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Reuters - It takes a fair amount of bravery to write an opera based on a 16th century Chinese novel, especially when you've never studied opera, have spent very little time in China and don't speak a word of Mandarin.

Reuters - His latest album, "Tha Carter III," has been out only since May, but rapper Lil Wayne is already recording its follow-up.

Reuters - Legendary New Orleans musician/songwriter/producer Allen Toussaint has teamed with producer Joe Henry for his next album, a collection tentatively titled "The Bright Mississippi."

Reuters - Thanks to her Southern twang and onstage cowboy hat, Lucinda Williams has long been recognized as a country artist. But her most recent Grammy Award win, in 2001, was for best female rock vocal performance, and on her new album, Williams lets her rocker gal loose with authority.

Reuters - Carlos Santana is on tour and has an album coming out, but in an interview with Rolling Stone posted online on Friday the rocker said he sees himself one day heading up a church in Hawaii.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Before 1997's "Time Out of Mind," Bob Dylan had by his own admission been musically adrift for more than a decade.

E! Online - Mariah Carey's first single from E=MC² was a smash, but two follow-ups—released after her marriage to Nick Cannon—bombed. Is marriage costing her?

AP - The Elvis is Alive Museum will not live, at least not for now.

AP - A representative for Natalie Cole says the Grammy-winning singer, who suffers from hepatitis C, is resting at her Los Angeles home after being released from the hospital earlier this week.

AP - Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor.