Image: Doc Watson poses backstage at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California, in 1986.
+Music | May 30, 2012

Doc Watson’s Legacy: What You Should Know About the Folk Legend

By Aylin Zafar

Doc Watson died at age 89 on Tuesday. TIME takes a look back at some highlights from his illustrious career.

+Music | May 23, 2012

Music Festival Watch: Pearl Jam, D’Angelo and Red Hot Chili Peppers Coming to a Stage Near You

By Aylin Zafar
Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Pearl Jam will co-headline Jay-Z’s inaugural “Made in America” music festival, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Black Keys lead Austin City Limits’ massive lineup

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‘Polka King’ Eddie Blazonczyk Dies

By CARYN ROUSSEAU / Associated Press

(CHICAGO) — Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname “Polka King” after starting his own band and label, has died. He was 70.

+Photos Remembrance | May 20, 2012

Robin Gibb, 1949-2012: Remembering the Bee Gees Co-Founder

By Yumi Goto
Andre Csillag / Rex USA

The Bee Gees founding member died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

+Music | May 17, 2012

Legendary ‘Queen of Disco’ Donna Summer Dies at 63

By Madison Gray
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

The five-time Grammy winner—best known for her far-ranging voice and late ’70s ballads—died Thursday after a long battle with cancer

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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63

By MESFIN FEKADU / Associated Press
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

(NEW YORK) — Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” ”Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63.

+Music | May 15, 2012

Jay-Z Backs Obama’s Endorsement of Gay Marriage

By Aylin Zafar
Gary Miller / FilmMagic

“It’s discrimination plain and simple,” Jay-Z said during a press conference announcing his new music festival

+Music | May 14, 2012

Donald “Duck” Dunn, Booker T. and the MGs Bassist Dies at 70

By Associated Press
AP, File

(NEW YORK) — Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as “In the Midnight Hour,” ”Hold On I’m Coming” and “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” [...]

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Garland Music Director Mort Lindsey Dies

By Associated Press

(LOS ANGELES) — Mort Lindsey, a composer and jazz pianist who was a music director for Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, has died. He was 89. His son, Trevor, told the Los Angeles Times that Lindsey died on May 4 at his home in Malibu. Lindsey was music director for Garland at her 1961 concert [...]

+Music | May 9, 2012

Expectations Soar for No Doubt’s First Album in 11 Years

By Aylin Zafar
Michael Tran / FilmMagic / Getty Images

The ska-poppers’ long-awaited sixth studio album will feature reggae “from the future”

+Remembrance | May 4, 2012

Appreciation: Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys

By Touré
Evan Agostini / File / AP

My knees went weak when I heard MCA had died. Perhaps that’s because it wasn’t simply the death of a man but of a piece of my youth — and of a time when hip hop itself was young.

+Music | May 1, 2012

Music Video Website Vevo Wants to Tell You What to Listen To

By Lily Rothman
Photonica / Getty Images

Music fans can feel like they should be listening to all of the music, all the of the time. Thankfully, music platforms like Vevo are working to help cut through all that…you know, noise.

+Video Music | April 26, 2012

The Beach Boys: New Song, Old Sound

By Lily Rothman

For the first time in 20 years, The Beach Boys released a new single yesterday. Can the pop icons still provide the soundtrack to the American summer?

Populist+Populist | April 20, 2012

Shock and Awe: Top 10 Controversial Album Covers

By Wook Kim
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To mark National Record Store Day, TIME looks at memorable album covers that raised eyebrows (and sometimes ire)

+Music | April 17, 2012

Next Step for Tupac’s Hologram: National Tour?

By Lily Rothman
AP

The Tupac Shakur light projection that rocked Coachella may be coming to an arena near you.

+Music | April 17, 2012

Pop Prediction: The Next Big Girl Group

By Lily Rothman
Joseph Okpako / WireImage / Getty Images

We’ve seen the meteoric rise of the boy band One Direction. Who will be their female counterparts?

+TV Recap Dancing with the Stars: Season 14, Episode 6 | April 10, 2012

Dancing with the Stars Watch: KISS and Tell

By Melissa Locker
Rock Week returned, with KISS opening the show with a spectacular performance of "Rock and Roll All Nite"

KISS performs as Dancing with the Stars gets in touch with their inner metal head

+Music | April 9, 2012

Exclusive First Listen: Ryan Montbleau Channels Bill Withers on ‘Heartbreak Road’

By Steven James Snyder
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The Boston singer-songwriter is back, and he’s bringing the funk with him.

+Music | March 28, 2012

The ‘Zou Bisou Bisou’ Revue: Foreign-Language Songs on U.S. Pop Charts

By Joseph McCombs
Reg Lancaster / Getty Images

Megan Draper’s ditty may be heating up on iTunes, but here are 10 hits that already had us humming.

+Video Recommendations | March 27, 2012

If You Like “Zou Bisou Bisou,” Try Pink Martini’s “Sympathique”

By Katy Steinmetz

If you’re still wandering around the office in a bouncy, burlesque-inspired daze, contemplating the je ne sais quoi that made Jessica Paré’s rendition of “Zou Bisou Bisou” so lusciously haunting during the Mad Men premiere, this might be just the song for you.