Veteran rapper Jay-Z plays Carnegie Hall
| Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue on Monday night, one of two shows for cha...

Chris Brown to perform at Grammy Awards 2012
Chris Brown will perform at the 54th annual Grammy Awards this weekend. | Brown will make his return to the Grammys after a 2009 incident where he allegedly attacked ex-girlfriend Rihanna in the hours...

Roach's musical road to recovery
| At 57, Archie Roach is still in love with his profession, and still in demand. | ARCHIE Roach has had a tough two years. He suffered a stroke, had half a lung removed after cancer and lost his soulm...

Big Sir Had Serious Health Scares. So They Made an Album About Life and Death
| Marianne WilliamsSix years after the members of Big Sir were forced to confront their mortality head-on, singer-composer Lisa Papineau and bassist Juan Alderete are back with their third album of ja...

Shlohmo Brings His 
Ambient, but 
Not Chilled Out, Electronic Music to Europe
| Walton BrushSince dropping out of art school in 2010 to pursue music full-time, Shlohmo has become an L.A. electronic-music rising star. Born Henry Laufer and raised in the Fairfax District, the lan...

Roots Manuva, The Roundhouse, London
| Roots aka Rodney Smith is nothing short of a lyrical genius. His rhythmic alliterative bittersweet pen portraits of UK life should be essential listening for anyone with a half decent music collecti...

M.I.A. may have to pay Super Bowl finger fine, Madonna announces world tour, Metallica planning surprise, Liam 'misses' Oasis, Interpol solo album... Daily Hot List
| Tuesday, 7 February | M.I.A. could be made to pay any fines imposed on NBC as a result of her hand gestures during the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday due to a contract she apparently signed wit...

Charles Dickens' 10 unlikely contributions to music featuring Coldplay, Morrissey, Metallica, Gaslight Anthem & more...
| Today (7 February) makes the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, and with a series of celebrations planned for later, we thought we'd round-up the novelist's unlikely contributions, to rock...

Sarkodie To Launch 'Rapperholic' In Kumasi
Duncwills Entertainment,Mangement team of Ghana's fastest rapper Sarkodie has officially announced April 8,as the day for the Kumasi version of the Rapperholic Album Launch. | In a release communicate...

Madonna world tour to start on May 29
| LONDON: Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 2...

Jay-Z enters new musical heights at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK — As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue. | The veteran rapper then performed...

Guru Explains 'Lapaz Toyota'
There is a growing argument over whether Ghanaian hip life musician Guru's latest hit single, 'Lapaz Toyota', should be rated 18. | This follows claims that the song has some profane notes, with empha...

Jay-Z Now 2nd Rapper to Perform at Carnegie Hall
As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue. | The veteran rapper then performed his latest hit, &q...

Jay-Z enters new musical heights at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK-As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue. | The veteran rapper then performed his lat...

Jay-Z enters new musical heights at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK (AP) -- As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue. | The veteran rapper then performed h...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK -- Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two show...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two s...

accessAtlanta
| NEW YORK — Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. Rapper Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, performs on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monda...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK — Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two shows f...

APNewsBreak: Chris Brown to perform at the Grammys
| NEW YORK — Chris Brown will perform at this year's Grammy Awards, the event where his career almost ended three years ago. | Brown admitted to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Gramm...

Is this why MIA flipped the bird at Super Bowl? (+links)
| MIA knew exactly what she was doing when she raised her middle finger during Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show - she was drumming up publicity for her new music video, out today. That, along with p...

Ruby & The Vines + Bumi Thomas listings
Ruby & the Vines, supported by Bumi Thomas, play a one-off gig in the Hackney Attic | Date: Wednesday 8th February 2012 | Venue: Hackney Attic » | Location: Hackney » | Doors: 20:00 til 23...

The Soothsayers curated by Brassroots listings
Soothsayers have a unique and universally appealing sound, born out of the traditions of Afro-beat, Reggae and Jazz and created with a desire to uplif | Date: Wednesday 8th February 2012 | Venue: Rich...

Jay-Z performs at Carnegie Hall for charity; Alicia Keys, Nas join rapper onstage
| NEW YORK - Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two shows...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
| NEW YORK -- Jay-Z has entered a new level of music superstardom, performing at Carnegie Hall. | The veteran rapper performed more than two dozen hits at the famed venue Monday night, one of two show...

Exclusive: Diddy Adds Baltimore MC Los To Bad Boy Roster
| 'We're trying to put that young, youthful energy out in the air,' Diddy tells MTV News about his new Bad Boy signees. | by Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway | The saga continues. Diddy is...

Jay-Z At Carnegie Hall: Five Things We Want To See
| We're hoping for a Beyoncé sighting and some NY-centric rap cameos for Hov's first-ever concert at the famed venue tonight. | by Rob Markman | Jay-Z has seen it all and done it all — or s...

M.I.A. Super Bowl Middle Finger Prompts NBC, NFL Apology
| 'We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime,' an NBC spokesperson said about M.I.A.'s middle finger during halftime. | by Gil Kaufman | Madonna has built a nearly 30-year ...

Madonna's Super Bowl Show: Halftime Fumbles
| Queen of Pop slips and M.I.A. flashes the bird during performance. | by James Dinh | During the 13 minutes Madonna took over | Add RSS Headlines | Add VH1 News to My Yahoo for her highly anticipated...

Jay-Z reaches new level, performs at Carnegie Hall
Donald Traill Rapper Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, performs on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Ticket sales from the Carnegie Hall shows will benefit the Shawn Carte...