U.S. music

Costa Rican electronic fusion band Santos & Zurdo have a new EP coming out soon, but they have a problem: None of the songs have titles.

The late Cuban musician Juan Formell, who headed the famous Los Van Van band and won two Latin Grammys, is now featured at Cuba's Wax Museum, local media reported on Tuesday.

Popular Argentinian-North American musician Kevin Johansen and his band The Nada are coming to Costa Rica for the first time, joined by Liniers, an illustrator who crafts free-form images as part of the show. Tickets are on-sale now.

Serious jazz fans likely know that Felix Pastorius is the son of the acclaimed funk bassist Jaco Pastorius.

NEW YORK – Big news on the music front: The former Cat Stevens is back with an R&B-influenced album and will tour North America for the first time in more than 35 years, his label said Monday.

"Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11" was compiled from restored original tapes, many found only recently, Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings said Tuesday in a statement. The collection will include a six-CD set and a separate two-CD collection dubbed "Raw." Both will be released on Nov. 4.

Scores of music fans flooded the Amón Solar building in San José's Barrio Amón last Friday to celebrate the International Blues Festival.

The United States' most lucrative professional sporting league is asking its musical acts to pay to play during the much-hyped Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Harmonicas, blue notes, foot-stomping, and tales of heartbreak are a-comin'.

"Popular Problems" will be released in France on Sept. 22, and in the United States the following day.