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With his collar turned up under rolling clouds, hair gelled in a mini "Jedward" and with plump rose lips to match, the French classical star Philippe Jaroussky looks every inch the pop pin-up on his new CD. Read More

Without question, the last decade has seen a massive shift in the way we collect music, with an emphasis on the collect – thanks to mp3s, music has become one big all-you-can-eat buffet, devaluing everything from bootlegs to boxed sets while changing the definition of "huge collection" from hundreds of CDs to tens of thousands of binary files. Read More

Four-to-the-floor's steady dominant drum march fractured, as chaotic new patterns emerged in the ranks of uniformity. Read More

The cover of Cheryl Cole 's debut album, 3 Words, is a sophisticated affair. Read More

Plump DJs —England's Andy Gardner and Lee Rous—rank among the elite producer/DJs of nu skool breaks, a subgenre with deep roots in big beat—the mid-'90s movement that spawned Chemical Brothers , Fatboy Slim , Headrillaz , Propellerheads , and other (mainly) British artists who fed wicked funk samples steroids and speed and proceeded to rock parties harder than a motherfucker. Read More

A St. Bernard's evil owner tries to abduct her litter from a family who saved them from death. Read More

Beautiful, articulate, vivacious with razor-sharp intellect, Chubby Girl Records CEO Sherrie Keys is staking claim that her business formula is recession – proof. Read More

Music superstars U2 have announced they will perform a free concert at Germany's Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Irish rockers will perform in front of the landmark in the German capital on November 5 as part of the MTV Europe Music Awards, the group announced on their website. Read More

Singer Sherrie Keys outlines her music vision. Read More

NASHVILLE isn't nicknamed Music City for nothing. Read More