All this year we've used this space to chronicle the annals of pop culture. Specifically, whether or not certain members of this all-encompassing umbrella term are overrated or underrated.

It's been a long eight years for America…longer for some than others (see New Orleans). Luckily, we have some very creative musical artists out there suffering along with us. For them, the first amendment is expressed through their music.

Columbia Records released "August Rush - Music From The Motion Picture," the soundtrack album from the widely-anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures film, on Tuesday, November 13.

Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who--since the release of his first solo album in 1995--has created a series of recordings which have made him

"My songs talk about real things," says Miranda Lambert. "Things that I've been through or I've witnessed through my friends and family - even my parents' private investigation business. If I feel it, I can sing it and make anyone believe it."

-Special 2006 Edition of Classic Holiday Collection Premieres Four Newly-Recorded Never-Heard-Before Chris Botti Yuletide Tracks Columbia Records released a new edition -- featuring four newly-recorded tracks and two brand-new songs -- of Chris Botti's best-selling seasonal album, December,

From Madonna to Enya, from Brandy to k.d. Lang, from Joss Stone to Kylie Minogue and more, Women & Songs 2 is tailor-made for America’s female population. Following up 2004’s best-selling debut collection Women & Songs, this smash-heavy disc’s combined star wattage has collectively sold close to 200 million albums.

The critically-acclaimed Grammy-nominated trumpeter Chris Botti, whose recent albums To Love Again: The Duets (click for review) and When I Fall In Love have raised the bar of excellence in the interpretation of pop jazz standards while creating a uniquely contemporary sound and style, stars in "Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests," set to premiere during the March PBS Pledge Week.

Columbia Records is readying the release of To Love Again (click for review), the much-anticipated new album of pop jazz standards from acclaimed trumpeter Chris Botti and nine superstar guest vocalists. To Love Again, the successor to Botti's RIAA gold album, When I Fall In Love, will be in stores on Tuesday, October 18.