Sting has branded modern rock music âœstagnantâ and says that he prefers listening to 16th Century English ballads.

Sting, whoâ™s recent album of Dowland lute music top the classical charts, is currently indulging in the music of composer John Dowland rather than anything recently released.

The former Police front man told German newspaper Die Zeit: "Rock music has come to a standstill - it's... full musical news

Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood. The band onstage, four guys in leather jackets and torn jeans, was the Ramones. McNeil sat at a nearby table, watching their set with
Lou Reed.

It was unforgettable. But as McNeil would soon discover, it was just a typical night at Cbgb'S, the club that spawned... full musical news

You can download the whole collection of Mozart in mp3 format from this website. It's legal and free.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 â“ December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more than six hundred compositions includes works that are widely acknowledged... full musical news

Over the past year or so, BitTorrent as a medium for independent artists and labels to distribute content has grown immensely. Itâ™s good to see that BitTorrent.com, the â˜officialâ™ Bt site is spearheading this movement.

Just a couple of weeks ago we saw bands as popular as Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service and The Shins (among others) put up songs and videos for free download. Being a... full musical news

a Swedish court on Wednesday fined a man for illegally sharing music files online, making him the first Swede to be convicted for spreading copyrighted songs over the Internet.

The 44-year-old, who was not publicly identified, was fined 20,000 kronor (euro2,160; US$2,700) by the Boras District Court in southern Sweden for making four songs available for download by other users of a file-sharing network.
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Copying television programs and music will soon be legal under amendments to copyright law.

The changes will also make it easier to prosecute copyright pirates.

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, who introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill to parliament today, said the internet and digital technology had created new challenges and opportunities.

"We want laws in place which mean copyright pirates... full musical news

YouTubeâ™s young founders may have been the biggest beneficiaries of last weekâ™s $1.65 billion deal with Google, but they have some unexpected bedfellows â” old-line media companies that had been considered YouTubeâ™s biggest legal threat.

Three of the four major music companies â” Vivendiâ™s Universal Music Group, Sony and Bertelsmannâ™s jointly owned Sony Bmg Music Entertainment, and the... full musical news