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In a judo flip, EMI is looking to acquire the much larger Warner Music Group: The world’s largest independent music entity, EMI was previously considered a target for purchase by one of the other four media conglomerates that own its major record company competitors. The Post reports this deal, valued …

Smithsonian Folkways saw its sales jump 33% last year, part of which comes from burning rare recordings on CD-R for customers: And in doing so, the label best known for dusty recordings by Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly is taking initial steps toward creating a 21st-century “celestial jukebox,” where nothing …

If I had to pick a single collection as an introduction to the glories of American jazz, I would have to go with Ken Burns’s Jazz collection, a remarkable greatest hits of jazz that functions as an Official History. But an exemplary Alternative History, especially of the period from the …

Yup, another look at the new Daredevil movie. . .

I caution against overweening pride and arrogance from the US, especially the military, but that is nothing compared to the arrogance of the doomed: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz left Italy on Sunday, capping a visit and a papal audience with an appeal to the United States to listen …

So you don’t want to spend the money or go through the learning curve to master music creation software like Acid or Cool Edit, but you would still like to dabble in the fun of creating your own mix tracks and get jiggy and whatnot. Bacardi DJ Sound Studio has …

I sincerely hope that George Bush thanks God for Tony Blair every night in his prayers. Blair is a great leader, thinker and speaker. After the Security Council debacle Friday, this speech couldn’t have come at a more important time: We will come through it by holding firm to what …

This concerns me: Here on the fringe of the Arabian Desert’s forbidding Empty Quarter, this aerial armada, mobilized to patrol the skies of southern Iraq, is emblematic of the U.S. military — which now stands astride the globe more dominant than any armed force since the legions of the Roman …

Check out the serious reefer-sucking lineup for the 2003 Bonnaroo Music Festival June 13-15: three days of camping and jam band-big groove-acoustic roots-world beat-bluesy love everybody vibe headed up by the newly rechristened “The Dead.” 2003 Bonnaroo Confirmed Artists: The Dead Widespread Panic James Brown The Allman Brothers Band Ben …

Madonna would appear to be mellowing in her middle-age: Statement from Madonna on American Life I feel lucky to be an American citizen for many reasons – one of which is the right to express myself freely, especially in my work. I understand that there have been reports about my …