Kanye West says he 'bled hard' over Swift debacle, unleashes pain via Twitter

Snoop Dogg debuts as 1st hip-hop artist to be featured in hit video game 'Rock Band'

After a recent screening of the upcoming movie "Soul Surfer," Carrie Underwood found she wasn't as bad as she thought she'd be.

The Rolling Stones have hit their peak again in 2010, this time in the form of a rarely seen rereleased movie of a 1972 concert.

Rich Cronin, a singer and songwriter for the '90s pop trio LFO (Lyte Funky Ones), died Wednesday (Sept. 8) after a long battle with cancer. He was 35.

Jay Pharoah becomes first African American cast member to join SNL since 2003.

"Glee's" Matthew Morrison is hoping to release his debut album on Mercury in February 2011, as he fits recording in between filming episodes of the show's second season. 

Bostich and Fussible is part of the acclaimed Nortec Collective, whose name stems from the words "Norteño" and "Tecno." On the group's new album, Bulevar 2000, it puts a pretty heavy emphasis on the "tec" in Nortec, without losing its "Norteño" twang.

Tijoux is proof that hip-hop knows no boundaries. In this intimate performance at the Tiny Desk, the French-born Chilean rapper held a mid-afternoon crowd enthralled with her rhythmic flow and songs from her most recent album, 1977.

Caravan Palace formed when the band was recruited to compose the soundtrack for a silent porn movie. But last year the group sold over 150,000 copies of its first CD and reached No. 11 on the French album chart. At the heart of the band's popularity is a confluence of gypsy jazz, American swing from the 1930s and a high-energy electronic beat.

Seu Jorge and Almaz has the looseness of a private jam session with your favorite musicians, but with each having a clear and equal part to play. It feels ready to be packed into the truck and taken on the road with no muss, no fuss.

From a Brazilian rocker's ode to the overworked and underpaid to a Dominican female MC's story of an immigrant's toil, we spin music that honors the spirit of hard work.

This week on Alt.Latino, we travel throughout the Latin world to find 10 great bands that seamlessly stitch traditional Latin music with new and unexpected sounds.

He was said to have sung while still in the crib, and toured Eastern European synagogues before he was 10. And that was just the beginning. By the 1920s, Rosenblatt had transcended the boundaries of Jewish sacred music to become an international sensation.

Arcos hosts the music program Global Village on KPFK. Here, he joins Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz to talk about a batch of amazing new music from Mexico.

As a singer, Arby has opened the door to a generation of artistic women who now follow in her footsteps. In "Waidio," she rails against the practice of female genital mutilation, decrying the "anguish of women" and insisting that they must be free to pursue their own happiness.

We left no stone unturned in our search across the Latin world for musicians whose work infuses a rich musical tradition with rock, hip-hop and dance.