Briefly: Santana, Wilco, Irv Gotti, Neil Young

Carlos Santana and his band, who began work on a new album in the spring of 2004, are expected to drop the set in the spring of 2005.

According to the band's official website, after taking a holiday break, the band has returned to the studio to put "the finishing touches on the album."

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Five free bonus tracks will soon be available to fans who purchased Wilco 's "A Ghost is Born."

According to the group's website, the tracks will be released March 7 in conjunction with a new European edition of album, which will also include the songs.

The track listing includes the "Ghost" outtakes "Panthers" and "Kicking Television," as well as live versions of "Handshake Drugs," "The Late Greats" and "At Least That's What You Said."

To access to the downloads, users must insert copy of the CD into a computer.

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Federal authorities filed money laundering charges Monday (1/26) against hip-hop label The Inc.'s Irv Gotti (real name: Irv Lorenzo), his brother Christopher and others, claiming the label was a criminal enterprise involved in crack and heroin sales and assassinations.

After they and others were charged, the Lorenzo brothers both turned themselves in to the FBI.

The Inc., formerly Murder Inc., broke superstar acts including Ashanti and Ja Rule. The indictment seeks to confiscate all of the label's assets.

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Neil Young will be among the performers at the Juno Awards--Canada's equivalent of the Grammys--on April 3.

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