Running a record store on St Mark's Place in the East Village during the 1980s put me in the dead-center middle of an exploding mecca of pop culture.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin...

LOS ANGELES — Don't bother calling Diplo if you want to make something that sounds like a Diplo record. He's not interested. "Producers in L.A....

The song "Suspicious" is about having suspicions about your lover cheating on you, about having that feeling you can't quite put your finger on, but you know it's happening. Oh, and it's happening alright... it's happening.

New York singer-songwriter and novelist Ben Arthur has an ambitious, simultaneous album and novel release, both titled If You Look for My Heart.

Jazz vocalist James Tormé -- son of The Velvet Fog, Mel Tormé -- debuts his new video "Love For Sale" here on HuffPost.

From the teams who brought us Entourage as the labels Def Jam now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television.

In The Big Payback, author Dan Charnas traces the genre's rich history from rap's street battles through MTV Raps and hip-hop's eventual conquering of the singles charts, forever influencing rockers and popsters along the way.

Musically, Kid Rock has always been his own man. Who else would ask Lil Wayne to sit in with him at the CMA Awards, and make friends with Jon Stewart and Fox News too?

Following his strong Seeing Things solo debut, Jakob Dylan furthers his adventures beyond The Wallflowers with his latest album, Women And Country.

As you're recovering from the joyful overkill that was this year's Comic-Con, take a few moments to catch-up on a handful of the more interesting new press releases.

Taken from Pete Yorn's latest album Back & Fourth, a live video performance of the single "Last Summer" premieres on HuffPost, its melody rocking somewhere between The Byrds and Gin Blossoms.

Back & Fourth is on course as one of the best albums of 2009.

If you were expecting another All That You Can't Leave Behind or How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Part II, forget it. U2 is back to experimenting.

Four decades into a career as the sequined king of soft rock, celebrated in his 1970s peak as much for his rakish growl and helmet of wavy hair as fo...

No one was more stunned than Paul Potts when the 36-year old amateur singer won the television competition Britain's Got Talent this past June. Not on...