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"BOYS DON'T CRY" sees Rumer bringing her remarkable voice to a striking selection of songs penned and originally performed by some of the most iconic male songwriters of the 1970s. Read More

Mark Coleman is the author of "Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music Machines and Money (Da Capo)". Read More

This article was originally published in 2008 to celebrate the career of Donna Summer. Read More

Lana Del Ray 's "Video Games" took home the prize for Best Contemporary Song, and PJ Harvey nabbed the Album Award for her latest release, Let England Shake. Read More

Donna Summer was typecast as the disco-era "bad girl," the diva who was too salty and sexual for some radio stations to play in the '70s. Read More

Another of Summer's hit proto-techno singles, with a slinky minimalism and one of the best 12-inch extended mixes in disco. Read More

British hit machine Adele continued to roll in the accolades when she collected three awards today (May 17) at the 57th Ivor Novello Awards, which recognizes the best songwriters and composers in the U.K. and Ireland. Read More

For Glen Campbell, who appears at the Byham Sunday night, 2011 was a year of turmoil and resiliency. Read More

Beach House plays as if its music had all the time in the world. Read More

We tend to celebrate at beginnings, at major anniversaries — the ones with zeros at the end — and at conclusions. for music venues, the day-to-day is what's important, what's necessary and what ought to be cheered. Read More