After Elliott Yamin landed at LAX, he kissed the ground.  Literally.  He had finally gotten home to Los Angeles after a harrowing six post-earthquake...

Lady Gaga is bringing what is expected to be a glitzy, dramatic “Monster Ball” tour to the road this summer.  The U.S. dates begin July...

Local alt-rockers Conditions just signed with the new independent label Good Fight Music and are recording their full-length debut in Baltimore with Paul...

•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Bass Invasion, Telemetrik, Corrupts Souls and others, 10 p.m. Friday, $7-$10. David Bazan and Headlights,...

The lineup for the 43rd annual Hampton Jazz Festival includes some heavy hitters (Gladys Knight, Charlie Wilson), a newbie (Melanie Fiona), a phoenix (En...

•Proverbial with Lastic, Force of Habit, Downbeat Switch, Destined Nation and Belief Band, 6:30 p.m. at The National •Atticus Metal Tour with...

The lineup for the 43rd annual Hampton Jazz Festival includes some heavy hitters, a newbie or two and the ultimate Jazz Fest fave, Frankie Beverly and...

“Sing for the Cure: A Proclamation of Hope” will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, 3601 Seminary Ave. The Richmond...

LOS ANGELES—Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of...

There is a grounded earthiness to Martina McBride, a sort of normalcy not usually associated with stars—even country ones.  She’s a mother...

•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Madrone, Numb Inclusion, Bullet to Black and others, 5 p.m. Friday, $10. Property, Krass Judgement, Elisium...

When Drummie Zeb was a kid growing up in Church Hill, his great escape was the downtown Richmond Public Library. He’d sequester himself in the listening...

Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.

Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee....

Placido Domingo has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous polyp from his colon and is expected to make a full recovery.

After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a...

At the start of her new reality series, former Richmonder Tinsley Mortimer tells us, “I’m about to take you into a world where not everything...

Afew more shows to put on the summer schedule for Innsbrook After Hours:  The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson and Junior Marvin will take the...

This year’s Dominion Riverrock festival at Brown’s Island will feature the music of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on May 14 and Robert Randolph...

•B-Side Electric Blues, 5 p.m. at downtown Capital Ale House Music Hall; at 10 p.m., Three Borne •Alice in Chains, 9 p.m. at The National •BJ...

•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Kidz in the Hall, 88 Keys, Donnis and others, 7 p.m. Friday, $12-$15. Roslyn, City Riots, The Perfects...

Elliott Yamin has been tweeting frantically this afternoon that he’s trying to leave Chile by tomorrow.

If Beethoven’s music is a boat, it has often been performed as if it were an ironclad warship or a polar icebreaker. On Saturday night, the Richmond...

Elliott Yamin just texted to say since there is no power in Vina del Mar, occupants have just been bused to Santiago.

NEW YORK—Apple’s iTunes has sold its 10 billionth tune. Apple said yesterday that its online music store crossed the threshold Wednesday when...

I sometimes wonder what I actually do here,“ BJ Kocen says, his bright blue eyes widening mischievously, a smile breaking across his face. ...

During the past few months, folk music-veteran Patty Larkin has had reason for professional celebration and personal grief.  The year 2010 marks her...

Tickets for three Innsbrook After Hours shows are up for sale tomorrow at 10 a.m.  Heartthrob country singer Billy Currington will perform May 12;...

Last season’s fourth-place “American Idol” finisher, Allison Iraheta, will return to the show tonight (8 p.m. on Fox) to perform on the...

If you go Who: Patty Larkin When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Ashland Coffee & Tea, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the...