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Bernie Dalton, the fledgling songwriter whose battle with ALS inspired the band Bernie and the Believers has died.

Since 1979, musician Mickey Foellger of the band Wheels has been in possession of tapes from the band’s performances at Shipley’s in Clifton. Now, with…

From the indie rock band Real Estate, bandmates Alex Bleeker and Martin Courntney put their time on the road to good use in a game about brands with different regional names around the United States.

Acclaimed music journalist Peter Doggett recently released his much-anticipated biography of the seminal rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. One of…

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Nocturne Parisian," (Muse) by Graham Haynes, and "Overlays," by the Ned Rothenberg Double Band (Moers music).

a biologist who's been studying a band of gray wolves in Glacier National Park in Montana for the past 17 years. Boyd talks about the relationship between the wolves and the people who live nearby.

Scott Schlegel profiles rock guitarist Richie Furay (fyur-RAY). uray first hit public notice as part of the Buffalo Springfield, along with tephen Stills and Neil Young. He went on to Poco, then the Souther, Hillman and uray Band. Furay later became a born-again Christian, and the conflicts between he worlds of rock and roll and religion have had a major impact on his career.

Anima, a group from Brazil, mixes its classical training and early music experience with an interest in Brazilian folk music and instruments. The band will tour the United States later this month. Susan Kaplan, of member station WFCR, reports. (7:45) Anima's CD's, entitled Especiarias and Espiral Do Tempo (Time Spiral) are available from MCD World Music. Websites in Spanish:Especiarias and Espiral Do Tempo

In Russia, questions are growing over how a large band of armed Chechen extremists could have seized a theater in the capital's downtown, just miles from the Kremlin. More than 100 people died in the siege and some lawmakers are calling for a parliamentary investigation into the incident. NPR's Lawrence Sheets has more from Moscow.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead begins a new six-part series we call Avant-Garde Made Easy, highlighting some of the important modern jazz mavericks of the so-called Avant Garde. We begin the series with pianist, composer, and band leader Sun Ra.