MUSIC SCENE

The multitasking superstar, who was seemingly everywhere in 2009, hopes to spend a good chunk of 2010 not working.

Mary J. Blige's willingness to bare her sometimes-tortured inner self via powerful
music has ensured her unbroken reign as the queen of hip-hop soul over
an almost-20-year career.

Artists who make Christian, or "holy" hip-hop say it's a struggle to get their music on the air waves on either secular or gospel stations.

Old favorites competed with young upstarts at Wednesday night's Country
Music Association Awards, and age didn't always trump beauty.

A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch.

Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says the legendary rock band isn't breaking up -- although they need a new singer.

Bobby Tinsley is an R&B artist. He wrote and performed a song for sick kids at the Children's Hospital. Tinsley said he spent time in the hospital himself as a teenager.

He's coming out of a nine-year retirement to perform intimate acoustic shows at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel.

Taylor Swift leads the AMA nominations with six, and her biggest competitor
for most wins is Michael Jackson. He's up for five awards, including
favorite pop album for "Number Ones," which came out in 2003.

T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to take home two trophies.

Pavement, one of the most influential indie rock bands of the '90s, will reunite.

The beloved folk trio that brought Bob Dylan's songs to the masses,
marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and sang Grammy-winning children's
songs has lost one of its voices.

Singers Darius Rucker and Lee Ann Womack will reveal the finalists for the County Music Association awards.

Word of mouth and outdoor music attracted about 700 people to a free Beach Boys concert in a bowling alley parking lot in Alaska.

A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally swapping music online has admitted downloading and sharing hundreds of songs.

The hit country duo Sugarland will miss three more concerts after a doctor ordered singer Jennifer Nettles to rest her voice for a week.

John "Marmaduke" Dawson, who co-founded the psychedelic country band
New Riders of the Purple Sage with the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia,
has died. He was 64.

Whitney Houston says the support of her daughter helped fuel her as she geared up for her comeback record.

If Jennifer Nettles doesn't give her voice a rest, she says she could "break" it.

Sen. John McCain and the Republican Party are apologizing to Jackson Browne for using one of his songs during last year's presidential campaign.