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Aug 3, 2007 4:19 AM CDT

Tommy Makem Dies at 74

(Newser) - Tommy Makem, the great Irish singer and storyteller who, with the Clancy Brothers, led the revival in Irish folk music in the late 1950s and 1960s, died after a long battle with lung cancer yesterday. He was 74. "To hear Tommy Makem sing 'Four Green Fields,' " writes...

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Jul 5, 2007 6:26 PM CDT

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Music industry wants to start collecting AM, FM royalties

(Newser) - It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.

Britney
Wigs Out

May 3, 2007 9:25 AM CDT

Britney Wigs Out

Not-so-secret comeback continues with 20 minutes of lip-syncing

(Newser) - Britney's back—somewhat. In the latest performance by an ensemble billed as "the M+Ms," the troubled chanteuse strode onstage in scanty attire and a not-so scanty wig last night in Anaheim and shimmied to the tunes of her big hits, including "Hit Me Baby One More Time"...

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

May 1, 2007 6:08 AM CDT

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," singer mumbles

(Newser) - Tormented rock queen Courtney Love is staging a high-profile yard sale for the personal effects of husband Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who committed suicide 13 years ago. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity," the addled singer promises.