On Thursday, Michael Jackson, in front of a crowd of screaming fans, announced that after eight years of pretty much nothing, he is about to launch a farewell tour. He said the series of shows in July at London's O2 Arena will be his "final curtain call."

A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly reveals that music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement in early childhood and adolescence.

The 2009 Grammy Awards are tonight, and we have a full list of them below.

Jessica Simpson had an "off night," according to a representative, but that was putting it mildly, as at an appearance in Grand Rapids, MI, as the opening act for Rascal Flatts, she had a near meltdown on Thursday night.

By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears this week in PLoS Biology.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) in partnership with John Holland is delighted to announce an exciting education initiative for 2009.

Musicians are campaigning against the use of their songs by U.S. interrogators at detention centers including the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

For every rock star who hits it big, there are thousands of artists who never make it out of their own back yards. Before Madonna was “Madonna,” she was a local success in New York clubs. Until Britney Spears became a global pop superstar, she performed in dance revues in her native Louisiana.

The latest albums of Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses will be available for listening online at MySpace. This will take place a few days before the albums will be available for purchase in stores.

The Band Boston Rocks on the film soundtrack of America's # 1 movie Madagascar, Escape 2 Africa.

University of Maryland School of Medicine research team concludes the cardiovascular benefits of music are similar to those found in their previous study of laughter

Womex (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2002 and Grammy in 2007 nominated Djivan Gasparyan as an Armenian national hero, created cross-cultural collaborations with many legendary musicians and composers. By him Armenian Symbolic Musical Instrument obtained worldwide popularity in Show-Business.