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A Nirvana fan from Portland, Oregon is looking to purchase Kurt Cobain‘s childhood home through crowdfunding and turn it into a museum. The grunge icon’s mother listed the 1.5-story Aberdeen, Washington house last fall, according to Spin, for $500,000 – despite a valuation of less than $67,000 – so journalist Jaime Dunkle has launched a…

Writing music isn’t easy for most people. Most of us have never studied composition formally, nor do we have the innate talent of a Mozart or a Justin Bieber. However, if you are interested in writing music, that shouldn’t stop you! Here are five tips that you may want to keep in mind as you…

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David Bowie stole the show at Wednesday’s Brit music awards without even showing up, while Arctic Monkeys took home two big trophies at British music’s leading prize night. The 67-year-old Bowie, who is enjoying a renaissance with his first album in a decade, “The Next Day,” was named British male artist of the year. The…

Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’s spirits as a bright-eyed, dimpled child movie star during the Great Depression and forged a second career as a U.S. diplomat, died late on Monday evening at the age of 85. Black, who lured millions to the movies in the 1930s, “peacefully passed away” at her Woodside, California, home…

The 56th Annual Grammy awards were held on Sunday at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show, hosted by LL Cool J, opened with a performance from Beyonce and Jay Z of “Drunk in Love,” her five-week-old single currently at No. 12 on the Hot 100. By and large, the Recording Academy honored the popular…

  Carnival’s senior vice president of guest operations, Mark Tamis, announced the program Carnival Live, a concert series intended to help restore Carnivals image after three ships broke down last year. Images of passengers stranded at sea, ships towed back to port and trip cancellations created a torrent of bad publicity for the company that depressed…

It’s been nearly five years since U2 released No Line on the Horizon, their last proper studio album — but the band has resurged in the last several months thanks in part to their song “Ordinary Love” from the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Yesterday, they received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and the recognition…

Taylor Swift was the most charitable celebrity of 2013, according to the social change nonprofit DoSomething.org. The pop star topped the organization’s annual “Top 20 Celebs Gone Good” list for the second year in a row thanks to the $100,000 donation she gave the Nashville Symphony on the occasion of her 24th birthday. She was also recognized for…

With only two weeks left in 2013, Beyoncé pulled off one of the year’s biggest surprises in music. As much of the country was tucking into bed Thursday night, the singer suddenly announced that her new self-titled album — one she’d spent a year teasing in high-profile live performances — was suddenly available for purchase…