Hawaii musician pleads no contest in molestation (AP)
AP - A popular Hawaii entertainer has pleaded no contest to molesting two girls in the 1990s and has been sentenced to a year in jail.

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Loved and loathed, Lana Del Rey set to face the music (Reuters)
Reuters - Rarely has a pop star just starting out been so loved and loathed as Lana Del Rey, the 25-year-old who has filled acres of newspaper column inches even before her debut album "Born to Die" hits shelves next week.

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Country music star Merle Haggard home from hospital (Reuters)
Reuters - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist said.

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Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74 (AP)

AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.

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Country star Merle Haggard home from hospital (Reuters)
Reuters - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist Tresa Redburn said.

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After 45 years, Paul Plishka says goodbye to Met (AP)

AP - Paul Plishka thought back to Sept. 21, 1967, when he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Monk in Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" alongside Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes and Rosalind Elias.

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Stars cover Dylan songs for Amnesty International (AP)

AP - Anyone who ever doubted the transformative power of Bob Dylan's music need only look to Ke$ha.

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APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts (AP)

AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.

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Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest (Reuters)
Reuters - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse James on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards.

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Unreleased ABBA track on new album (AP)

AP - Mamma Mia, here they go again.

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AP Interview: Chris Isaak makes Memphis album (AP)

AP - Chris Isaak is returning to the roots of rock 'n' roll and doing it old-school: All in one take.

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McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic' finally hits streets (AP)

AP - Tim McGraw's long-delayed album "Emotional Traffic" has the attention of Music Row this week as it finally hits the streets.

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