'Stairway To Heaven' Plagiarism Suit Heads To Trial
A lawsuit claims that Led Zeppelin perpetrated a "falsification of Rock n' Roll History." A federal judge dismissed that part of the plaintiff's case.
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His Songs Were Carved In Stone: Patterson Hood Remembers Merle Haggard
Haggard, who died April 6, was singularly rebellious and rootless, and his songs are a graduate course in everything timeless and true about music, says the Drive-By Truckers singer.
Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies At 79
Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.
Is Battle Fatigue Over? The Met Rehires A Banned Soprano
After 22 years away from the Metropolitan Opera, acclaimed soprano Kathleen Battle will return for a November concert of spirituals.
Cellist And Conductor Allegedly Helped Russians Move Billions Of Dollars
Russian musician Sergei Roldugin's name has emerged in the massive data leak known as the Panama Papers. He is allegedly at the center of his country's offshore banking activities.
Gay Glam Comes To HBO
Is Vinyl's latest fictionalized New York music character a tribute to Jobriath, the post-Bowie 'space clown' who was rock's first openly homosexual performer?
Grammy Winner, Sax Legend Gato Barbieri Dies At 83
Known for his ever-present black fedora, Barbieri could never be pinned down. "My music is the same. I play Gato," Barbieri once told The Tavis Smiley Show.
Requiem For A Teen: 'Tyler's Suite' Honors A Life Cut Short
A new choral work is on tour, based on the life of Tyler Clementi — the college freshman who committed suicide in 2010, after his roommate secretly filmed him in bed with another man.
New Research Reveals Rachmaninoff's Secret Career
After his First Symphony flopped, the Russian composer made ends meet with a short-lived and little-known career in vaudeville and the circus.
Opera And Jazz Mingle In 'Charlie Parker's Yardbird'
The show explores the life of the jazz saxophonist, with Lawrence Brownlee in the title role. It opens this weekend at the Apollo Theater in New York — a stage where Parker played.