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Dirty, sexy opera
In Germany, Wagner is worshiped like a god. His scheming, squabbling descendants are another story.
It's official: Radiohead's experiment worked, kind of
The band's new CD debuts at No. 1 on the charts, despite the choose-your-own-price online sales model.
DRM goes the way of the dodo: Now, Sony
The last of the major music labels decides to release its music without restrictions.
Delicious rumor: Jay-Z and Apple to start a record label?
But it sounds too good to be true.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke says people still need CDs
The group puts out a physical version of "In Rainbows."
The recording industry isn't attacking iPods. Yet
The music cops hate it when you make digital copies of your own CDs. But they're not going to court over that practice, for now.
All I need for Christmas
A big orange and some fresh pine boughs and "Silent Night." A few details bring back a snowy night in Minnesota years ago.
Flirting with disaster
Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
Their favorite things
Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
The sound of strangers
A hero with superhuman hearing sets out to rescue a silent child in Peter Hoeg's compelling new mystery.
The divine sound of silence
Britain's No Music Day offers a welcome hush over a noisy world. It can't come to America soon enough.
"Proust Was a Neuroscientist"
Did novelist George Eliot anticipate the ability of the brain to grow new cells? Did chef Auguste Escoffier foretell the science of the palate? Jonah Lehrer thinks so.
I'm in love with my bandmate
I can hardly breathe when he's near; it's driving me crazy. Do I risk saying something?
Prince wants to sue his fans, undo the Internet
The Artist threatens to take legal action against sites that celebrate him.
Clapton is not God
The legendary guitarist's autobiography is an exhausting, but ultimately moving, journey through a dazed life.
Band on the run in New Orleans
Police have cracked down on funeral processions, a time-honored cultural tradition in the historic black neighborhood of Treme. But musicians vow to play on.
Oliver Sacks' musical mystery tour
Our preeminent storytelling neuroscientist spotlights music's transformative effect on the brain. But has Sacks finally struck the wrong note?
The punk revolution
Anton Corbijn's "Control" and Julien Temple's "The Future Is Unwritten" are powerful films that explore the British rock scene of the late '70s and early '80s.
A blockbuster for Radiohead's "In Rainbows"?
A British music site says the band has sold more than a million copies of its name-your-price album.
Madonna is poised to ditch the recording industry
Does her lucrative deal with concert promoter Live Nation signal a new trend in the music business?
Nine Inch Nails declare freedom from record labels
Another band jumps off the music biz's sinking ship.
Jurors in the RIAA trial won't talk
How did a panel decide how much to fine a file-sharer? We may never know.
Help pay the RIAA defendant's downloading fine
Jammie Thomas, who was forced to pay $222,000 for illegally downloading two dozen songs, sets up a defense fund.
Universal decides to unlock its music (except on iTunes)
The world's largest music company will launch an experiment to sell digital music without copy-protection software
Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement
The rapper's music publisher says it never gave permission for his songs to be sold on iTunes.
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