The alluring Esperanza Spalding was only 15 when she began performing on the acoustic bass with a seasoned combo on the Portland, Oregon jazz circuit. Her knowledge was limited to one single bassline - …

After spending her first 18 years outside a town (Sharon, KS) whose population was only slightly larger than your average Kiwanis club, Martina Schiff headed for the comparatively bright lights of Wich …

The rockabilly-tinged "Heart Trouble" owes a debt to the ghosts of Sun Studios, most particularly Messrs. Perkins and Presley, as she fires a warning shot across her boyfriend's bow, suggesting that if …

Talk about a true revenge of the nerds tale. It all started when Weezer released its 1994 debut, an album so perfect it demands a front-to-back listen - from the twangy, twitchy opening of "My N …

Anyone who's heard the deluxe, tenth-anniversary edition of Weezer's self-titled debut (a.k.a. "The Blue Album") will tell you that the band's outtakes and b-sides are often just as strong as their pri …

The vocal harmonies, the shimmering guitars, the contemplative lyrics, the massive hooks - these are just a few of the qualities you encounter while listening to the Jayhawks. Their very best tu …

There's not an entertainer in the world who can hold a note like Barbra Streisand, and very few can deign to hold a candle to her. Put simply, she's a one-woman force of showbiz, possessing a pure tale …

You know to the day when paramour Don Johnson exited and when second husband James Brolin entered. You ordered A Happening in Central Park on DVD the day it came out . . . in Brazil

She's been performing for more than half a century, earning GRAMMYr Awards, Oscarr nominations, and hit upon stone-smash-hit along the way. She's starred in movies and on TV, even opened her own theme  …