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"Country Strong" arrives in theaters across United States today and a music video for its soundtrack "Me and Tennessee" has premiered. It features a lot of scenes from the movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw singing the song on the background. more

New Michael Jackson Album Fails To Top The Charts

Michael Jackson's new posthumous album, Michael, didn't manage to top the charts its first week of release.

According to Hits Double Daily's final numbers on Tuesday, the album sold 224,910 copies last week. That was only good enough for a third place finish.

He was beat out by Taylor Swift who topped the chart with her latest, "Speak Now," which sold 254,996 copies and last week's No. 1 Susan Boyle's "The Gift" which sold 251,002 copies. Check out the full chart here

Duran Duran Go No 1

Duran Duran have stormed straight to no 1 on the Pop Download Charts in the UK, US, Canada and Italy within hours of the release of their new album, All You Need Is Now.

The 9-track LP, produced by the Grammy Award-winning Mark Ronson, is currently #2 on the U.S. iTunes Album Chart.

An expanded physical LP with additional original, new tracks will be released in February 2011 in various format deluxe packages. more on this story

NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 3

NOW That's What I Call Country volume 3, the newest installment of the wildly popular Now That`s What I Call Country series, is in stores now.

The collection features chart topping hits from Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, George Strait, Dierks Bentley Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and more more on this story

Bruce Cockburn Sets New Album Release

Bruce Cockburn has completed work on his new recording, his first studio album since 2006's "Life Short Call Now".

The album's title is "Small Source of Comfort" and the record is scheduled for a March 8, 2011 release, world-wide on the True North label.

At the present moment the album contains 9 vocal numbers and 5 instrumentals. The CD features performances from violin player extraordinaire Jenny Scheinman (Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux), recording artist Annabelle Chvostek and long time collaborators Gary Craig, Jon Dymond and producer Colin Linden. more on this story

Lance Lopez Salvation From Sundown World Tour

Lance Lopez' has just announced the initial dates of his 2011 "Salvation From Sundown" world tour.

He is touring in support of his latest album "Salvation From Sundown" on MIG Music. Dates will continue to be added to the schedule.

LANCE cannot wait to hit the road next year: "I'm very excited to get back on the road in 2011. On tour in 2011 we will continue playing most of the tracks from "Salvation from Sundown" and some of my earlier material as well, but this year I will be adding new songs into the set list. In February I plan on going back into the studio to record the follow up to "Salvation from Sundown", so you will be able to hear some of that material live while we are working on it. I also have a stable of great musicians who will be working with me at different shows and that's always a treat. Jamming is a big part of my live show and sometimes we have special guest show up so that's always a great way to end the night with a big jam session, sometimes ya never know who's gonna show up. I'm really look forward to seeing all of our old friends out at the shows and making new ones along the way" more on this story

Free Beatles Complete On Ukulele For Christmas

Over the Christmas holiday, The Beatles Complete On Ukulele (TBCOU) will release the following free downloadable MP3's:

December 21st, 2010- "She's Leaving Home" performed by The Goff Family // December 28th, 2010- "Paperback Writer" performed by The Noble Three // January 4th, 2011- "Every Little Thing" performed by Matt Backer

For almost two years, The Beatles Complete On Ukulele have released a new recording of a Beatles song featuring a ukulele and a different artist every Tuesday on the TBCOU website. more on this story

Miranda Cosgrove Releases New Single

Miranda Cosgrove released a new single "Dancing Crazy" yesterday, December 21st, exclusively on iTunes.

Written by superproducer Max Martin, "Dancing Crazy" is a sparkling and infectious tune that features Miranda's dewy voice and a chorus that is sure to implant itself into your brain well into the New Year.

The new song comes on the heels of the newly announced Dancing Crazy Tour, a run of dates that will take Miranda and her band to cities from coast to coast this February before releasing an EP in March 2011. Stream the song here

Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend Coming in 2011

(PR) Had he lived, Sam Cooke would be 80 on January 22, 2011. Though his tragic death, at the age of 33, deprived successive generations of new music from Cooke, known as 'the man who invented soul,' his legacy and influence endure.

His own catalog of original recordings continues to connect with music consumers who are now offered the possibility of hearing the core of his catalog in high-resolution digital audio by agreement between ABKCO Records and HDTracks.

Four albums, Sam Cooke at the Copa, Keep Movin' On, Ain't That Good News and the career-encompassing compilation Portrait of a Legend 1951 – 1964 are soon to be available for download in 88.2kHz/24bit audio. more on this story

Bloodhound Gang Offensive, Juvenile And Obsessed With Sex, Want Some?

(UMe) Bloodhound Gang is as offensive, juvenile and obsessed with sex as any adolescent boy. If the band's songs weren't so insanely catchy, hilariously clever and damn funny, they would be obnoxious. Instead, Bloodhound Gang, led by Jimmy Pop, is brilliant. Who else would name their "best of" album Show Us Your Hits? Only a band with songs such as "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" and "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying."

Featuring all of the group's hits -- including "The Bad Touch" and "Fire Water Burn" -- and many fan favorites among its 14 tracks, Show Us Your Hits (Geffen Records/UMe), released digitally on December 21, 2010, spans the Philadelphia-based alternative/punk/pop/rap band's major label career.

Along with tracks from the Gang's studio albums 1996's One Fierce Beer Coaster, 1999's Hooray For Boobies and 2005's Hefty Fine, the collection includes the 2007 single-only "Screwing You On The Beach At Night" and the new recording "Altogether Ooky." All are presented in their gloriously explicit versions. more on this story

Robotanists Set New Album Release

Robotanists and producer Danny Kalb (Beck, Karen O, Feist) are currently putting the finishing touches on their third album.

The quartet, often compared to Florence + The Machine, Jenny Lewis, The Xx, et al., are reported to have richly expanded their already lush sound on the forthcoming album titled Plans in Progress.

The CD/digital release will be available via Overhead Records on February 15th, 2011.

Robotanists headline a residency at the Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles throughout February as well as play several shows at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX in March. Please see current dates here

DJ Tommy Blak Releases New Free Mello Mixtape

(Audible Treats) In conjunction with Mello Music Group's recently released compilation album, Helpless Dreamer, the stalwart indie label has teamed up with Project Blowed DJ Tommy Blak to further highlight Mello's unrivaled roster of talent.

The mixtape, Mello Music Group Volume One, is smooth mix of tracks from the past two years, meant to recap the label roster's work and provide some holiday treats for eager fans.

A mix of tracks from a variety of artists, the mixtape has some rare gems, including the very first version of "Drugs Outside" over the original Oddisee beat (not the remix from Mental Liberation) featuring DJ Romes on the cuts and featuring rapper Big Pooh and Black Milk. It also includes a selection newer tracks from recently released projects, including a few cuts from Helpless Dreamer. Mello Music Volume One also shows off two new talents on prepping new projects with MMG in 2011 - Stik Figa, who hails from Topeka, Kansas and just released his collaborative EP, From The Top, with Oddisee and Has-Lo, who hails from Philadelphia. Grab it here

Saturday Night Live's Alex Foster and Michael Wolff Announce Live Dates

Saturday Night Live's Alex Foster and acclaimed pianist Michael Wolff will join together for six sets over two Wednesdays in January (1/12 and 1/19) at Zinc Bar in NYC's West Village.

Wolff and Foster will be joined by Jeff 'Tain' Watts on drums & James Genus on bass for 1/12, and by Victor Jones on drums on 1/19. More guest artists will be announced soon. Both evenings will feature quartets.

In February, Wolff will return to a familiar haunt, his beloved Knickerbocker Bar and Grill, for a month-long weekend residency featuring some of the most storied artists in jazz. For each multi-show weekend gig, Wolff intends to use a different trio line-up: on 2/4 & 2/5, Wolff will be joined by Chip Jackson on bass, and the legendary Mike Clark on drums; On 2/11 & 2/12, Ben Wolfe on bass and Carl Allen on drums; on 2/18 & 2/19, Peter Barshay on bass and Mike Clark on drums; and finally, on 2/25 & 2/26, Uganna Okegwo on bass and Akira Tana on drums. more on this story