Puerto Rico’s Calle 13 has 5 Latin Grammys and counting, both urban and alternative awards

Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas

Power boats, Nixon and Jimmy Buffett: Miami Marine Stadium an unlikely cultural touchstone

MIAMI — What does the Miami Marine Stadium have in common with such famous landmarks as Machu Picchu and the Old City of Jerusalem?

New Michael Jackson song debuts, but it’s familiar tune for co-writer Paul Anka

LOS ANGELES — With a familiar high-pitched voice counting off one-two-three-four, a new Michael Jackson single debuted online Monday, prompting a hasty response from the singer’s estate after Paul Anka revealed he was the song’s co-writer.

TV wizard, rock singer, UNICEF ambassador: Selena Gomez back from ‘life-changing’ Africa trip

NEW YORK — She’s a Disney teen queen, a TV wizard, and a fledgling rock singer. But 17-year-old Selena Gomez says what really blew her mind recently was a trip to the African nation of Ghana.

Pittsburgh police used acoustic warfare during G-20 protests, drawing legal groups’ ire

PITTSBURGH — Police ordered protesters to disperse at the Group of 20 summit last week with a device that can beam earsplitting alarm tones and verbal instructions that the manufacturer likens to a “spotlight of sound,” but that legal groups called potentially dangerous.

Leonard Cohen wows Israeli fans, angers Palestinian critics at sold-out Israeli concert

RAMAT GAN, Israel — Leonard Cohen wowed an adoring audience Thursday night, crooning his iconic ballads at his first show in Israel in 30 years and ignoring a political storm over his appearance.

Mary Travers, blond beatnik in 1960s folk anthem trio Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 72

NEW YORK — Mary Travers, one part of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which used beautiful, tranquil harmonies to convey the angst and turmoil of the Vietnam anti-war movement, racial discrimination and more, died after a yearslong battle with leukemia. She was 72.

Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead after battle with cancer at 72

BOSTON — Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit “Puff (The Magic Dragon),” died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

Celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM, who battled drugs and survived plane crash, dies in NYC

NEW YORK — DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey who publicly acknowledged his history of drug addiction and had filmed a reality show in which he offered to help other addicts, was found dead in his apartment. He was 36.

Tributes pour in for guitar player and rock innovator Les Paul after death at age 94

NEW YORK — Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll.

Les Paul, guitar player and innovator who paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll, dead at age 94

NEW YORK — Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll. He died this week at age 94.

Sam Cooke’s music, business acumen take center state at Mississippi music festival

JACKSON, Miss. — More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned “A Change is Gonna Come,” which found a new audience with the election of America’s first black president.

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Today is Sunday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2009. There are 81 days left in the year.

Flaming Lips singer: Few Okla. lawmakers represent minority of ’small-minded religious wackos’

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers who voted against making a Flaming Lips tune the official state rock song represent a minority of “small-minded religious wackos,” the band’s lead singer says.

Indie music fest Coachella concludes with sets by M.I.A., McCartney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

INDIO, Calif. — Crowds appeared as big as ever at the seemingly recession-proof Coachella music festival, where Paul McCartney delivered an epic set of Beatles classics, M.I.A. ended her maternity leave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Sunday alongside a giant inflated eyeball.