Camerata at Paulie's. DOWNTOWN— Tonight, Hotel Icon's Line & Lariat (220 Main St) transforms into a Cuban lounge for its second installment of Havana Nights. Held every third Tuesday this summer, revelers sway Latin beats while partaking in servings…

Our guide to this week's album releases also features streams of upcoming tracks and albums from Blonde Redhead, Prince, Deafheaven, Zammuto, Eminem, and more. Plus, catch up on the week's music news, and watch new music videos from artists like Charli XCX, HAIM, Coldplay, and The War on Drugs. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic

They don't call her Queen Bey for nothing.

Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Winners of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, presented Sunday at the Forum in Inglewood, California:

It was another big night for Miley Cyrus.

Find release dates, streaming audio, and details for all of the noteworthy albums due out between September and the end of the year, including new releases from Aphex Twin, Foo Fighters, U2, Run the Jewels, Alt-J, Jessie Ware, Flying Lotus, Charli XCX, and Weezer, plus notable reissues and much more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic

As rumored last month, changes are indeed taking place at Music City Tippler, as Strategic Hospitality has been hired to consult on the day-to-day operations of the seemingly troubled restaurant and bar. The restaurant group, which owns and operates…

The Music City Food & Wine Festival is only a month away, and now the complete schedule is out for Saturday and Sunday's 'Grand Taste' events. Saturday's chef lineup includes Kahlil Arnold (Arnold's Country Kitchen), Lisa Donovan (Buttermilk Road), Sarah…

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hip-hop artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis scored the most American Music Awards nominations on Thursday with nods in six categories, followed by country-pop star Taylor Swift and singer Justin Timberlake with five each. The duo will compete in the top category, artist of the year, against singer Bruno Mars, Swift, Timberlake and pop singer Rihanna, who collected four nominations. Also getting four nominations were country music pair Florida Georgia Line and R&B singer Robin Thicke. Rapper will.i. …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Country-pop singer Taylor Swift will be honored as this year's songwriter and artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, making her the only artist to win the award six times, her record company said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old singer and writer of pop crossover hits "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" will be officially named the award's recipient on Sunday, Big Machine Records said. The annual award recognizes country music's songwriters who scored top 30 hits during the past year. …

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Justin Timberlake scored his second chart-topping album this year on Wednesday as his latest record debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, capping the singer's successful return to the musical spotlight. Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2," which follows the first set of 10 songs released in March this year, sold 350,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The first installment of "The 20/20 Experience" sold 968,000 copies, the biggest opening week sales of the year so …