From his modesty to his laid-back attitude, Lou Barlow has refused to let the fact he is often referred to as the “prince of lo-fi rock” influence his personality. Read more...

The music industry as we know it may well be a sinking ship. Worldwide music sales were down 7.6 percent last year, the fourth consecutive year they’ve dropped since 2000. Read more...

Few could anticipate the transformation of rock quintet O.A.R. from a local Ohio State frat band to a frequent and respected headliner across the country. O.A.R.’s moniker stands for “Of a Revolution,” which has so far turned out to be an apt description of the band’s success. Read more...

There’s an old journalism joke that “news is what happens to editors.” The idea is that small stories happen so frequently that the ones that end up on the pages of a newspaper are only there because they happened in the presence of someone with some control over the content of those news pages. Read more...

Earlier this month when media outlets briefly broke the story of the death of music great Rick James, two words stuck out in particular: “natural causes.” James, after all, had for years lived the fast life emblematic of many an out-of-control superstar, battling legal troubles toward the end of his career and, by his own math, spending millions of dollars on cocaine alone. Read more...

As the daughter of two prominent musicians ““ guitarist-singer João Gilberto; and one of Brazil’s most-loved singers, Miúcha ““ Bebel Gilberto, has been surrounded by music from her birth. Read more...

I swear I’m not an alcoholic. But when I heard that the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood were presenting special “21+” screenings of movies all summer long, I was so excited I must have squealed louder than Paul Hamm when he tumbled his way to a gold medal. Read more...