The National

Yes, a Grammy is still the highest honor bestowed in the record industry, but the cutback isn't enough to help the annual awards shake a decades-long reputation for feeling bloated past the point of meaning. Read More

All week long we've been providing ideas for what to do this week. Read More

Luis Alberto Spinetta, one of the fathers of South American rocanrol and an archetypal Argentine rebel whose music became arallying cry against political repression in the 1970s, died Wednesday, February 8, in Buenos Aires. Read More

January is the years worst month for music. Read More

When the Recording Academy announced last spring it was reducing the number of Grammy categories by almost a third, it didn't take long for artists to get up in arms. Read More

Early childhood educators interested in learning how to plan nature activities for young children are invited to participate in Story County Conservations, four-hour seminar " Reconnecting Children with Nature ."Read More

Whether he's foraging in the land of Radiohead, spelunking with the Cocteau Twins, or indulging in a little purified Bach-mania, eclectic pianist Christopher O'Riley seeks the true center of each piece of music he performs. Read More

Legal woes continue for rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is facing a March court date in Las Vegas following his arrest on a 2009 traffic warrant and a new misdemeanor drug charge, authorities said Thursday. Read More

More than a dozen musicians, community leaders and supporters dropped off a thick stack of documents on Thursday (Feb. 9) with a reported 23,000 signatures at the Recording Academy headquarters as part of an ongoing effort to compel the organization into reinstating 31 categories that were eliminated last year. Read More

I can't be the only one that sees Jon Hamm on Mad Men and thinks "the next James Bond." Gail: I think I see Batman. Read More