Tempesta di Mare is presenting a fully orchestrated “America Independent, or The Temple of Minerva” as it has never been done ...

Country singer Bobby Lewis, whose biggest hit was 1966's "How Long Has It Been?", celebrates his 84th birthday on May 9.

Iran was placed ‘right at the top of the list’ of America’s enemies by Cheney – even if it took his successors another two ...

P raise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp… let everything that has breath praise the Lord!” (Psalm 150:3, ...

Professor Ryan Malone, music, received a highly competitive fellowship to advance research on the overlooked contributions of ...

Also, today I’m introducing a new feature you’ll see in The Amplifier every so often: The Amplifier Quiz! Test your knowledge ...

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New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Sept. 22, 1934: Robert Luther Olson is born Sept. 22 on a farm outside Hatton, North Dakota. Fall 1939: Olson's father, Albert, dies of a stroke at age 47. His brother, Amos, dies in a tractor ...

Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are wringing great art and performance out of the relationship between the present and the past.

*Maurice White, the Memphis-born musician and visionary best known as the founder of supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire, was a man ...

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...