Dave Alvin didn’t set out to write an Independence Day song when he started recounting a day in his life on paper 40 some years ago. He wasn’t even writing a song. But, years after he took out the pen ...

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used the last $200 he had to purchase a state-of-the-art tape recorder and crafted the blend of sped-up vocals/standard-paced music for his novelty hit “Witch Doctor.” ...

A Sarah Palin joke? A Charlie Sheen wisecrack? Is this a Chipmunks movie or a Letterman monologue? As current as a Lady Gaga cover, if not quite as relevant, Alvin and the Chipmunks "'munk up" for ...