AUSTIN, Texas, May 24 (UPI) -- Jakob Dylan says poets provided the main inspiration for "Rebel, Sweetheart," the new album by his band, the Wallflowers. "I tended to read a lot more poetry," says Dylan, specifying W.H. Auden and T.S. Eliot. "When I started writing, I recognized a certa

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The Wallflowers are set to spend Halloween on an aircraft carrier, performing for U.S. troops in the Pacific Ocean.

LOS ANGELES, March 22 (UPI) -- "We Are the World" producer Quincy Jones is mounting another all-star musical project to aid the suffering and impoverished, USA Today reported Monday.

In August 2002, Bluebird inaugurated "When The Sun Goes Down," one of the most important reissue series of the compact disc era.

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Today's birthdays include Harry Belafonte, who was born in 1927 (age 76); The Who's Roger Daltrey and Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann, both in 1944 (age 59); Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers in 1955 (age 48); John Carroll of the Starland Vocal Band in 195

Today's birthdays include country singer Faron Young, who was born in 1932; former Beatle George Harrison in 1943; Elkie Brooks in 1945 (age 58); Bay City Rollers guitarist Stuart Wood in 1957 (age 46); and Mike Peters, singer and guitarist with The Alarm

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The New York Post reports recent videos by Busta Rhymes and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs have prompted the music video giant to review its product placement policy.