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Listen Deke Richards, Motown Producer And Songwriter, Dies
March 26, 2013 – He was behind such hits as The Jackson Five's "ABC."
Watch Depeche Mode: A Dark And Steady 'Machine' KCRW
March 25, 2013 – After 30 years together, Depeche Mode will release its 13th album, the seductive Delta Machine. KCRW
Read Bebo Valdés, Giant Of Cuban Music, Is Dead
March 22, 2013 – The pianist, who enjoyed international fame late in life, was a prime mover of 20th Century Havana.
Watch Remembering Risë Stevens, A Star Of Opera And Pop Culture
March 21, 2013 – The mezzo with the smoky, sultry voice defined Carmen for generations. Stevens died Wednesday at 99.
Read Is It Legal To Sell Your Old MP3s?
March 20, 2013 – A Supreme Court ruling may give a boost to a company that wants to be a used record store for MP3s.
Read Lessons From SXSW 2013: Take The Middle Road
March 19, 2013 – Big names and Next Big Things dominate SXSW, but acts between those poles interest Ann Powers more.
Watch Jason Molina, A Folksinger Who Embodied The Best Of The Blues, Has Died
March 18, 2013 – Over a long and sometimes troubled career, Molina's songs made pain tangible and less terrifying.
Watch Stevie Nicks: 'When We Walk Into The Room, We Have To Float In Like Goddesses'
March 17, 2013 – The Fleetwood Mac singer tells Ann Powers her lessons from a life at the peak of the music industry.
Watch Arhoolie Records: 50 Years Of Digging For Down-Home Music
March 16, 2013 – Chris Strachwitz began distributing hard-to-find blues, Cajun and Latino music in the early 1960s.
Listen The 'Singing Sound' Of Saxophonist Charles Lloyd
March 15, 2013 – The charismatic musician has backed Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King and toured with The Beach Boys.
Watch Gangsta Rap Swap Meet Proprietor Wan Joon Kim Has Died
March 14, 2013 – Kim sold some of the earliest work of DJ Quik and Eazy-E when few stores would sell their music.
Watch Marches Madness: Heralding The Pope
March 14, 2013 – Before the introduction of Pope Francis, a marching band played Charles Gounod's Pontifical March.
Read Breaking: Pope Francis Loves Opera
March 13, 2013 – Pretty much the first thing that Cardinal Egan shared about the new pontiff? That he loves opera.
Read The Ale That Men Brew: Iron Maiden Serves Up A Beer
March 13, 2013 – Three decades after giving the world The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden is set to release a beer.
Listen Tadd Dameron, A Jazz Master With A 'Lyrical Grace'
March 9, 2013 – A new biography shines a light on the too-brief life of the man known as "The Architect of Bop."
