Talk about coming out of the gate running.

Recently, while delving though about 10,000 songs stored on my external hard drive, it occurred to me that I can't remember the last time I heard a song so often I became sick of it. Before I had regular access to an mp3 player or CD player in my car,

If there's one thing I've learned about my musical tastes since taking this job, it's that, as broad as my interests are, I'll always be a sucker for a good pop song.

I'm beginning to think my Mac mini has better musical taste than I do or at least knows me well enough not to let me subject myself to music I'd do better avoiding.

Whether you realize it or not, you're all receiving a big block of coal for Christmas this year. Santa might even leave it on your couch to make sure there's a stain.

About 40 years ago, the British coined the term "brain drain" to describe the process of losing their best and brightest minds to post-war America where the opportunities were more promising.

This week, I planned to write a column about what goes into a great concept album, but my order of four legendary ones from Amazon.com hasn't made it yet (thanks U.S. Postal Service!).

From an enjoyable hobby to a way to make a living, music has always been a great many things to me.

This week, I've decided to inject a sense of purpose into the Essential Listening Project by focusing on some of the live albums people recommended.

I would love to discuss how unbelievable Kanye West's antics were at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards (well, for anyone but him), but there are just some words you can't use in a newspaper.

The Beatles. With the possible exception of "copyright infringement," there aren't two words in the music world more likely to be so universally meaningful to so many people.

Unless you're a yak, it's a weird feeling knowing there are Mongolian farmers watching you. I

As a huge fan of Celtic music, I've long thought how magical it would be to hear the haunting strains of highland or uilleann bagpipes keening from just over the next hill.

As seems to be happening more and more often these days, we lost yet another musical genius last week.

For almost 20 years, Darryl Wheeler Sr. has tried to understand his role in a drama that involves one of the biggest entertainers in the world. In that time, Wheeler went from managing a singing group that focused on the positive to feeling betrayed by a