Chris Talbott

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, greets Bono from the band U2 after they preformed at the end of the Apple event on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. Apple unveiled a new Apple Watch, the iPhone 6 and Apple Pay and U2 offered iTunes customers a free download of their latest album, "Songs of Innocence." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Forward-thinking U2 innovating while entertaining

Chris Talbott · September 15, 2014 11:14 pm

Music industry optimistic about Apple-Beats deal

Music industry optimistic about Apple-Beats deal

Chris Talbott · May 30, 2014 5:58 pm

FILE - In this June 18, 2009 file photo, former Chairman and CEO of RCA/JIVE Label Group and 2009 Music Visionary of the Year honoree Barry Weiss attends a UJA Federation honors luncheon at The Pierre Hotel in New York. Universal Music Group has announced a major restructuring, splitting Island Def Jam into three standalone labels as Weiss resigns as chairman and CEO of the label's East Coast group. A Tuesday, April 1, 2014, news release says effective immediately historic labels Def Jam Recordings, Island Records and Motown Records will once again become independent operations while Weiss explores starting another venture with Universal. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Universal unbundles Def Jam, Island, Motown labels

Chris Talbott · April 1, 2014 10:45 pm

This Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo shows Neil Young speaking during SXSW 2014 Music Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

Neil Young brings his digital music vision to SXSW

Chris Talbott · March 12, 2014 9:12 pm

FILE - This April 7, 2013 file photo shows Carrie Underwood performing at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Underwood will pay tribute to the victims of the recent deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma in her appearance on the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 5. Underwood will perform her new single "See You Again," recasting it as a somber memorial with the aid of two dozen choir members from Nashville's Christ Church. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)

Underwood to lend voice to tornado relief on CMTs

Chris Talbott · June 4, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This July 19, 2010 file photo shows singer Sheryl Crow posing for a portrait in New York. Crow's latest release, "Feels Like Home," will be released on Sept. 10. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

Sheryl Crow undergoes a country conversion

Chris Talbott · May 28, 2013 4:00 am

Review: The National returns with somber 6th album

Review: The National returns with somber 6th album

Chris Talbott · May 20, 2013 1:57 pm

This May 1, 2013 photo shows Iggy Pop, of Iggy & The Stooges, posing for a portrait to promote his new studio album, "Ready To Die," in New York. Born in relative obscurity at their start 40 years ago, the band continues to get more and more popular with age. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)

Age no obstacle for vintage Iggy & the Stooges

Chris Talbott · May 7, 2013 4:00 am

PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over crude lyrics

Chris Talbott, Candice Choi · May 4, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This Nov. 20, 2012 file photo shows country music legend Willie Nelson on NBC's "Today" show in New York. As the enduring American icon's 80th birthday has approached, he's been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and saluted by musicians from every genre of music. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

Accidental outlaw Willie Nelson celebrates 80th

Chris Talbott · April 28, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2007 file photo, George Jones is shown in Nashville, Tenn. Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure, according to his publicist Kirt Webster. He was 81. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

Country superstar George Jones dead at 81

Hillel Italie, Chris Talbott · April 27, 2013 4:00 am

From left, musicians Brad Paisley, Cheryl Crow and Luke Bryan perform on stage at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Brad Paisley-LL Cool J song stirs up controversy

Chris Talbott · April 9, 2013 4:00 am