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Madonna And Gaga: What Should They Sing Together?

Madonna recently remarked that she loves Lady Gaga, adding that we'll be seeing the two divas onstage together real soon. I guess they buried the hatchet in Katy Perry. So what should Madonnagaga sing? I have some ideas:

Don't Cry For Amy Winehouse!

Yes, her death was way premature and truly awful, but the time she spent on earth wasn't all tragic. So says the venerable Tony Bennett, who is Grammy-nominated for "Body and Soul," the duet he did with the big-haired, -lunged, and -nerved chanteuse.

Oddsmaking: Should The Grammys Just Give The Album Of The Year Award To Adele Now?

For the last twenty years, the award for Album of the Year, the biggest Grammy honor of them all, has tended to go to two types of people: young women and old men. Female solo artists under 30 (Lauryn Hill, Taylor Swift) and male veterans over 40 (Tony Bennett, U2) have dominated the category for tw ... More >>

The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order

53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

Musto Occupies 2011: A Rich Year for Gossip

Six Things The Lady Gaga Thanksgiving Special Could Have Used

Last night ABC aired A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, a 90-minute special that was something of a throwback to the "celebrities celebrate major holidays for the benefit of their audience" shows of yore. Gaga conceptualized and directed the show, which was a testament to her ego and creativity: She sang wit ... More >>

Live: Salaam Remi Immortalizes Amy Winehouse With Lioness: Hidden Treasures

by Kathy Iandoli ​Amy Winehouse (Lioness: Hidden Treasures listening session) Quad Recording Studios Wednesday, November 16 Better than: Thinking Back to Black was Amy's final opus. Amy Winehouse's career was punctuated with demons that detracted from her music, while simultaneously contri ... More >>

An October 18 Warning: Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" Will Be Everywhere This Holiday Season

​This year's crop of holiday-themed records includes albums by the likes of She & Him, Tony Bennett, and Scott Weiland. But the one that will probably emerge as sales champ (or at least get mentioned by a lot of people on Twitter) is Under The Mistletoe, the first seasonally minded release fro ... More >>

Andrea Bocelli

Live: Gregory Porter Sings A Song For Amy Winehouse At The Blue Note

​ Gregory Porter The Blue Note Monday, July 25 Better than: Most hackneyed Amy Winehouse tributes people are going to put together over the next couple of days. The publicist wanted to make it clear that despite a tribute to Amy Winehouse being teased on The Blue Note's website, Gregory Port ... More >>

Live: The Black Eyed Peas Get Washed Away

via @Z100NewYorkBackstage, will.i.am looked sad. But dry. ​ The Black Eyed Peas & Friends The Great Lawn, Central Park Thursday, June 9 Better than: Sitting in Central Park and waiting for nothing to happen before the heat broke. The confusion started at around 5:15 p.m. last night, when NY ... More >>

American Idol: It's Finally Over!

Michael Becker/FOX​A deeply frustrating season of American Idol is over now, having discovered exactly zero future stars, and last night we got the massive glitzathon finale, an annual event that reliably has little or nothing to do with the rest of the season. Scotty McCreery barely even look ... More >>

Top 5 Worst Super Bowl Halftime Shows

Black Eyed Peas, about to be on this list.​The Super Bowl is a wonderful day in the sports calendar, full of drama, excitement, and also some great commercials. However, the dark cloud that hangs over most Super Bowls is that of the halftime show. The history of these halftime shows is as dive ... More >>

Portishead And Jeff Mangum Are Headlining All Tomorrow's Parties In Asbury Park, NJ

​Good lord. All Tomorrow's Parties is bringing their boutique full-immersion indie-rock weekend blowout to a new spot this year: Asbury Park, NJ. ATP's three-day I'll Be Your Mirror fest will be partially curated by Portishead (!) and headlined by none other than fuckin' Jeff Mangum (!!!!), la ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in the Holland Tunnel: One More Take on Jon Stewart's Serious Speech

​Have you heard enough about this rally that happened in D.C. this weekend? Maybe. We've already told you what it was like and what the best signs looked like. But what about what it looked like from TV, far away from the uncontested idealism and cheer? Village Voice film editor Allison Benedi ... More >>

All Gloss, No Dirt in Hugh Hefner

2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

Album of the year, reissue of the year, best debut, and more

Live: Jay-Z Celebrates Life, Death, and The Blueprint 3 at Madison Square Garden

Jay-Z and Madison Square Garden have a little history between them. In 2003, on the occasion of his retirement, Jay-Z recorded his MSG farewell concert on 35MM film. That footage became Fade To Black, the single best concert film of the decade. In 2009, on the occasion of the eight year anniversar ... More >>

Tonight! Andrew WK, Richard Cheese, Scanner, Kuhn and Lovano

Andrew W.K.'s ventures in record production, crackpot philosophy, and bazooka-packed children's television are all a front for the simple, resoundingly true greeting on his voicemail: "The point of your day today is to do what you want to do, and do it all the way. That's the way I play, and that' ... More >>

Macworld News Includes Scary Face Recognition

CNET live-blogged this morning's Macworld session in San Francisco. Global marketing VP Phil Schiller announced Apple's agreement with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music to distribute copy-protection-free iTunes from those massive vendors, and flexible pricing on songs purchased from the service ... More >>

Holiday Storefronts: A Window Shopper's Guide

The season's big-store displays include the artful and artless, plus Mike the Snowflake

Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: Melissa Etheridge's "Christmas in America"

Tony Bennett Plays It Like a Pro at Bloomingdale's

Billy Joel. Shea Stadium. Let's Do This.

Captain Jack's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sad News: Another Death in Clubland. . . Baird Jones

Austen Powers: The Reruns

The specter of the novelist and the novel defense of Spector. Plus a meal with Haggis.

Melody Lingers On

Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

The American Idol Finale: A Running Diary

The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary

First Annual Jazz Poll Winners

From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

The New Johnny Cash Album Will Tear Your Soul Apart

New Hope for the Dead

2003 JVC Jazz Festival

Music

Close-up on Astoria

Purely Piano

Iverson, Iyer, and Moran Go It Alone at the Jazz Standard

The Present Moment

Sonny Rollins at the Summit

Almost Peas in a Pod

Sarah Vaughan and Tony Bennett Fight for the Right

Apostle of LS&N

Bill Charlap's Trio Play the Melody and Listen to Each Other

Spelunking and Crooning in 2001

Reissues by the Boxful, Singers by the Cut

Minstrels All

Grrrl, Inturrupted

It’s Ladies First This Season

Forever Old

NARAS Sifts Through an Arty Bunch in a Don't-Miss Year

Everybody's Arranger

Ralph Burns—From Woody Herman to Ray Charles to Bob Fosse

The Masters Have It

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

It takes two

It Takes Two

Couth and Coolth

The Cream of Cabaret Month

Out of Network

The health issues behind the ABC lockout

Big Burritos