Two brothers from Australia pulled big crowds at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival with a novel app that lets anyone create a song just by crooning into a smartphone.

Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber has canceled one of two scheduled concerts in Portugal next week, just after completing what he admitted had been a rough week in London, promoters said Saturday.

Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber tweeted that he was “getting better” after collapsing on stage from shortness of breath during a performance in London and being rushed to the hospital on Thursday.

South Korean rapper Psy said Friday he would release the highly anticipated follow up to his global hit “Gangnam Style” in April, and hold a large concert in Seoul to mark the occasion.

Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen on Tuesday pulled out of a concert for the Boy Scouts of America because of the organization's ban on gay members, becoming the second headliner to pull out of the Scouts' Summer Jamboree show.

If there were any doubts about the lingering force of fabled rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix more than four decades after his death, his latest single should put them to rest.

Formed in Toronto in 2001, Fucked Up began as a hard-core super group, drawing musicians from the local scene, including the unforgettable, larger than life frontman known as Pink Eyes, (Damian Abraham). The band trudged forward for nearly a decade issuing occasional EPs and playing shows marred by lots of damage.

German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, acclaimed for his musical brilliance and unpretentious leadership of the Bavarian State Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died. He was 89.

Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75.

As Taiwan becomes further entrenched in the indie rock circuit, a number of interesting acts are now starting to wash ashore. Next week, the Japanese trio, Boris, will make their debut to the delight of local hipsters.