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Michael Lippman, Manager and Lawyer for George Michael, David Bowie, Rob Thomas and Other Music Stars, Dies at 79

Michael Lippman, who worked with David Bowie, George Michael, Matchbox Twenty and other top stars as a manager, lawyer or label executive, died Monday at age 79. No cause of death...

Ben Folds Does Holiday Music Right, Offering Fans a Very Ho-Ho-Holistic Christmas: Concert Review

Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they’re either cash grabs or sops to...

Elizabeth Chan, Famous for Releasing a New Holiday Album Each Year, on Making Her 15th, ‘Christmas Unhinged,’ About Doing the Season After a Divorce

Elizabeth Chan is in her 15th consecutive year of releasing a new Christmas album every year, and going through a divorce and becoming a single mom was not about to put...

The Best Songs of 2025

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As...

Nicki Minaj Joins Erika Kirk for Turning Point Q&A, Reaffirming Anti-Trans, Pro-Trump Views and, in a Faux Pas, Praising ‘the Assassin JD Vance’

Nicki Minaj sat for a conversation with Erika Kirk at the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix Sunday morning, calling conservative activists “the cool kids” in the midst of extolling her...

Joe Ely, Texas Country-Rock Hero Who Grew His Fan Base Touring With the Clash, Dies at 78

Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of Texas-based music that united rock and country fans in the 1980s and beyond, died Monday. The cause of death was...

Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Recalls the Making of ‘Wish You Were Here,’ as 50th Anniversary Boxed Set Arrives: ‘There Wasn’t a Theme to the...

How we wish we were there … back in 1975, that is, and able to again listen to Pink Floyd‘s magnum opus “Wish You Were Hear” as a fresh work for...

Taylor Swift’s Docuseries ‘The End of an Era’ Is Savvy About Giving Swifties More of What They Want Most — Kameron Saunders and Her...

To first answer one of the most-asked questions about the two episodes of Taylor Swift‘s “The End of an Era” docuseries that have initially gone up for streaming: Is her NFL...

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