http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/events/launch07_news_xml.html Music News en-au Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20:55 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjpy.html LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon. /091107/5/fjpy.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:25:35 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjpj.html LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - In the latest addition to the popular book series "Chicken Soup for the Soul," music fans can satisfy their curiosity about the origins of their favorite songs. /091107/5/fjpj.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:57:05 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjp4.html NEW YORK (Billboard) - For the mini-orchestra Pink Martini, taking the slow but steady independent route has paid off during its 15-year career. /091107/5/fjp4.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:48 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjop.html NEW YORK (Billboard) - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant for playing the drums and a resourceful mother who posted clips of him on YouTube. /091107/5/fjop.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:55 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjoj.html NEW YORK (Billboard) - Label executives occasionally write books about the record business, but it's far rarer to see someone from music retailing knock out a tome about record stores. /091107/5/fjoj.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:04 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjof.html NASHVILLE (Billboard) - This is how you close a building. /091107/5/fjof.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:54 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjo9.html NEW YORK (Billboard) - The emerging genre of "island pop" has enjoyed recent success with the music of Sean Kingston and Jason DeRulo, and now 22-year-old recording artist Iyaz has landed a hit single in the genre. /091107/5/fjo9.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:54:50 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091107/5/fjo1.html LONDON (Billboard) - Scoring a fifth successive U.K. No. 1 album should be a momentous occasion for any band, but in October 2007 the Welsh rock outfit Stereophonics wasn't able to savor the achievement for long. /091107/5/fjo1.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:42 GMT Music band Stereophonics pose at the "Q Awards" in London October 8, 2007. REUTERS/Anthony Harvey REUTERS http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091106/5/fjnq.html NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer/guitarist Dave Rawlings has spent the past decade establishing himself as one of the most prominent sidemen in roots music, working in the studio and on the road with the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes and his longtime partner Gillian Welch. /091106/5/fjnq.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:58:19 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.launch.yahoo.com/091106/5/fjn3.html ARTIST: JOHN MAYER /091106/5/fjn3.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:44 GMT