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The musician and writer will play his first two albums Loss and Us at Celtic Connections and release a huge 85-track anthology Archaeology: Complete Recordings 200-2004 later in February

ATLANTA — This weekend, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra introduces the world premiere performances of “R.E.M. Explored.” The instrumental evenings begin with a suite of selections from the revered Athens band’s catalog, in newly “deconstructed and reconstructed” symphonic arrangements.

American record label chief executive who nurtured the careers of Neil Young, James Taylor and Prince

LOS ANGELES — Mo Ostin, the music executive who helped transform Warner Bros. Records into one of the most admired music labels in the world and who earned respect and lasting allegiance from musicians from Los Angeles to London for his artist-friendly philosophy, died on Sunday. He was 95.

Mo Ostin, a self-effacing giant of the music business who with rare integrity presided over Warner Bros

One of the most formidable music PRs in rock, ‘BC’ opens up about her decades of hanging out with the likes of Keith Richards, Mark Ronson and Madonna

A profoundly mournful classical work, written by one of Poland’s leading avant-garde composers, vied with REM and Paul McCartney to become a huge bestseller in 1992. Those involved recall a truly surprising hit

Coldplay and Lewis Capaldi also make the list