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Jeff Beck, one the most acclaimed guitarists in rock and roll history, died Tuesday after contracting bacterial meningitis, according to his family. He was 78 years old.

Amid the debate over the appropriateness of kids' use of the Internet comes the release of two kids' music albums that celebrate a less digital world.

Everybody Down, the new album by the English rapper and poet, is a series of glimpses into the lives of everyday Londoners. "You need to take yourself away ... so your characters can speak," she says.

The device famous for making human voices sound robotic did not originate in the recording studio. As music journalist Dave Tompkins writes in How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II to Hip-Hop, it began as a speech-encoding machine during World War II. Read an excerpt from Tompkins' book about the vocoder and its unexpected history here.

Jones can make a sprawling sea of fans feel like a small gathering of confidants. Hear a live version of the Day Breaks cut from a deluxe edition.

Breonna Moffett, one of three American soldiers killed by the drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, was remembered at her high school in Savannah, Ga.

Fans of the Broadway hit Wicked have turned to social media to ask fellow movie-goers not to sing along when the film adaptation hits theaters on Friday, Nov. 22.

Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens said on social media that she has moved her May concert — originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center — to a different venue in Washington, D.C.

The voice of The Who taps into his early love of soul music with his ninth solo record, As Long as I Have You.

It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.