Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pioneering surf-rock band The Ventures have been an iconic presence in music and pop culture for 60 years, from their breakout ...

WASHINGTON--The Justice Department opened an antitrust investigation of the online-music business, focusing on two new joint ventures backed by five major record labels. The probe, which is in a ...

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

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When you’ve been Big in Japan for the past half-century — and are one of America’s most durable, influential and well-liked exports to that country — you get a historic medal from the emperor. On ...

There's almost always a few Austin City Limits Music Festival attendees each day who are so psyched to stake out a spot for the headliner that they arrive when gates open and sprint across Zilker Park ...

Bob Bogle, lead guitarist and co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band the Ventures, passed away on June 14th, the band’s Don Wilson told their native Tacoma, Washington’s News Tribune ...

Don Wilson, whose twangy guitar sounds helped create a distinct genre of music with his band, The Ventures, has died at age 88. He died of natural causes on Saturday in Tacoma, Washington, according ...