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'I think the things that've kept me here in Atlanta are family and friends and acceptance. And in this town, if you're a country star, you're really not that cool. [...]

As his picture is being shot for this story, Christopher Hicks is especially mindful about how he's being captured. It's not just because the usually more formally attired executive vice [...]

Charlie Wilson is enjoying the highest album debut of his 35-year career --- and yes, that includes his cowboy-hats-and-fringed-outfit era with his brothers in the Gap Band. His doctors have [...]

Just a few months ago, Atlanta R&B singer Ciara was at Six Flags Over Georgia, racing from ride to ride, and munching on a turkey leg that seemed almost the [...]

Twenty-two years after their first CD, which they released themselves, Atlanta folk duo the Indigo Girls are back in the independent record business. With 10 major label studio albums behind [...]

CDS Hearing rapper's 'Voice' Atlanta's T-Pain, Mannie Fresh and Mr. Collipark all contributed to 'The Voice,' the sophomore effort from rapper Mike Jones. 'The Devil You Know' is the latest [...]

Actor Idris Elba is British, probably best-known for the HBO series that was set in Baltimore, and is among the growing number of celebrities who call Atlanta home, at least [...]

If there is one night in Atlanta when an aspiring singer or rapper may catch many of the city's music industry powers in one place, it could very well be [...]

When the first-week sales figures came in last December for the follow-up to his smash 2007 debut, Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'em didn't necessarily like the numbers. The album, [...]

Atlanta transplant Asher Roth officially makes his full-length introduction to the college hip-hop set, 'Asleep in the Bread Isle.' 'Deeper Than Rap' finds part-time Atlantan Nas joining John Legend, Kanye [...]

MTV 'Making the Band' creation Day26 returns with the R&B quintet's second album, 'Forever in a Day.' 'The Open Door' EP is more emotive indie-pop from Death Cab for Cutie. [...]

***** CORRECTION: > 04/11/2009: The Daryl Hall and John Oates concert at Chastain Park Amphitheatre will be at 8 p.m. April 17. The date was incorrect in Friday's Go Guide [...]

The most sung Christian artist in the country and the leading nominee for gospel music's Dove Awards later this month can now be counted among the growing number of recording [...]

'Guilt' finds recent Atlanta transplant MIMS employing the assistance of locals LeToya and J. Holiday, as well as Pharrell, to help the rapper craft a follow-up to hit single 'This [...]

These days, life is a roller coaster actor Jesse Eisenberg just can't seem to exit. He's calling from New York to promote the new Greg Mottola ('Superbad') comedy 'Adventureland,' in [...]

ON CD Fellow Atlanta rappers T-Pain, Soulja Boy and Yung Joc join Bow Wow in 'New Jack City II.' 'Debris' is what Atlanta singer-songwriter Michelle Malone has titled her latest [...]

Usually it's the other way around: The adults teach the kids. But count Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland among the adults who got an education about the six years of [...]

For the past decade, R&B singer, songwriter and musician Raphael Saadiq has not only looked to his native Oakland and the Motown sound for musical inspiration, but also to our [...]

Many of the band members you will see on stage tonight with Butch Walker are the result of the Atlanta rocker's admitted bar-hopping around the city. 'I met most of [...]

ON CD 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' is preceded by the soundtrack from Disney pop star Miley Cyrus. Peter Doherty, better known as Pete, is joined by Graham Coxon, Dot Allison [...]

Three Atlanta artist/music groups release new albums today. The Indigo Girls bring on their second independent CD, 'Poseidon and the Bitter Bug,' as a double disc no less. Meanwhile, Atlanta [...]

The whispers started in early 1991. Was that Elton John zooming up I-75 with a necktie around his head? Yes, Crawford Productions' Keehln Wheeler was able to surmise as he [...]

See them and the difference is immediate. Hear their voices on their Grammy-winning debut CDs and there's no denying the strong British soul in both. And yes, their names do [...]

Atlanta R&B singer-producer The-Dream can't seem to craft a song without inserting a 'Hey!', 'Eh-eh' or 'Radio killa' in it. Still, as redundant as that is --- as redundant as [...]

'Soul Food' star to sign book 'Soul Food' actor Rockmond Dunbar is due back in Atlanta on Saturday --- along with T.I., Keshia Knight Pulliam, Lisa Wu Hartwell and Denise [...]

Shooting a movie from the woman's angle involves much more than the gender of the person who is filming or calling the shot. For proof, just ask the six female [...]

After a decade of giving us 'Nothin' but the Blues,' the Atlanta History Center is nowhere near finished. Starting Thursday, the History Center has developed an 'after-hours' set (though music [...]

Imagine being a teenager with your favorite rock star's poster hanging prominently on your bedroom wall and, as fate would have it, that star comes to your town and asks [...]

Fans who have followed Musiq Soulchild since his 2000 debut probably know him as part of the contemporary Philadelphia soul movement that includes Jill Scott, Kindred and the Roots. Now [...]

CD REVIEW '200 Million Thousand.' The Black Lips. Vice. 14 tracks. Grade: B You know, it's almost off-putting that something so gritty, raunchy and in parts kind of scary can [...]

Since its indie start some nine years ago, Atlanta's Black Lips seems to have a tale to tell after almost every appearance, performance and record release. With its album '200 [...]

The name Marc Stewart may not have resonated widely in the Atlanta music scene, but the DeKalb County businessman was an important player, bringing big names in reggae music to [...]

Recent Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee Keith Sweat is known for begging in his contemporary R&B songs --- and in this particular situation, begging may come in handy. Fans [...]

Before LaBelle was best known as the last name of a certain powerhouse singer with a penchant for wearing skyscraping wigs and rolling around on the floor, it was a [...]

In marking Black History Month, Underground Atlanta is presenting Black in Film, described as a series of conversations and a showcase of historical lineage in cinema. The series continues at [...]

Of the 30-plus Grammy nominees with Georgia connections, five acts and one Atlanta-based record label are bringing home the music industry's most respected hardware. Sunday's win at the 51st annual [...]

T.I., the rapper, has won Grammy Awards, sold millions of records, and at this moment is enjoying the biggest commercial success of his six-CD career. T.I., the actor, has starred [...]

See The Fray lead off 'Good Morning America's' winter concert series today, just as the pop-rocker's self-titled CD hits stores. 'American Idol' finalist Melinda Doolittle resurfaces after season six, with [...]

'Working On A Dream' Bruce Springsteen. Columbia. 13 tracks. Grade: C For 'Working On A Dream,' Bruce Springsteen whistles, sings the blues, plays the glockenspiel and drops an f-bomb, as [...]

The arts forecast for winter is mildly familiar ('A Chorus Line,' 'Firebird') with a high of nostalgia (the Pogues, Labelle) and a chance of unexpected avant-garde (Martijn van Wagtendonk). Here's [...]

'Welcome to Dreamland,' a new reality show competition, is a dream already realized for at least three of the people involved in it. Longtime Atlanta underground entertainment force Jevon 'Vawn' [...]

The name Celine Dion should have exclamation points affixed at the end --- the singer is that well-known for piercing the highest of vocal registers. With her first appearance in [...]

Several big-name acts are coming to the Atlanta area in the next two months. Here are a few to watch for: Wynton Marsalis. Jan. 30, Symphony Hall in the Woodruff [...]

MTV cameras have been following Atlanta rapper/actor T.I. since he pleaded guilty last March to federal weapons charges. 'I'm not looking forward to being incarcerated,' he told the AJC shortly [...]