Sound Recordings

The jazz world is a network of relationships, between musicians, recordings, traditions and eras, an insular universe where name-dropping is shorthand for a sound, not a way to brag about playing experiences or records you’ve studied. Pianist...

Here's the ethical/legal question of the week: Q: "My wife and I recently purchased an awning for our home from a local business. We paid a deposit of $1,571.37 at the time of the order and the balance remaining on the invoice was $4,000. "The company...

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Google is making changes to its services. As of Monday, Google Docs will end support for exporting older Office 97-2003 formats such as .doc, .xls, .ppt. Support for exporting newer formats from Office 2010 and up will be enabled.  According to Google,...

Books and music go way back — at least as far back as the epic poets, whose tales of heroic deeds were sung to gathered Greeks long before they were stuffed between two covers for high school students. When singer-songwriter Joe Pernice signed his...

A Roku streaming media player is truly a gift that keeps on giving, and last week Roku users received three new gifts. First, Roku announced the release of its updated mobile apps, followed by the announcement of the release date and price for its...

One of Beth Stelling's motivations for making an album out of her stand-up comedy was to put some of her older, best-working material on the record to, in a way, enshrine it and push herself to move on to the next thing. What she didn't know when she...

BARCELONA, Spain — In retrospect, traveling 6,000 miles to see a band does seem a bit ... crazy. And maybe buying concert tickets for two nights in a row and then flying out at dawn the next day wasn't the best idea. And yes, it might have been...

We live in a tumultuous era for musicians, where Internet piracy has threatened the dominance of major labels, the days of the CD are in decline and no one is exactly sure of the next big format that music will take. That, however, hasn’t stopped...

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to launch a digital music service in the U.S. within the next few weeks, the Korean technology giant confirmed Thursday. The new service, dubbed Music Hub, will be very similar to one that Samsung already offers in the...

What’s the deal with gas prices? Editor: Our Sunday school class of adult seniors has been discussing the gas prices in Petoskey. Over the years there has been a trend of prices above the average and what bothers us even more that all the stations...

Everyone loves a good milestone celebration. We hold surprise parties. We shower the honored guest with gifts, well-wishes and toasts to a healthy and prosperous future. This weekend, the honoree isn’t a living, breathing person, but a local...