AP - The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly's hometown, a business executive and a telecommunications company employee were the first three jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar's child pornography trial.
AP - Dwight Yoakam will make his 24th appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" this week, breaking the record for most musical performances by any artist.
AP - A foreclosure auction scheduled this week for Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was canceled after an investment company bought the loan.
Reuters - Soul legend Solomon Burke says
there's no great secret to getting major artists to write songs
for his albums.
Reuters - As the September release of its
first album in five years draws near, Metallica has launched a
Web site to offer fans exclusive content and teasers of new
songs.
Reuters - Actor Joaquin Phoenix, who played
Johnny Cash on the big screen, is cutting an album with
Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, Billboard.com has learned. But
whether the set will be released remains unclear.
E! Online - In short, yes. But in a good way.
AP - Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago no superdelegates needed.
AP - Carly Simon didn't find it easy reading "Girls Like Us," the nonfiction best-seller which interweaves her life story with those of fellow singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Carole King.