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  1. Brian Wilson performs in 2009 at The Show at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage. The Beach Boys legend is in the studio working on his 11th solo album. Courtesy of Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa

    Brian Wilson working on a new solo album

    Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, who last year toured with the reunited band on its 50th anniversary tour, is in the studio working on his 11th solo album.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  2. Barry Manilow performs at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert in 2012. Wade Byars/The Desert Sun

    Manilow still spectacular at 70

    Barry Manilow used to tell a story about hearing one of his songs on KWXY FM, the former station that featured Broadway showtunes, traditional pop and instrumental music. Manilow was in his 50s, but he considered KWXY the 'geezer' station. So he reacted in feigned horror, 'I'm a geezer!'

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  3. Doobie Brothers. Courtesy

    Doobie Brothers: Keep listening to the music

    'Black Water' was The Doobie Brother's first No. 1 single. Written by singer-guitarist Patrick Simmons about his fascination with New Orleans, the bluegrass-tinged hit stood out on the charts.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  4. Singer-songwriter Beth Orton performs today at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown. Courtesy

    Motherhood for Beth Orton sounds so good

    Beth Orton is a busy lady. In 2012, the British singer-songwriter released her first album after six years and toured while juggling two kids.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  5. Cedric Bixler-Zavala performs with At The Drive-In during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Marilyn Chung/The Desert Sun

    Cedric Zavala boasts colorful past

    Cedric Bixler Zavala is known for his high-tenor vocal range, which he displayed as frontman of The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In. But, a previously-unheard voice emerged from the singer, which enabled him to pursue more creative freedom.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  6. FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, members of the musical group Mumford & Sons, from left, Ted Dwane, Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Winston Marshall, pose backstage with the best long form music video award for 'Big Easy Express' and the album of the year award for 'Babel' at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File) Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

    Mumford & Sons cancels Bonnaroo performance

    Mumford & Sons has canceled its headlining performance at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  7. Flea (from left), Joey Waronker, Thom Yorke (foreground center), Nigel Godrich and Mauro Refosco of Atoms For Peace. The band's 27-date tour begins in July in Europe and will reach the U.S. in September. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

    Atoms For Peace ready to explode on 27-date tour

    Southern California has been good for Thom Yorke.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  8. Song Preservation Society performs Friday at the Ace in Palm Springs. Courtesy photo

    Preservation Society shares alt-folk roots

    There are many firsts coming up for Song Preservation Society, the alt-folk trio operating out of Los Angeles. This weekend the group consisting of Daniel Wright, Ethan Glazer and Trevor Bahnson will be stopping by Palm Springs for the first time.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  9. Members of the band Queens of the Stone Age (from left), Troy Van Leeuwen, Jon Theodore, Josh Homme, Michael Shuman and Dean Fertita at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

    Queens of the Stone Age's album digs deeper

    When Josh Homme sat down to write the music that would become Queens of the Stone Age's long-awaited new album, he found he had nothing to say. Worse, he was vaguely embarrassed by everything he'd done before.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  10. Jewel performs tonight at The Show in Rancho Mirage. Wade Byars, The Desert Sun

    Jewel sparkles on new tour

    Jewel's current tour has been different from any other she's done during her 18-year recording career.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  11.  Courtesy of Coachella

    See what was lost at Coachella 2013

    The 53 cellphones left behind are just the beginning.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  12. Sheryl Crow poses for a portrait in New York. Crow's latest release, 'Feels Like Home,' will be released on Sept. 10. The Associated Press

    Sheryl Crow undergoes a country conversion

    For a couple of months now, Sheryl Crow has been loading her two young boys aboard a bus and taking off on a tour of country music radio stations around the country.

    • Jun. 3, 2013
  13. Jimmie Rodgers, the easy-listening singer famous for 'Honeycomb' and 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,' lives in Bermuda Dunes. Kate Porter/Special to MyDesert

    Memories sweeter than wine for Jimmie Rodgers

    Anyone who recalls the top folk-pop style hits of the late 1950s and '60s is sure to come up with 'Honeycomb' and 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,' both gold records for singer and songwriter Jimmie Rodgers who now calls Coachella Valley home.

    • May 30, 2013
  14. 'American Idol' season 10 winner Scotty McCreery performs in Grand Rapids, Mich. Ben Enos

    Scotty McCreery tends his country roots

    Scotty McCreery fits the reality-television mold: smooth, deep voice, piercing blue eyes and love for playing guitar. Some critics bash the manufactured music 'American Idol' is producing, but tenth-season winner McCreery believes that reality music television shows are more of a help than a hindrance.

    • May 30, 2013
  15. Gregg Allman performed Saturday at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. USAT

    Gregg Allman moves crowd with classics

    Part of the enduring appeal of The Allman Brothers is the authenticity of the material: Southern blues tinged with gospel and country.

    • May 26, 2013
  16. Kid Rock recently called high ticket prices for the Timberlake-Hova Legends of the Summer Tour 'garbage' and is countering with $20 tickets for his own Best Night Ever Tour. The Associated Press

    Top music stars square off for summer tour dollars

    It's a crowded summer tour market and everyone is competing for your entertainment dollar.

    • May 26, 2013
  17. Liberace in his 'Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!' television special in 1978. CBS via Getty Images

    Much of Liberace's secret life played out in PS

    To tell the story of Liberace's final years, one must go 'Behind the Candelabra' and cast some light on lesser-known chapters of Palm Springs history.

    • May 25, 2013
  18. Beatles' lyrics headed home to British Library

    Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics.

    • May 25, 2013
  19. Gregg Allman, coming to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

    Greg Allman is still whipping the music into shape

    The de rigueur encores of the past 40 years must include the Allman Brothers' 'Whipping Post.'

    • May 24, 2013
  20. Passes for the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will go on sale this morning. Michael Snyder/The Desert Sun

    Coachella tickets on sale

    Coachella 2013 photos

    • May 24, 2013

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