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Singer Darius Rucker and his band have released their first new record in more than a decade. Imperfect Circle is a well-made and frequently thoughtful album, enhanced by Rucker's warm, buttery tones.

The 50-year-old heavy rock group performs the final concert of its "End of the Road" tour Saturday in New York. But it's said farewell before.

Bands that play South By Southwest in Austin get paid $250 while organizers make profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.

A stunt, a joke or a big lie? There was nothing special in the story behind the New Jersey-based band Delicate Steve. A press release used to promote the band, on the other hand, was something altogether more fantastic.

Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth has died at the age of 56. The cause of death was acute liver failure, according to the band's manager.

Manager of the rock band Aerosmith, TIM COLLINS. Recently, (July 20, 1996) he wrote on Op-Ed piece for the New York Times about the drug problem in the music industry. COLLINS is a former addict and in his early days with Aerosmith, he often procured drugs for the band. In 1984, he helped the band reform from addiction and widened the band's appeal to international audiences. He believes managers and music executives need to work with musicians to overcome the systemic use and abuse of drugs. COLLINS works in Cambridge, MA as the founder and president of Collins Management.

Beyoncé's historic 2018 Coachella performance has been immortalized thanks to the Netflix film Homecoming. Three members of Beyoncé's Coachella marching band talk about the show's prolonged legacy.

After spending a year sailing up the Eastern Seaboard, Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore felt inspired to turn their stories into songs.

Trumpeter "Red Mike" Acampora died recently at the age of 91. He was the leader of one of New York's oldest Italian marching bands. The band's tradition of playing at funerals continued despite the erosion of Little Italy. This segment was produced for Sound Portraits by Piya Kochhar.

Conrad Johnson made his Kashmere High School Stage Band a national phenomenon — not just at band competitions, but in the world of commercial popular music. The recordings he made of the band continue to influence musicians to this day, and are being re-released.