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Listen The Race To Create A Music Superlabel Still Faces Hurdles
July 27, 2012 – A proposed EMI-Universal merger is drawing the scrutiny of regulators in the U.S. and Europe.
Read Around The Classical Internet: July 27, 2012
July 27, 2012 – Learning more about a singer's tattoos and uncovering how much Zubin Mehta dislikes New York.
Read Do You Really Know What Live Is?
July 27, 2012 – On stage, boy bands, DJs and even rock bands make sometimes mysterious use of technology.
Watch A Know-It-All's Guide To Olympic Music
July 26, 2012 – Don't be caught empty-headed when talk turns to the music of the London Games.
Listen No Silence Over Sialkot, Pakistan's Bagpipe Capital
July 26, 2012 – More bagpipes are produced in the Pakistani city of Sialkot than in any other place in the world.
Listen The Practical Side Of The Great American Jam Band
July 25, 2012 – A newly opened Grateful Dead exhibit reveals the quintessential rock hippies as savvy businessmen.
Read In Aurora, A Bullet's Uncommon Path Saves A Young Composer's Life
July 24, 2012 – A promising 22-year-old musician's life was narrowly saved by a bullet's extraordinary trajectory.
Listen Elton John: Stigma Is The Biggest AIDS Battle
July 24, 2012 – A teen's struggle marked a turning point for John, who has since dedicated himself to fighting AIDS.
Read Mariah Carey Is Joining 'American Idol' As A Judge
July 23, 2012 – Mariah Carey has been announced as the newest American Idol judge.
Listen Making A Home For John Coltrane's Legacy
July 22, 2012 – Ravi Coltrane says his childhood home in Dix Hills represents the power of his father's creativity.
Watch Nashville's Love For Lionel Richie Runs Deep
July 21, 2012 – The country charts are full of songs that nod to catalog of pop's under-appreciated crossover king.
Listen A Tribal Anthem's Author — And A Cult Rock Hero
July 21, 2012 – Lumbee Indian singer Willie Lowery's psychedelic Plant and See has just been rereleased.
Read Around The Jazz Internet: July 20, 2012
July 20, 2012 – The NEA Jazz Masters are announced, a sideman in the spotlight and some pianists speak their minds.
Read Around The Classical Internet: July 20, 2012
July 20, 2012 – Mozart in full Technicolor, band camp in Baltimore, and Mahler tans (?) in San Fran.
Watch How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love LCD Soundsystem
July 18, 2012 – What happens when someone you hold responsible for everything wrong with music becomes your hero?
