In anticipation for Leslie's upcoming album 'Les Is More,' he is looking past distribution powerhouses like iTunes or Amazon and shifting away from MP3 format to developing a mobile application.

While I was chasing news about Music Hall in Cincinnati this week, there was an onerous story breaking in New York involving the esteemed Metropolitan Opera and its general manager, Peter Gelb, and Opera News, the excellent magazine of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. In case you missed the New York Times front page story, here [...]

It is about time that Justin Timberlake returns to the recording studio. The "Sexy Back" singer has been working overtime to prove to the world that he is so much more than a pop singer. But news of his return to music will most likely not produce the kind of sounds that fans crave, since Timberlake's new musical focus is to act as composer and music supervisor for a depressing Southern film ...

MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, teens who loved listening to music blasting at high decibels on their MP3 players were also more likely than others to smoke marijuana, while those who listened to loud music at concerts and clubs were more likely to drink heavily and have sex without a condom.

A selected guide to classical music performances in New York and the area.