War influences musicians' disc
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Musician Michael Franti knew something was missing from the war coverage he saw on the nightly news.
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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"Battalion 5" might conjure up images of  the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of  musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee  camps through rap.
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A study of people's taste in music reveals a quarter of classical music buffs have tried cannabis.
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Travel restrictions aimed at terrorists are snagging top musicians who carry on their instruments to protect them.
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Thereâs a lot going on under the surface of âFeel the Noise,â far more than its indefensibly generic title suggests.
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The success of the video game Rock Band  is drumming up revenue for the music industry.\
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Armed with stacks of vinyl, high-speed Internet and a shared conviction, a far-flung contingent of musicians and aficionados is bringing lost jazz back using the WebÂs electronic airwaves.
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In the beginning, there was Napster. And the lords of the music industry looked upon it and declared war. And the hordes of music fans fought back, using technology to the utmost in order to continually stay
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There is a reason people still buy CDs  more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several,  but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites  (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't  the only culprits.
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By Eric R. Danton, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 15--These are inspirational times for indie-rock bands, who are combining grass-roots efforts with technology to get their music heard without help from record labels.
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Microsoft's efforts to loosen up access to closely held music owned by record labels has an unintended consequence: It punishes artists who want to share. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Joy Divisionâs songs provide a harsh sound that lives up to the lyricsâ unflinching view of the human condition.
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At a time when much of the mainstream music business is desperately trying to connect with consumers and sell albums, the bluegrass music community has seen its fortunes rise.
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Unsigned and indie artists for  years have sold CDs and tapes from their merchandise table at  live gigs to earn a little extra scratch while on the road.
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We know what piracy debaters Lars Ulrich and Chuck D think of file sharing. But aside from the few who speak out publicly, musical artists typically sit out the rhetorical crossfire over copyright protection.
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The tune seems to be changing ever so slowly at some record labels when it comes to DRM. Both out of consumer demand and to some extent necessity, some have begun to offer digital downloads in the unprotected MP3 format.