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WASHINGTON - Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - New Orleans' multi-tasking funk outfit Galactic is set to return February 9 with its sixth studio album, entitled "Ya-Ka-May." Full Story »

NEW YORK - As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter (POW'-ter) is king of them all — for this decade, at least. Full Story »

GLEN, N.Y. - The lead singer of the rock band Weezer has suffered minor injuries after the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway and slid into a ditch. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Alexa Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, was hospitalized after taking eight pills at her Manhattan apartment, a law enforcement official said Saturday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - ABC says glam-rocker Adam Lambert will appear and perform on its daytime talk show "The View" on Thursday. Full Story »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The variety show was once a television staple, and Carrie Underwood thinks it might be time for a resurgence. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The grandmother of a Russian cocktail waitress who is dating Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood has told him to leave her granddaughter alone after he was arrested on suspicion of assault. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has acquired digital music service Lala, as the dominant online music retailer explores new models for selling songs. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Jenni Rivera has established herself as a major star with her saucy take on Mexican brass-based banda music, into which she incorporates stories from her own life and gives voice to a hard-partying, hard-loving persona. Full Story »

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The Band Perry, a young trio made up of siblings Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry, has grabbed the attention of country radio with its first single, "Hip to My Heart." Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum credits adversity for inspiring the genre-bridging, live-recorded project he started in 1998, "The Gospel According to Jazz." Full Story »

Courtesy of NME.com - 'Wavin' Flag: The Celebration Mix' will be used globally during the tournament Full Story »

Courtesy of NME.com -- Headliners for for 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival announced Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Elvis Costello, the British singer-songwriter who swept through the London pub scene, the punk movement and the New Wave fad while retaining his signature sound, continues to release great work 30-plus years into his career. His latest project, the country- and folk-inflected "Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane," arrived June 9 on Hear Music. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES – On the eve of a hearing in the Michael Jackson estate, a lawyer for the singer's father filed a 60-page motion Monday that intensifies a bid to get money from his son's estate by making accusations of fraud against the administrators of his will. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's death put a sudden end to long-rumored plans for a Jackson 5 reunion, but brother Jermaine on Friday kept fans guessing about whether there might be a "Jackson 4" concert next year. Full Story »

Courtesy of NME.com - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has said that singer Steven Tyler has quit the band "as far as I can tell." Full Story »