Sounds

NEW YORK – Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones' smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never thought the two would ever inhabit the same musical orbit, let alone work together on a CD.

HOLLYWOOD – Kicking off another typical seven-day work week in the offices of his management company, 19 Entertainment, Adam Lambert fixed his gaze on his own pretty face. Scattered across his publicist's desk were proof sheets from a photo session with the singer, who will release his debut album on RCA Records, "For Your Entertainment" on  Monday. The shots captured Lambert in typical glam-god poses: Peacock, street tough, space oddity, freaky adventurer in the boudoir of the damned.

LOS ANGELES – Kris Allen knows he's not garnering as much attention as Adam Lambert – and that's OK with him.

NEW YORK – Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played "As Tears Go By" on her fall U.S. concert tour, she found herself flashing back to where her wild ride all began.

Members of Bon Jovi were supposed to be taking it easy this winter, basking in adulation and just letting the money roll in.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pop-country has made superstars out of acts such as Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

NEW YORK – Members of the band Gossip know precisely when they hit the big time.

NEW YORK – Michael Bublé recently received a cassette tape of his first performance ever, but it didn’t bring back pleasant memories.

Steve Martin is less known for playing with Earl Scruggs on a 2001 remake of Flatt & Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” than he is for, say, “King Tut,” but that isn’t a slight.

NEW YORK – Jimmy Cobb could hardly imagine he would be making history when he arrived at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio 50 years ago for the first of two recording sessions with Miles Davis.