Martin Solveig

Nominations for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards were revealed this morning on MTV.com.  The trophies will be presented Sept. 6 live on MTV. Here are the nominees in major categories.  For the full list of nominees, check out MTV.com. Video of the Year...

A sense of wonder permeates Lee Fields' voice. This feeling comes through when he sings with The Expressions, a young band that has absorbed the techniques of early '70s soul. His stories convey a similar sense of awe. One of Fields' favorite...

Some of you might not be very familiar with Dragonette’s music catalog, but you’ve most likely heard lead singer Martina Sorbara’s voice. She provides the vocals on Martin Solveig's hit “Hello,” which reached No. 46 on the...

Giving the keynote address at the inaugural EDMBiz conference in Las Vegas, a confab about electronic dance music, Craig Kallman of Big Beat Records said it was a thrill to see the music business come back around to the artistry......

3 stars (out of 4) On her 2008 album, “Hard Candy,” Madonna let her A-list producers steer. Timbaland and the Neptunes were hired to give her some club-banging hits, but all they really did was bury her personality. It continued a decade-long...

The booking of Pulp, with its ‘Common People' anti-1% screed, typifies Coachella '12. One of the great, universal rock anthems of the last two decades — Pulp's “Common People” — bypassed the U.S. when it exploded out of...

Madonna, the Golden Globe winner for original song, is currently juggling a lot of creative endeavors -– but before talking about any of that backstage at the Golden Globes, she had a few things to say about her derrière. Madonna also worried that...

A first listen to the entire "MDNA" album from Madonna. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers a glimpse at the sound of the pop singer's first studio album in four years....

On Madonna's new studio album, 'MDNA,' the pop singer hits the dance floor, but seems to have lost the ability or desire to innovate, says Times pop music critic Randall Roberts....

Washington D.C. is getting its own Starscape. Called Fall Massive, the indoor electronic music festival, billed as DC's largest, is set for November 26 at RFK Stadium and boasts dozens of top DJs, including Moby, Diplo, Martin Solveig and Baltimore's own...