Chris Talbott

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FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, country music artist Mindy McCready performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh, File)

Mindy McCready’s death renews questions for Dr. Drew

Chris Talbott · February 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Dec. 12, 2012 file image released by Starpix shows Paul McCartney at the 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York. McCartney and Mumford & Sons are among the headliners for the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. The four-day festival, held on a rural 700-acre farm, will be held June 13-16, 2013. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca, file)

Paul McCartney, Mumford top eclectic Bonnaroo lineup

Chris Talbott · February 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, Hunter Hayes poses for a photo backstage at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! at Bridgestone Arena, in Nashville, Tenn. Hayes is a nominee with six nominations at the upcoming 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The show will broadcast live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April, 8, 2013.(Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, File)

Eric Church leads ACM Awards nominations with 7

Chris Talbott · February 13, 2013 5:00 am

Grammys pay tribute to Shankar, King, Temptations

Grammys pay tribute to Shankar, King, Temptations

Chris Talbott · February 10, 2013 3:07 am

Snoop Dogg blazes one during BMI songwriting panel

Chris Talbott · February 9, 2013 5:00 am

Kristofferson salutes Nelson with new award

Kristofferson salutes Nelson with new award

Chris Talbott · January 28, 2013 3:14 am

FILE - This Feb. 12, 2012 file photo shows Jessie Baylin with her husband Nathan Followill of the band Kings of Leon at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Followill and Baylin welcomed a baby girl on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

KOL’s Nathan Followill, Jessie Baylin welcome baby

Chris Talbott · December 27, 2012 6:34 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2012 file photo, John Paul White and Joy Williams of The Civil Wars perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, in Austin, Texas. Williams said Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in a Twitter chat that she's been listening to new music, a sign that the Grammy-winning duo who ended their recent European tour due to 'irreconcilable differences' may release a new album in 2013. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

Twitter post offers clue to The Civil Wars’ future

Chris Talbott · December 20, 2012 9:51 pm

FILE - Drummer Patrick Carney of The Black Keys performs during their headlining set at the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Indio, Calif. Carney will host "Serious Boredom," a new monthly radio show on the SiriusXMU channel starting Thursday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney to host radio show

Chris Talbott · December 19, 2012 7:34 pm

Musician Beck poses for a portrait at his home on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Malibu, Calif. Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days. Laboring over the intricate and ornate details of his new "Song Reader" sheet music project, he was struck by how social music used to be something we've lost in the age of ear buds. (Photo by Katy Winn/Invision/AP)

Beck looks for new connection with ‘Song Reader’

Chris Talbott · December 17, 2012 4:33 pm

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2010 file photo shows author Michael Chabon posings for a photo in New York. Chabon's "Telegraph Avenue," was named one of 2012's notable books by The New York Times. His first novel in five years, its release was one of the literary events of 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Chabon ties it all together in ‘Telegraph Avenue’

Chris Talbott · December 13, 2012 5:42 pm

CORRECTS LEFT TO RIGHT INDENTIFICATIONS--FILE - This Oct. 1, 2012 file photo shows sisters Nancy, left, and Ann Wilson from Heart in New York. The eclectic group of rockers Rush and Heart, rappers Public Enemy, songwriter Randy Newman, "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer and bluesman Albert King will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April in Los Angeles. The inductees were announced Tuesday by 2012 inductee Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers at a news conference in Los Angeles. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)

Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees

Chris Talbott · December 11, 2012 8:21 pm