Scotty McCreery's new album Clear As Day just hit #1 in Billboard, and it features some very personal songs that seem to fit him perfectly. He tells me how he picked this batch.

It's become the new American Pastime. Instead of turning to the sports page in the morning, I find myself going straight home to HuffPost to see precisely how BP has failed to fix their mess today.

We need icons. Men and women who serve as the paramount of their profession excite and inspire us, help us to strive for our own goals. Danger arises ...

While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.