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The late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay built a collection of musical artifacts including instruments played by the Beatles, Miles Davis and Bob Dylan. His family is putting them up for auction.
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NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhotoThe trial, which began a week ago in a New York City courtroom, aimed to break up Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster.
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The late Jim Irsay built one of the great collections of musical artifacts. His family is now auctioning it off, including instruments played by The Beatles, Nirvana, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. Nathalie Ferneau {NAT-ah-lee fer-NO} from Christie's previews the auction.
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Mario Tama/Getty ImagesCountry Joe and the Fish's best-known song, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," captured the growing anti-war sentiment of the Vietnam era.
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The spirit of legendary jazz musician Hugh Masekela lives on at a new club in Johannesburg dedicated to his memory.
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Five albums into their career, the band exudes a cocky confidence in its ability to use rock songs as vehicles for both social commentary and personal angst.
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Sedaka, who died Feb. 27, was a classical piano prodigy whose hits in the late '50s and early '60s included "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking up is Hard to Do." Originally broadcast in 2007.
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Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, founding members of the band Squeeze, recently unearthed their very first attempts at songwriting. Their new album "Trixies" is based on those sketches.
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A pair of country singers made history on the Billboard charts this week. It's also a big week for young pop stars, with an Olympic boost.
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It's a big week for women in country music — and, it turns out, for women whose songs are favored by women in figure skating. -
A new mini-album finds the world's biggest girl group in a tight spot: competing with its own legacy. -
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What can robots teach us about humanity and about love? This musical, starring Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, tries to understand what it means to actually live.
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