Music
Solange
On Sol-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams Solange, the younger sister of Beyoncé, charts her own course.
B.B. King
On One Kind Favor B.B. King returns to his roots; the album's release coincides with the opening of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in his hometown of Indianola, Miss.
Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis performs with a "deft balance" of rigorous technique and musical intelligence in his final volume of Beethoven's piano sonatas.
The Verve
Forth, which is Verve's first album in more than a decade, shows that the group "still has it."
Lykke Li
Lykke Li shows her potential in her debut album, Youth Novels.
David Sanborn
Each song on Sanborn's new album, Here & Gone, is delivered “with a rare expression of soul,” said Woodrow Wilkins in Allaboutjazz.com.
David Byrne & Brian Eno
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today reunites David Byrne and Brian Eno 27 years after their collaboration in My Life in the Bush of Ghosts; the new album is among the most "accessible, enjoyable" work by either artist.
The Walkmen
In The Walkmen's latest album, You & Me, the "musicianship dazzles."
Tinkering with American Idol
Will adding a fourth judge revitalize the show, or ruin it?
Madonna vs. McCain
Who was hurt most by Madonna's video flashing McCain's image next to Hitler's?
Madonna's midlife tour
At 50, can the Queen of Pop still rock?
Why Malaysia might ban Avril Lavigne
Is the pop singer too risqué for Malaysian audiences?
Can Britney Spears rise again?
Spears is nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards this year.
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst's new album shows that he is on his way to becoming a “songwriter for the ages,” said Josh Modell in Spin.
