Every year when the end of December rolls around things tend to get mad hectic. Everybody starts rushing around to wrap-up all of their loose ends before the year comes crashing to a close and the New ...

This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging. The first is the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream. Nigerian Afrobeat is played ...

Soon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its Oscars for the 80th time. But in the category for Best Original Score, there's controversy this year that has nothing to do with ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Industry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl. Jon Skillings is an editorial director ...

UPDATE: Neil Young, the Who and more than 700 artists may have lost master recordings in the 2008 Universal Music Group vault fire, according to a New York Times magazine follow-up report published on ...

It’s not their stylish melange of burn-down-Babylon reggae, hardcore punk, and a globe-spanning collection of regional groove styles that makes the Eternals the best band in town. And it’s not the ...