The Geek Playlist: Supervillain Songs

Welcome to the ongoing saga that is the Geek Playlist! For those of you just joining us, I've featured five songs available on Spotify, each centered around a weekly theme. So please listen and enjoy. Also, feel free to add suggestions for more songs this week's song. If the song is available in Spotify, I'll add it to the playlist so we have a nice, growing set of geeky songs. In addition, don ...


The Geek Playlist: Superhero Songs

Welcome to the ongoing saga that is the Geek Playlist! For those of you just joining us, I've featured five songs available on Spotify, each centered around a weekly theme. So please listen and enjoy. Also, feel free to add suggestions for more songs this week's song. If the song is available in Spotify, I'll add it to the playlist so we have a nice, growing set of geeky songs. In addition, don ...


Romney and Gingrich Pull Songs After Complaints

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are just the latest Republicans to stop using songs at their rallies after songwriters complained that the campaigns had played the pieces without permission.


First Songs From NBC's New Critically Acclaimed Musical Drama 'Smash' Now Available on iTunes

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the premiere of NBC's new critically acclaimed musical drama series "Smash," NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records ...


Elton, Whitney, Celine's Songs Voted Depressing

In their careers, Elton John, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion have given us many feel-good tunes, but some of their biggest hits rank high in a new poll of the most depressing songs of all time. According to the UK paper The Telegraph, the British survey was conducted by theatrical producer David...


Movie songs failed to impress nominators

Movie songs failed to impress nominators Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:43 a.m., Friday, January 27, 2012 Sergio Mendes' “Real in Rio” from the animated adventure “Rio” will compete with Bret McKenzie's “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets,” despite having songs from a ...


Drake 'Proud'-ly Rewrites Record for Most Rap Songs No. 1s

With his 11th No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Songs chart, Drake rewrites the mark for most leaders in the list's 23-year history.


Songs of the mystics

Music echoes across Mohar Kunj as Babu Fakir and his team play the ektara, khamak, dhol and duggi, and sing in trance. Babu is a Baul from Gorbhanga, a village 250 km from Kolkata, and this is Sufi Sutra, the second edition of an international Sufi festival in the city that ends on Saturday. The backdrop of the festival is the Victoria Memorial.


Humpbacks share ocean, but not their songs

Humpback whales living on different sides of the southern Indian Ocean bellow very different songs, suggesting the behemoths don't mingle much, or at least they aren't freely sharing their musical material, a new study finds.


Chris Young Crowns Country Songs; Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler Enter Albums List

Chris Young claims his fifth straight leader on Country Songs, as "You" steps 2-1 in its 23rd chart week.