entertainment - "music"

AP - With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.

Neil Berg's '100 Years Of Broadway' will be Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at Tarrytown music Hall.

Encompass New Opera Theatre, which celebrates the 80th birthday of legendary Broadway composer Jerry Bock with a Gala Musical Salute on Sunday, May 18th, has announced some of the performances expected at the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South.

New york (Billboard) - Country music star Dolly Parton has hit back against Howard Stern's satellite radio show, which last week manipulated recordings from one of her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites.

THE domestic music industry has been given a fillip in the federal budget with the allocation of another $2.4 million to community radio initiative the Australian music Radio Airplay Project.

Forty years ago Wednesday, The Beatles launched Apple Records. The label's trademark green Apple logo appeared on albums by The Beatles and other artists the band helped discover. It didn't take The Beatles long to show they were better at making music than running a business.

America's top theatre award shortlist has been revealed with In The Heights leading the way with 13 nominations.

Music's most famous family is far from where they were at the height of fame.

For people who think the musician-on-film crossover is a rare event, Wednesday's 10th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's death ought to be a reminder of how the man was more than just a singer who acted. Unlike that other 20th century icon, Elvis Presley, Sinatra knew his way around a film set.

Frank Sinatra served a long and fruitful apprenticeship under the classy musical umbrella of the big-band era. He hustled his way into his first public gig, a vocal part in the Hoboken Four.