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

In this undated photo provided by Gloria Jean, Dick Kniss plays the acoustic bass. Kniss, who performed for five decades with Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit 'Sunshine on My Shoulders,' died on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Saugerties, N.Y. He was 74. (AP Photo/Gloria Jean) NO SALESAP - 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.



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

In this Jan. 6, 2010 photo released by Metropolitan Opera, Paul Plishka performs as the Sacristan in Puccini's 'Tosca,' at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Plishka ends his career on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, with his 1,642nd performance. He goes out singing the Sacristan in Puccini's Tosca,'' a role he performed during his first season. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)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.



Stars cover Dylan songs for Amnesty International (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Bob Dylan performs during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Dylan is giving human rights supporters something to sing about. He waived the publishing fees for his entire catalog, allowing Amnesty International to create a four-disk compilation album in honor of the organization's golden anniversary. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Anyone who ever doubted the transformative power of Bob Dylan's music need only look to Ke$ha.



APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks with reporters during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial in Washington. 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 a little less than two weeks away. In a Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 letter to Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Grammys, the civil rights activist said his Rainbow Push Coalition was alarmed that there were reductions at a time 'when our country needs to celebrate all its cultural traditions.' (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)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.



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.
Unreleased ABBA track on new album (AP)

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad  are shown. ABBA fans will soon again be saying 'Thank you for the music' with the release of a new track on a special edition of the disbanded 70's pop group's 'The Visitors' album. (AP Photo, file)AP - Mamma Mia, here they go again.



AP Interview: Chris Isaak makes Memphis album (AP)

U.S musician Chris Isaak plays on his guitar during an interview with Associated Press Television in a west London hotel, to promote the launch of his new album 'Beyond The Sun', Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Chris Isaak is returning to the roots of rock 'n' roll and doing it old-school: All in one take.



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

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, country singer Tim McGraw arrives at the 45th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville. Tim McGraw's long-delayed album 'Emotional Traffic' has the attention of Music Row this week as it finally hits the streets.  The last album in the long and lucrative — but also contentious — relationship between McGraw and his old label Curb Records arrives more than a year late with a fascinating backstory and a little bit of buzz. McGraw isn't actively promoting the album, but it kicks off what promises to be a high visibility year for the country star. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)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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