But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

"If I didn't think music could help save the human race, I wouldn't be making music."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But he says he and his two friends didn't really know much about the music business.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

Killing them is a sin,he explains, because they don't hurt anyone, they just make music.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

I actually didn't grow up listening to classical music."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Why didn't I think of that?" Some songs are written in the music hall style of British composers Gilbert and Sullivan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

It didn't take long for Easton to land an audition at Universal Music Group, which led to a recording deal with Mercury Nashville.

VOA: standard.2010.04.09

"I don't feel that much, because he had dropped out of the music scene a lot,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"And not many days goes by when I don't hear music, or see music,or feel music, or some way or another have some connection to an instrument."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

He said Jackson didn't only change the face of dance and music, but also paved the way for other minorities to achieve great success in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

This isn't a festival that easily falls into any one music category.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

For the hundreds of thousands about to pass through the gates of the New Orleans Fairgrounds, as long as the music has a great beat, it doesn't really matter what you call it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26