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This CD cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Sing to the Moon," by Laura Mvula. (AP Photo/Columbia)

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Music Review: Si... This CD cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Sing to the Moon," by Laura Mvula. (AP Photo/Columbia)
Choreographer: N... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2011 file photo, Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson leaves the Criminal Justice Center after it was announced that Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's physician when the pop star died in 2009, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, in Los Angeles. During the 2013 negligent hiring trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live, Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't properly investigate Murray, who a criminal jury convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's June 2009 death. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman, File)
1969 Hendrix tel... FILE- In this 1970 file photo, Jimi Hendrix performs on the Isle of Wight in England. Fans of Hendrix and trumpet master Miles Davis have long known that the pair had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix’s sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another band at the time. (AP Photo/File)
Review: Willy Mo... This CD cover released by Interscope Records shows "Here's Willy Moon," the latest release by Willy Moon. (AP Photo/Interscope Records)
Jackson describe... FILE - In this June 23, 2009 handout photo provided by AEG, pop star Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Stacy Walker, a choreographer who worked with Jackson in his ill-fated “This Is It” shows, told a civil jury in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday May 13, 2013, that she did not see any signs that the singer was ill or might die in his final days and weeks. Walker is AEG’s first defense witness in a civil case filed by Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, who claims the concert giant failed to properly investigate or supervise the doctor convicted in 2011 of causing the singer’s death. (AP Photo/ Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images, file) ** MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT **
Makeup artist sa... FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. An expert told jurors Tuesday May 7, 2013 that Michael Jackson's doctor was not qualified to treat the singer for insomnia or drug addiction. Jackson's mother is suing AEG Live LLC claiming it failed to properly investigate Jackson's doctor before allowing him to work on the singer's planned 2009 comeback concerts. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Rapper Drake lea... FILE - This Feb. 10, 2013 file photo shows rapper Drake at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Drake has been nominated for 12 BET Awards, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The awards show will air live June 30 from Los Angeles' Nokia Theater L.A. Live. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)
Woody Guthrie Ce... This April 25, 2013, photo shows workers put the finishing touches on the Woody Guthrie Center, which features a mural of the Oklahoma-born folk singer/songwriter, in downtown Tulsa. The center is set to open to the public on Saturday, April 27. (AP Photo/Justin Juozapavicius)
Review: Grant re... This CD cover image released by Amy Grant Productions/Sparrow Records shows "How Mercy Looks From Here," the latest release by Amy Grant. (AP Photo/Amy Grant Productions/Sparrow Records)
'Apple of my Eye... FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 file photo, Taiwanese singer-actress Michelle Chen smiles at a promotional event for her new song album "Me, Myself and I" in Hong Kong. Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster “You Are the Apple of My Eye.” Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. The 29-year-old actress said she poured her heart and soul into her first studio album, “Me Myself and I.” (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Metallica to deb... FILE - This April 4, 2009 file photo shows the band Metallica, from left, Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted, after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)
Metal singer cha... Tim Lambesis, the lead singer for the Metal band As I Lay Dying, is escorted by a San Diego sheriff deputy into Superior Court for his arraignment on charges he allegedly attempted to hire a hit man to kill his wife in Vista, Calif., Thursday, May 9, 2013. Lambesis was charged late Wednesday with one felony count of solicitation of murder, San Diego County district attorney spokeswoman Tanya Sierra said. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, Pool)
Review: Darius R... This CD cover image released by Capitol Nashville shows "True Believers," by Darius Rucker. (AP Photo/Capitol Nashville)