covetable New Vinyl–And Even a CD Or Two–From Jimmy Fallon to Phish
Time to break out the record spindles and the traffic cones. It's not often that you find traffic jams around the nation's remaining independent music stores, but the fifth annual Record Store Day is creating such a buzz that it could just be gridlock central at your friendly neighborhood tunes retailer when doors open Saturday [...]

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:55 PM PDT


Taylor Hicks Talks Vegas, Baby, Vegas!
"American Idol" Season 5 champion Taylor Hicks reared his famous silver head on this past Thursday night's "Idol" results show, not only to very excitedly introduce guest performer Kris Allen, but to announce his upcoming residency on the Las Vegas Strip: Taylor will headline an eight-week run at Bally's, kicking off June 26.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:11 PM PDT


Kris Allen Talks 'Idol' Return, Taylor Hicks, Remixes & Colton Dixon Elimination
Season 8 champion Kris Allen returned to the "American Idol" stage Thursday night to perform his new single, "The Vision Of Love," introduced by an extremely excited Taylor Hicks. (Who knew the Soul Patroller was such a big Kris fan?) Afterwards, Kris headed backstage, where he chatted briefly with Reality Rocks about his just-launched "Vision [...]

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 04:42 PM PDT


American Idol, The Day After: Top 7 Redux Recap Dish
Last night, Colton Dixon shockingly went home in seventh place, and today, my "The Day After" co-host Matt Whitfield and I are still in mourning. (Hence our somber, all-black attire.) In this particularly opinionated "Day After" chat, we discuss theories (conspiracy or otherwise) as to why Colton went home this soon, as well as postulate [...]

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 02:23 PM PDT


Stefano Langone Drops His Last Name, Drops Debut Single
I freely admit that when Stefano Langone was on "American Idol" last year, I wasn't really feeling him. Like, at all. But I started to understand his appeal once he was off the show and on the 2011 Idols Live Tour, when he was finally able to do his own thang.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 03:55 AM PDT


The Rock's Backpages Rewind: At Home with Levon Helm in 2009
Levon Helm was the Arkansas-born drummer/singer/mandolin player with the otherwise Canadian group The Band: his brilliant playing and inimitably good-old-boy singing supplied the cornerstone for the sound of these Americana forefathers. His death yesterday brought to a close the life of a man who lived, breathed and drank American music like a sacred elixir.