In Kanye West’s world, there is just him. He is not only the star, but the ship and the galaxy too and we are fortunate to simply marvel and bask.

By Frank Roberts, Correspondent The Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater inaugurated its 2008 season with Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. It was a night of countrified rockin' and boogiein' with a few serious moments, and many moments of fun and excitement. It was the first stop for the B&D tour, turning the Beach into - and this is the name of their act this year - Cowboy Town.

By Adam Graham The Detroit News IMAGINE STROLLING into the theater and seeing a poster for a movie you've never heard of starring Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie - and it wasn't coming out during the holidays or next year but was showing now.

Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton considers videographer Doug Spangenberg to be a member of the band. Spangenberg, camera in hand, hit the road with the Richmond metal band over a two-year period on a world tour that stopped in 17 countries in support of its Grammy nominated metal album "Sacrament."

By Alan Sculley Correspondent Fifteen years ago, Brooks & Dunn released their second album, "Hard Workin' Man," with a hit single of the same name. The biggest-selling duo in country music history, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn continue to live up to that song's title - with their work also including a book, hosting a radio program and a tour of Iraq.

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The Eagle has been wounded.

In its Arbitron rating performance debut – for the winter period – upstart radio station WUSH-FM US106, America’s Country, did more than make inroads against well-established country music format competitor WGH-FM 97.3 The Eagle.

US106 appears to be driving away with a chunk of the Eagle’s listenership.

  The Neptunes’ career was a bit stop-and-go after they got started in 1992, but by 2000, they’d become must-see music makers for hip-hop artists needing a hit.

Bill Mozingo spends his time rockin’ as a solo artist, in a duo or with his band, but he also makes time for singing praises at the Wave Church in Virginia Beach.

Mozingo, 32, attended school in Virginia Beach in his early years, left the area in his teens and returned to attend college in the mid-1990s.