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Studio on the Go is a program based out of Flint, Mich., that teaches kids the fundamentals of songwriting and music production.

In April, the board of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which oversees the Grammy Awards, announced that with next year's ceremony, the number of awards handed out would be cut from 109 to 78.Categories like best R&B vocal performance by a male, by a female and by a group

Fans and critics are speaking volumes about Jay-Z and Kanye West's new album. Guest host Allison Keyes speaks with NPR Music's Ann Powers and Frannie Kelley about why the album is such a big deal, and how some lyrics reflect themes of family, gender roles and race.

Singer Amy Winehouse, who mixed pieces of soul, jazz, and gospel into pop ballads, was found dead in her apartment Saturday. Police are so far listing the cause of death as "unexplained."

It's a well-known story — the one where European conquerors ravaged the New World with disease in the 15th century.

Along the mighty Mississippi River, rising waters carry musical echoes of the river's long history of floods. Many of those sonic tributaries reach back to perhaps the worst one in U.S. history: The Great Flood of 1927.

Following in the footsteps of Amazon, Google announced a new service that allows users to stream music they own from Google servers instead of saving them on their smart phones.