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Watch A Tenacious Wordsmith Hits It Big In Nashville
February 3, 2013 – Once an English teacher and poet, Jim McCormick has become one of country music's hottest lyricists.
Listen From A Land Where Music Was Banned — To Carnegie Hall
February 3, 2013 – Young Afghans will be performing at some of the most prestigious venues in the U.S.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
February 1, 2013 – The FAA changes its tune re instruments on planes and the passing of innovator Butch Morris.
Read Beyoncé On Lip-Syncing: 'I Did Not Feel Comfortable Taking A Risk'
January 31, 2013 – Beyoncé finally put an end to all the talk surrounding her inaugural performance.
Watch Patty Andrews, Leader Of The Andrews Sisters, Dies
January 31, 2013 – The youngest of the boogie-woogie sibling act, Andrews was 94 years old.
Listen Remembering Butch Morris, The Man Who Conducted Improvisation
January 30, 2013 – With a wide variety of musicians, he pioneered a system of spontaneous arranging called Conduction.
Watch All The Singular Ladies: 6 Women At The Cutting Edge Of R&B
January 30, 2013 – In 2013, women are poised to take the mantle of progressive R&B. Here are a few worth watching.
Read Butch Morris, Jazz Bandleader And Conductor, Dies
January 29, 2013 – Over 25 years, he pioneered a new system of ensemble improvisation he called conduction.
Listen Rising Postal Rates Squeeze Small Record Labels
January 29, 2013 – Shipping CDs and LPs overseas just got more expensive. Labels say costs will trickle down to fans.
Watch Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, Frontman Of The Ohio Players, Dies
January 28, 2013 – The funk band had seven top forty hits in the 1970s.
Read Antigua: Land Of Sun, Sand, And Super Cheap Downloads
January 28, 2013 – As part of a trade dispute, the island nation won the right to use U.S. intellectual property.
Listen 25 Years Strong, 'Phantom Of The Opera' Kills And Kills Again
January 27, 2013 – Phantom on Saturday became the first show in Broadway history to run for a quarter century.
Watch The Composer Who Tested Fighter Planes And Partied With Sinatra
January 26, 2013 – A cool ladies' man with a shaved head, Jimmy Van Heusen wrote dozens of hits and won four Oscars.
Watch New Opera Gets Benefit Of The 'Doubt'
January 25, 2013 – After a Pulitzer, a Tony and several Oscar nods, Doubt returns to the stage, this time as an opera.
Listen Honoring 'Our Will To Live': The Lost Music Of The Holocaust
January 25, 2013 – An Italian musicologist is resurrecting works written in World War II camps.
