By Benham Natagehi Washington 25 February 2008 The music of jazz musician Miles Davis remains popular more than 16 years after his death. His music is being sampled by hip-hop artists, actor Don Cheadle is set to portray him in a movie and a new CD h...
By Paige Kollock New York 10 January 2008 Millions of people travel through New York City's public transportation systems every day. Amidst the sounds of screeching trains and conductor announcements many of these people hear the sounds of New York's...
By Larry London Washington 31 December 2007 Hip-Hop artist T-Pain is only 22 years-old, and he has already produced more music than artists who've spent a lifetime in the entertainment field. He's just been nominated for five Grammy Awards. That's...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 26 December 2007 Born in the small town of Waukesha in the Midwest U.S. state of Wisconsin in 1915, Les Paul showed signs of musical ability at a young age. From those small roots, the musician and inventor traveled th...
By Katherine Cole Washington 20 December 2007 Although the final numbers won't be in for several weeks, the retail music industry is bracing for bad news. Even though 14 million albums were sold during the week after the Thanksgiving holiday, traditi...
By Mary Morningstar Washington 17 December 2007 More than a dozen Country holiday albums were released this season. Top sellers include new collections by Toby Keith, Taylor Swift and Diamond Rio. VOA's Mary Morningstar reports on a compilation that'...
25. Movie Music Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as silent, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lum...
01 The Language of Music A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the c...
Part 1 Types of Western Music 欧美音乐类型 1. 什么是 RB？RB的全名是 Rhythm Blues，一般译作节奏怨曲。广义上， RB可 视为黑人的流行音乐，它源于黑人的Blues音乐，是现今西方流行乐和摇滚乐的基...
By Katherine Cole Washington 29 October 2007 More than 6,000 people who work in fields related to bluegrass music recently gathered in Nashville for the annual World of Bluegrass conference and tradeshow hosted by the International Bluegrass Music As...
