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Here come the muhajababes!
How sex, booze and heavy metal fit into the world of hip young Arabs today.
In search of the holy grand
Glenn Gould's obsessive pursuit of the perfect piano led to the enduring heart of his extraordinary music.
My coming-out mix tape
I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.
So you think they can break-dance?
Forget the Bronx and South Central. If you want to find the best hip-hop dancers in the world look farther east, to South Korea.
Apple's iTunes sells 5 billion songs, but you don't own them
Meanwhile, Microsoft keeps its DRM servers alive.
Summer reads
True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.
Salon's guide to summer music festivals
Radiohead! Kanye! My Bloody Valentine! Dylan! Here's what to catch -- and what to skip -- on the festival circuit this summer.
Hip-hop is no longer cooler than me
It's a sad day when a farm boy from Iowa can say that about a musical genre he once loved. When will the awful dance crazes end?
The indie-rock fall and rise of R.E.M.
Overheard on college radio: A home-coming of sorts for an old-school "alternative"
An ulterior motive in the music biz's college fight?
Colleges report receiving lots of copyright infringement complaints aimed at students.
Tangled up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.
I'm a stage manager with an unmanageable partner
We're working together but she's so flaky it feels like she's working against me.
I quit being a musician because I couldn't play without drinking
Now my life is all screwed up and nothing works.
Rabbit Bites: Rock 'n' roll with Carbon/Silicon
The bunnies interview the band, and Chou Chou introduces her own musical group.
Apple's iTunes beats Wal-Mart to become top U.S. music store
CD sales slip, digital sales skyrocket.
Is Apple considering an all-you-can-eat iPod music plan?
Nobody knows, but such a plan has its merits.
For Ashley Alexandra Dupre, selling music beats selling sex
In the last two days, Eliot Spitzer's escort may have made more than $1,000 an hour, and she didn't even have to take her clothes off.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
A Hall of Fame debate worth having. Plus: Vasectomy madness in Oregon. And: Billy Crystal suits up.
Nine Inch Nails puts CD online for free, for mash-ups
Another band follows the Radiohead model, and fans win.
Rock vs. jazz
For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
U2's crazy manager wants to go after tech firms
Apple, Microsoft and others have had their "snouts" in the trough for too long.
Red State Update: "Saw Great White before they caught fire"
Dunlap sings about his ultimate concert experience.
QTrax's free music downloads: Not yet
Download any track you want as long as you look at some ads? Looks like a premature promise.
What's that enchanting MacBook Air ad song?
Say hello to Yael Naim.
Patti Smith on "Patti Smith: Dream of Life"
The punk-rock icon and the film's director discuss their 11-year collaboration.
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