MARIA SHERMAN

Music reporter

Maria Sherman is the music reporter at The Associated Press. She is based in New York City.
The band knitting perform during The New Colossus Festival on Friday, March 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Visa fee hikes and delays hinder international artists from touring the United States
 
Doechii poses for photographers upon arrival for Le Grand Diner du Louvre during the Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear fashion week, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Doechii named 2025 Woman of the Year by Billboard
 
Lauryn Hill performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack's life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ memorial
 
This cover image released by Interscope Records shows "Mayhem" by Lady Gaga. (Interscope via AP)
Music Review: The Lady Gaga you loved and missed returns with pop ‘Mayhem’
 
Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2022. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
Dolly Parton releases sweeping ballad in tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean
 
This album cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Ruby" by Jennie. (Columbia via AP)
Music Review: Blackpink’s Jennie steps out on her own with debut solo album, ‘Ruby’
 
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82
 
Queen Latifah, center, performs "Ease on Down the Road" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Oscars’ choreographer Mandy Moore on ‘Wicked’ opening, Quincy Jones and that salute to James Bond
 
Clement Ducol, from left, Camille, and Jacques Audiard, accept the award for best original song for "El Mal" from" Emilia Perez" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
‘El Mal’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’ wins Oscar for best original song. ‘The Brutalist’ wins original score
 
Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent
 
RZA, left, and Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan perform during KAABOO 2019 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Sept. 13, 2019, in San Diego. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan announces final North American tour, kicking off in June
 
Voletta Wallace poses for a portrait on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78
 
Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show
 
Beyonce accepts the award for best country album for "COWBOY CARTER" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar led one of the best Grammys in years. Has the awards show transformed?
 
Beyonce accepts the award for best country album for "COWBOY CARTER" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift looks on from left. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé announces 2025 ‘Cowboy Carter’ stadium tour, fresh off Grammy wins
 
Kabir Sehgal, left, and Jason Carter accepts the award for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for "Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
 
Samara Joy performs during the Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Fire relief, Quincy Jones tributes and new talent energize the 50th annual pre-Grammy benefit gala
 
Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year for "COWBOY CARTER during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Blue Ivy Carter looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’
 
The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
The Weeknd releases new album and announces North America stadium tour
 
Joan Jett, second from right, performs with Pat Smear, from left, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana during the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Nirvana reunite at FireAid as music’s biggest acts raise money for LA wildfire relief
 
Dave Matthews performs ahead of the keynote speech during the first day of Dreamforce, the annual tech conference hosted by Salesforce, in San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2023. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
Dave Matthews won’t perform at FireAid or a MusiCares benefit, citing a critical family illness
 
This combination of photos shows Sting, from left posing for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Emancipation' in London, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, Lady Gaga attending the Critics Choice Awards celebration at The Savoy Hotel on Sunday, March 13, 2022, in London, and Billie Eilish arriving at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Photos by Vianney Le Caer/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
How FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles, came together so fast
 
A firetruck is parked in front of a beachfront property damaged by the Palisades Fire Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
How the Los Angeles wildfires will transform the 2025 Grammys
 
Beyonce appears at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Houston, on Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Who will win at the 2025 Grammys? AP makes predictions
 
Elton John attends the Broadway opening night of "Tammy Faye" on Nov. 14, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Elton John, Diane Warren and more react to 2025 Oscar music nominations
 
Tina Turner performs in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, File)
Hear a previously unreleased Tina Turner song, ‘Hot For You Baby’
 
This combination of photos show members of the Doobie Brothers, from left, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons in Los Angeles on Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame
 
Taylor Swift appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2024, left, and Morgan Wallen appears at the 57th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 8, 2023. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations
 
A lone home stands among residences levelled by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
What is FireAid, the LA wildfire benefit concert featuring Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder and more?
 
Kelly Rowland, from left, Beyonce Knowles, and Michelle Williams, of "Destiny's Child," pose after the announcement of nominations for the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2001. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Beyoncé at the Grammys: A timeline of the most-awarded artist’s historic run
 
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