Peter Gabriel, who co-founded UK online music distributor On Demand Distribution (OD2), which was sold to U.S. company Loudeye in June for $38.6m, talks with CNN on the future of the music biz, digital distribution of music, and stuff: Anderson: What motivated you, a successful, musician and artist in your …

I am unclear as to how the Polish came to be thought of as dense and the butt of jokes. Other than an inordinate fondness for polkas (but I jest), I think they’re damn cool. Check out the perspicacity of this Polish film reviewer: Michael Moore’s contentious film Fahrenheit 9/11 …

We’ve been talking about the Berklee Collge of Music’s innovative online school of music since its inception in 2003 – now they have added a class in Apple’s GarageBand program: Explore the features and capabilities of GarageBand, and unlock the full potential of your songs by learning to use the …

You know, I am a middling Dave Matthews Band fan, but the guy sure does seem to have the right kind of social conscience: instead of preaching and whining all the damn time, he gives of himself on an ongoing, generous basis. And the band does too, of course: On …

On the 9/11 report: After a 19-month investigation that laid bare the failures of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pentagon, the National Security Council and virtually every other government agency responsible for defending the nation on that brilliantly sunny September morning in 2001, the 10-member …

Though I agree the Dixie Chicks were inordinately dumped on for their anti-Bush statements last year (not the least of which by opportunists like Clear Channel with agendas of their own that had little or nothing to do with “patriotism” or “supporting the troops”), those who have continued to claim …

Sax legend Illinois Jacquet has died of a heart attack at 81 – over an 8-decade career he played with anyone who was anyone, their mothers and the horses they rode in on, including Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles …

I am trying to understand what this says about me, who has in theory closely followed popular music for 35 years, that I have never even heard of this guy: Tributes have been coming in for French singer Sacha Distel, who died on Thursday after a long illness at the …

Jerry Goldsmith, Academy Award-winning film composer died yesterday of cancer at the age of 75. Here’s a tribute from Filmtracks: Jerry Goldsmith has been an awesome inspiration for two generations, scoring masterpieces that range from the early 60’s to the present. His scores have been essential in promoting the fine …

Allow me to be blunt – not that I really have to ask permission, but I like to give the impression that I am not totally solipsistic – the INDUCE Act utterly sucks cat piss through an infected straw, as first mentioned here. This is yet another attempt by the …