Latest news from the Houston entertainment scene. http://live.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/yann-tiersen-builds-big-skyline Wed, 16 May 2012 15:11:12 -0600 Yann Tiersen, darkness 846178 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/sadness-alert-chuck-brown-dies Wed, 16 May 2012 15:06:18 -0600 Chuck Brown Chuck Brown, the legendary father of the funk music style known as "Go-Go," has died, reportedly of pneumonia. He was 75. Brown made his biggest impression in the late 1970s with his trademark brass-laden song "Bustin' Loose" and a album of the same name. 846176 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/savannah-berry Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:58 -0600 Berry at Market Square Park downtown: Michael Paulsen/Houston Chronicle Savannah Berry has the same platinum-lined dreams as so many aspiring country singers. She even made it past the first few rounds on both ‘American Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ this season. “My ultimate goal is to be signed to a major label in Nashville,” she says. 845141 at http://www.29-95.com 29.760977 -95.36425699999999 http://www.29-95.com/music/story/billy-currington-sara-evans-celebrate-fourth-houston Fri, 11 May 2012 13:20:53 -0600 Billy Currington Country singers Billy Currington and Sara Evans light up the Fourth of July — along with fireworks, of course — at Freedom Over Texas. The annual event happens 4-9 p.m. July 4 at Eleanor Tinsley Park at Buffalo Bayou, along Allen Parkway. Tickets are $8, and children ages 5 and under free. 844805 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/george-strait-returns-rodeohouston Thu, 10 May 2012 16:51:29 -0600 George Strait hasn't played RodeoHouston since 2007, and fans have been asking for him ever since. Someone has been listening. Strait will close the 2013 season with a concert-only performance, featuring openers the Randy Rogers Band and Martina McBride. The addition of that show makes RodeoHouston one day longer, running 21 days -- Feb. 25 through March 17. It will be Strait's 21st appearance. 844149 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/upcoming-shows-norah-jones-aesop-rock Thu, 10 May 2012 08:13:30 -0600 AP Photo/Charles Sykes Norah Jones will bring her new album "Little Broken Hearts" to the Bayou Music Center on October 20. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 18. A few other recent concert announcements: underground rapper Aesop Rock has a new record called "Skelethon" out in July; he'll play Fitzgerald's on August 10. Austin proto-metal band the Sword will hit Fitz on June 17, and George Lewis Jr.'s dance-y alterna-pop act Twin Shadow will play there September 16. 844132 at http://www.29-95.com 29.78162 -95.387985 http://www.29-95.com/music/story/against-me-singer-comes-out-transgender Wed, 09 May 2012 13:34:46 -0600 Against Me 841493 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/avicii-and-summer-electronic-music Tue, 08 May 2012 11:53:38 -0600 Tim Berg/Avicii photo by Joe Gazzola UPDATE: The show has been canceled. More details when they are available. From the web site: 840791 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/new-zz-top-song-drink-commercial Tue, 08 May 2012 11:47:44 -0600 ZZ Top Best known for its blended bourbon products, Jeremiah Weed also offers things in the "spiked cola" genre, which explains its products at a filling station in this new commercial that features ZZ Top. And if the info on a YouTube clip is true, the commercial makes use of "I've Got to Get Paid," which it claims is the new single from ZZT's delayed-but-forthcoming album, the band's first in nearly a decade. 840782 at http://www.29-95.com http://www.29-95.com/music/story/sadness-alert-beastie-boy-mca-dies Fri, 04 May 2012 11:23:10 -0600 Adam Yauch, far right. Adam Yauch, the gravel-voiced MCA of the Beastie Boys, has died according to TMZ via GlobalGrind.com. Yauch was 47. Yauch announced he was being treated for cancer in his parotid gland in 2009. He was able to work with the Beasties to record "Hot Sauce Committee Vol. 2" last year, but his health kept him from appearing at the group's induction at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last month. 840264 at http://www.29-95.com