Grammy triumph fades as Winehouse plight deepens

Even for Amy Winehouse, it was a dramatic chain of events: After fainting and being rushed to a hospital, Winehouse's father said her crack and cigarette smoking had so damaged her lungs, she was risking emphysema and death if she didn't clean up.

Jordin Sparks is growing into the music business

She's got a powerful, adult-like voice, but the teenager comes out during a conversation.

Sometimes it's easy to forget Jordin Sparks is only 18.

The Bravery's frontman on books, art and more

Sam Endicott's indie rock and electronica band will join Linkin Park and others at Verizon in July.

Sam Endicott, frontman bass player to the popular indie rock and electronica band The Bravery, met keyboardist John Conway in art school, where they played any kind of music they could – from punk to country to jazz to metal.

Scaled-down Cure show hits right notes

The Cure catered to its older devoted fans with an incredible set of classic songs Monday at Time Warner Cable Arena.

Switchfoot keeps faith with fans

Alternative band sees break with label as an opportunity to stay true to its own vision.

In 2004, alternative rock band Switchfoot scored big with the Top 10 Modern Rock singles “Meant to Live” and “Dare You to Move.”

The night my band shared the stage with Bo

Hot dozen

This '80s glam-rock foursome wore fairytale pirate garb and cranked out hair-metal singles like “Girlschool” and “Long Way to Love.”

The next Winehouse (without the drama)

A trio of Three sultry, one-named women from Britain lead the race are in the hunt running to be the latest this year's old-school soul siren.

Who will be this year's Amy Winehouse? Nobody, that's who. But that won't stop a star-seeking music industry from trying. That's why there's a trio of mono-monikered British invaders in the running to be this year's old-school soul siren.

'80s hair metal and bluegrass

Bang Camaro takes its love of '80s hair metal and '70s arena rock so seriously, its debut could be mistaken for parody.

Where's the music?

As the leader of '90s quirk-rockers Soul Coughing, Doughty became one of alt-rock's more original characters.