Patience pays, an adage says, and with a growing interest in world music, contemporary musicians are at last getting their share of limelight.

Rumblefish's pre-cleared music catalog will power Virtual Active's new experiential exercise video content enabling fitness enthusiasts to virtually run, hike or cycle all over the world.

The one-named singer known as Antony has never sounded like he's of this world. With his fey flutter of a voice, and the sparse and airy arrangements of his music, he sounds like he's always being moved by the whims of the wind.

Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync. The music business combination four years ago made Sony BMG the world's No. 2 record label, generating savings and pre-empting other industry consolidation. But the venture's ...

Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.