The Advent

As is so often the case nowadays, artists' biographies consist of what country they were born in, who their teachers were, which major competitions they have won, and where they're currently teaching and/or performing. Read More

Decline in the quality of popular music since 1650? 1970? 1995? Read More

On May 21, the 13 finalists of the $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action award , powered by the Google Science Fair , were announced. Read More

Though the rains keep coming this spring, the winter was a mild one, and in many schools, two snow days that were never used are being given back to students at the end of June. But there's a catch, as Anna M. Phillips reported in The New York Times on Friday : after having those two days off, students must come back to school for a half-day of classes, for one final counting of attendance. Read More

*R&B singer Will Downing has been in the game for a long time. Read More

The late Whitney Houston will be honored with the 2012 Billboard Millennium Award. Read More

It has been observed that one of the hardest paths in life to travel is to be the offspring of a famous parent. Read More

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Earlier this week, we wrote about Dan Bull's new song and new experiment: could he release a track via The Pirate Bay for free... and still get it onto the music charts? Read More

Bert Weedon was a legendary British guitar player who influenced a generation of budding rock stars with his popular "Play in a Day" instructional book. Read More