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Get ready for Justin Bieber's headlining set, Nine Inch Noize and the Strokes. We already caught Jack White, Fujii Kaze and ...

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I hadn’t touched a mandolin since adolescence, and, even then, I’d only fooled around. My wife was beside me. “Do it,” she ...

“I often call it the black sheep of the string family,” he says of the viola. “It’s not as glamorous as the violin, and it’s ...

The choral group sings pieces by Carl and Erik Nielsen — one a Danish composer paying tribute to spring, the other a ...

U2's surprise EP "Easter Lily" will prod you to think, but also to celebrate. It's an apt bookend to "Days of Ash." ...

J. Fred Coots, the man who gave us "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", died on April 8, 1985, at age 87 in New York City.

Midge Ure reflects on fame, resilience and reinvention as he returns with new music and a cinematic live touring experience ...

T. Rex's signature song was written and recorded while on a hectic US tour, and would be their only stateside hit ...

Mike Potter on lap steel, mandolin and guitar, with Mark Quon on guitar, the duo plays original songs in the classic ...

With 18 number one hits in the UK and 20 in the US, The Beatles were never short of hits. But for every hit single, they had ...