Glenn Gamboa | The Seattle Times

September 16, 2016 at 6:00 am

Dolly Parton has a well-reviewed new album, “Pure and Simple,” and is on her first American tour in 25 years. She plays the ShoWare Center...

September 10, 2015 at 7:00 am

Seminal new wave band Duran Duran is back on the road with its first new album in five years. The band is part of an...

April 13, 2009 at 12:00 am

Greg Prato's new book, "Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music," features famous bands and labels to come out of Seattle, from...

November 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

In many ways, "Chinese Democracy" plays merely as the follow-up to 1991's "Use Your Illusion I & II" and shows what happens when it becomes...

July 9, 2008 at 12:00 am

A Q&A with Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D-List."

April 25, 2008 at 12:00 am

Wanda Sykes doesn't have to do stand-up comedy tours anymore. Between her TV work on CBS' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and HBO's...

February 13, 2008 at 12:00 am

It should be a no-brainer. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the biggest-selling album in music history by reworking several of its best-known...

November 28, 2005 at 12:00 am

Ashlee Simpson knows what it's like to be a national joke, but she's getting the last laugh. In October, almost a year to the day...

July 31, 2005 at 12:00 am

Patty Griffin doesn't want to be a household name. Though her "Impossible Dream" (ATO) album was nominated for a Grammy and her songs have...