POLICE search for man who was at the apartment of Boyzone star Stephen Gately.By news.com.au

As CD sales continue to plummet, and the music industry searches for a profitable future, entrepreneurs with various approaches say they believe they can finally make online music subscriptions work.

By By BRAD STONE

FANS who want Michael Jackson’s This Is It will have to wait to buy the album.By news.com.au

Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held as part of the White House Music Series.

By By JON PARELES

AUTOPSY rules Stephen Gately died due to excess fluid in his lungs, raising more questions.By news.com.au

On Monday a handful of new-music performers gathered at Le Poisson Rouge and offered glimpses of an alternative universe in which expansive, unified projects are everything.

By By ALLAN KOZINN

IT WAS supposed to be his comeback ater battling an addiction to prescription drugs.By news.com.au

Broken trust, men misbehaving, women trying to recover — these sound like themes from a Carly Simon song. But this time Ms. Simon was telling a story about her most recent record.

By By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

The Parnas-Serkin Trio embodies the ethos of the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, at which established musicians nurture, and perform with, their younger counterparts.

By By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER

What became clear during Terry Riley’s performance at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday was just how poorly the Minimalist label suits Mr. Riley now.

By By STEVE SMITH

AP – With a familiar high-pitched voice counting off 1-2-3-4, a new Michael Jackson single debuted online, the only unheard song on the soundtrack to an upcoming documentary featuring the late superstar.
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Mr. Anka said in an interview on Monday that he had not been contacted about the use of the song and that he was not given proper writing credit for the single.

By By BEN SISARIO

Sony is releasing a version of “This Is It,” one of Mr. Jackson’s unfinished songs, in a fleshed-out arrangement.

By By BEN SISARIO

Nellie McKay finds inspiration in a singer and advocate for animal rights.

By By NATE CHINEN

Reviews of releases by Shrinebuilder, Junk Culture, Fay Victor, Coati Mundi and Francesco Cafiso.

By By BEN RATLIFF

A three-week festival explores the hunger for Western works, as well as “real” Chinese music.

By By JAMES R. OESTREICH

Richard Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier,” opening at the Met, is a moving exploration of the passage of time, the nature of love and what it means to be noble.

By By DANIEL J. WAKIN

CHRISTINA Aguilera insists that the female form is much “sexier” than a man’s body.By news.com.au

Giants Stadium heard its last sha-la-las when Bruce Springsteen played the final concert before the stadium is demolished.

By By JON PARELES

THE MUSIC industry is abuzz with talk that Australia’s biggest band, Powderfinger, will soon split.By news.com.au