Music

Canadian-based artist label and management company Nettwerk Music Group has joined the fight against the RIAA on behalf of consumers who wish to download music.

Wilson Pickett, whose dynamic soul hits reflected his turbulent offstage life, is dead at age 64. Ray McDonald has more on the singer known as the "Wicked Pickett."

The UK musician, Niomi McLean-Daley popularly known as 'Ms Dynamite' has been sentenced to carry out 60 hours of community service after admitting to assaulting a policewoman.

Many people have heard of the "Mozart Effect" but few people really understand what the term is about. With Mozart's 250th birthday coming up in January of 2006, the media will again be focusing on "The Mozart Effect." But is it a valid concept? Is Mozart's music uniquely healing?

Famed jazz vocalist and pianist Shirley Horn died October 20 in Washington, D.C. of complications from diabetes. She was 71. During her teens, Horn turned her back on classical music to pursue a career in jazz. She formed the first of her trademark trios in 1954, and over the next five decades was one of jazz's most admired performers.

For years, jazz experts have known about a priceless recording of a 1957 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City, featuring some of the biggest names in jazz, including a rare performance of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane. The Voice of America taped the concert for Willis Conover's worldwide jazz program, but it was later filed away and forgotten. So what ever happened to these much sought-after tapes?

Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non-musicians: the importance of silence

Salsa dancing originated in Puerto Rico and Cuba, and was shaped by immigrants in New York City. Today, the musical form is international, and for Samantha Dunn, author of the book Faith in Carlos Gomez, salsa is a symbol of the spread of Latin culture.

Legendary R&B singer Fats Domino has been accounted for, three days after Hurricane Katrina hit in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements, described by critics as the "Miles Davis of bluegrass" died August 16 at the age of 77, following a battle with lung cancer.

Robert Moog, the man whose musical synthesizers bore his name, died of a brain tumor Sunday at his home in Asheville, North Carolina.

Recently a major U.S. paper, The New York Times, declared a new trend in music - songs about science. That's right, folk singers and rock bands singing about physics, astronomy or molecular biology. Just how big is this "trend?" And who is listening?

Multi-Grammy Award winning singer, 54, had been in poor health since suffering stroke in 2003; no cause of death given.

The 150-year-old theater in the heart of Russia's capital is intimately linked with Russia's cultural history.

An American jazz landmark will host a new music celebration this weekend (June 17 - 19). The 2005 Rhythm and Ribs Jazz Festival will take place around 18th and Vine Streets in Kansas City, Missouri.