Music

UK composer Paul Mealor has composed a royal lullaby fit for a king ... or queen.

Mealor, who wrote music for Kate Middleton and Prince William's wedding, has penned a lullaby for the pair's firstborn child, due to be born in mid-July.

Classical artist Hayley Westenra will record the song, sweetly titled "Sleep On."

While recent speculation is that Kate is expecting a boy (Prince Harry believes this), the baby will be in line to inherit the throne after William either way.

It's only fitting that he or she will have a signature lullaby.

Continue Reading...

Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots musician lauded by many as a reggae great, has passed away at the age of 70.

One of his sisters, Paulette Keise, said Brooks died Friday of cardiac arrest in Queens. He fell ill years ago, she said, losing his ability to speak.

Brooks began his quietly legendary music career in the late 1960s as a studio musician, playing in songs such as Burning Spear's "Door Peep."

He had hits with trumpeter David Madden including "Money Maker" and "Mystic Mood" and was part of the Jamaican ska band The Skatalites.

He is survived by seven children and four sisters.

Seven days. Seven countries. One pop music superstar.

A plane full of bemused, annoyed fans and journalists.

Yup, it's that time. Rihanna's 777 Tour, which made headlines for all the wrong reasons last year, is finally debuting as a documentary tonight on Fox.

Rihanna 777 Promo

The seven-day, seven-country tour to celebrate the release of her new album, Unapologetic, turned out to be bedlam, but not the good kind of bedlam.

Just the literal definition of it.

Continue Reading...

Patricia Krentcil, New Jersey's infamous "Tanning Mom," is trading the tanning bed for the recording studio. Yes, she's about to drop her debut single.

Don't even ask us why, but here's a sneak preview:

Tanning Mom Single Preview

The song, titled "It's Tan Mom" (seriously), will be available on iTunes today. Don't everybody crash their servers with massive traffic at once, okay?

Patricia Krentcil said she was influenced by Rihanna's "Diamonds" as well as other hits, but rest assured, she added her own spin to the HOT song.

"I took all the lyrics and what was written in front of me and I scrambled it up and I put my own words into the song," the 44-year-old said of her debut.

Scrambled is a good word for it. As well as your brain, after you've suffered through even a few snippets. Seriously, you can't do justice to its terribleness.

If you're a real glutton for punishment, check out the slideshow of Tanning Mom photos after the jump. Talk about things you wish you could un-see ...

Continue Reading...

Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan and Eric Church each picked up four nominations on Monday for the 2013 CMT Awards, to be held June 5 in Nashville.

Fellow country veterans Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts, as well as first-time nominees Florida Georgia Line, earned three nods each.

Carrie Underwood, the frontrunner at last year's CMT Awards nominations with an impressive five (and won video of the year), has two nods this year.

She is joined by Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes, Jana Kramer, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town and the rock group Journey.

Continue Reading...

Carmen Electra turned 41 back on April 20, but she celebrated her birthday at Crazy Horse III Gentlemen's Club in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

The Las Vegas Sun reported that the model returned to the world of adult entertainment (sort of), rocking a skin tight, curve-hugging black dress.

Electra celebrated the miletone by sipping on Dom Perignon and Grey Goose cocktails while munching on strawberries and whipped cream. Mmm.

“I love coming here to Crazy Horse III every year to celebrate with my friends here in Las Vegas!” Electra said from the stage. "This is the best birthday ever!"

She later jumped on stage to dance when the DJ played her latest track, "Bigger Dick." Yes ... Carmen Electra has a new song out by that name.

Check out the video below:

Continue Reading...

Looks like The 20/20 Experience has just begun.

Justin Timberlake subtly announced the release date of the much-anticipated second half of his new album Sunday, via the following Instagram photo:

The "Suit & Tie" crooner's picture shows him strumming a guitar in the studio with a handwritten sign in the foreground that says it all. September 30, baby!

In case it wasn't clear, the 32-year-old included the hashtags "2020Experience2of2" and "TheTNKids." If the first half is any indication, this should be big.

Boosted by the hit "Suit & Tie," The 20/20 Experience has proven to be a huge seller for JT, who had gone almost seven years without a new album.

You excited for the second half of the record?

Clara Henningsen and Jacob Calaway are married! Congrats to the country couple!

Clara, one third of music's family trio The Henningsens, met the man of her dreams on a beach in Florida, then got engaged on the same exact spot.

But when it came time to say "I do," she brought it back home to the family farm in rural Atwood, Ill., where she and her nine siblings were raised.

"It just felt right to get married in the house that built me, the farm where I grew up," Clara, 23, said of her outdoor wedding. “It is a blessed place.”

Continue Reading...

Abraham Orellana, a hip-hop producer known as AraabMUZIK, has been shot and is hospitalized, but is "currently alive and well" according to his publicist.

He was shot on Wednesday, claiming he was in the wrong place at the wrong time while hanging out with friends. Police are investigating the incident.

The statement said he was in his neighborhood when shot, but didn't specify the city or area where that is. Orellana's hometown is Providence, R.I.

Continue Reading...

Jeff Hanneman of the thrash metal band Slayer has died. He was just 49.

The monstrous guitar player died of liver failure, according to reports.

The punk rock-influenced thrash-metal legend and fellow guitarist Kerry King formed Slayer when both were auditioning for the same band in 1981.

Instead, they decided to start their own, to widespread success.

Slayer's sales neared 30 million albums worldwide, and they were often called one of the "big four" in metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

Hanneman is survived by wife Kathy, a sister and two brothers.

R.I.P.