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The country's first mainstream musical on film is a Canadian nod to the tween High School Musical phenomenon

Those of us with clear vision will have to go on missing the time when Madonna could stimulate change in the wider musical landscape rather than resign herself to following already tiring trends, as Hard Candy is a well-intentioned failure

Barry Adamson is a British legend. High praise, backed up by experience: the Manchester-born musician has been a member of both Magazine and Nick Cave's Bad Seeds. And now he's making us a mixtape

Kenny Ortega is getting a glorious feeling and he's happy again. The director of the über-successful High School Musical series is once again channeling the muse-namely, his...

Try Me Bicycle makes gorgeous, reflective music, with simple piano and guitar lines that drift blissfully on Summery breezes. The lush, three-part harmonies on their debut CD, Voicings, are the real standout, made even more memorable by carefully crafted, delicate melodies. It's a sweet, inspired mix of songs perfect for daydreaming on a lazy afternoon.

Ernie Vincent looked across the sea of cheering faces and recognized more than a few. A single thought rippled across his mind: ...

The series' music gurus talk breaking bands, that inescapable theme song and whether Heidi's tunes will make the showThough The Hills is synonymous with Lauren and Heidi, it's Joe Cuello and Jon Ernst who really make the show worth watching. Cuello, MTV's Vice President of music Integration, and Ernst, the series' music Supervisor, spend each week expertly pairing songs with footage in order to convey love, loss and cheerful vacancy. Here, they talk to Rolling Stone about the show's patron saint Natasha Bedingfield, breaking new bands on the program and whether we can expect a Heidi Montag tune to pop up in an...

Berlin, Germany - WOMEX 2008, the largest international world music conference, is inviting a new selection of four photographers for this year. To apply, photographers must send a biography and direct the WOMEX representatives to an online gallery, so they can get a clear idea of their work and experience. Send all proposals to media at womex dot com by Friday, 30 May 2008.Have a look at the amazing WOMEX photos of last year's photographers: Alex Amengual: www.alexamengual.com/womex George DuBose: www.george-dubose.com Carlos Mendes Pereira: www.punctum.co.pt Tomas Opitz: ...

Tracy Turnblad, the plus-size Baltimore teen with bouffant hair and dreams to match, is the irresistible heroine of John Waters' "Hairspray," playing this weekend only at the Academy of music. Tracy's quest to dance on a "Bandstand"-like TV show intersects with '60s racial politics, but rock 'n roll conquers all.This weekend

Music News: Org shifts headquarters to Santa Monica -- The Recording Academy will move its headquarters to the Lantana Entertainment Media Campus in Santa Monica early next year.