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West's new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, both chastises and praises the hip-hop singer for being an arrogant perfectionist. Rock critic Ken Tucker says it may be an example of "egregious self-aggrandizement," but it's also "superb music-making."

A 65-year-old said she first met and was sexually assaulted by the Aerosmith frontman when she was 16, according to a new lawsuit filed under a California law that extended the statute of limitations.

The British-born vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as "You Make Loving Fun," "Everywhere" and "Don't Stop," died Wednesday.

The late Ellen Willis was the first pop-music critic for The New Yorker. A new anthology, Out of the Vinyl Deeps, collects her thoughts on Dylan, Joplin and The Rolling Stones, among others. Critic Ken Tucker says the anthology "resurrects a nearly lost, vital, invaluable voice" in pop music.

Marcia Douglas's new book imagines a resurrected Bob Marley, living in a clock tower and conversing with spirits — but Douglas also honors and elevates the voices of the women in Marley's orbit.

The George M. Cohan song "Over There" was first published on June 1, 1917. It became America's favorite anthem of World World I and one of the country's great patriotic anthems.

Ticket prices for the U.K. tour have skyrocketed on resale sites since presale started Friday. The British rock band said tickets offered on the secondary market will be voided.

South by Southwest — a massive art, music and technology festival — has been canceled over fears that visitors might help spread the coronavirus in Austin, Texas.

In 2012, Spin magazine plans to review 1,500 albums and mixtapes exclusively in 140-character tweets on the @SPINReviews Twitter feed. The music magazine recently abandoned its 80-word reviews for the new Twitter format, which some critics say is killing the art of the music review.

America's top orchestras are presenting little if any music written by women next season. Why is that?