Each year around this time, thousands of musicians, industry movers and shakers, and just about anyone else somehow affiliated with the music industry convene in Austin's downtown area for a week's wor …

A vision of supernatural beauty, the cool touch of a marble hand, the sweet scent of a loved-one's breath . . . If Stephenie Meyer's genius is for stirring the senses, it's only natural that the best-s …

Writer Stephenie Meyer knows that few things express the often inexpressible complexities of love and life better than music, and her own personal playlist for Eclipse, the third book of her sma …

If the daydream pop of the Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" makes for a perfect intro to the married life of Bella and her beloved vampire Edward, then the rest of Stephenie Meyer's carefully chosen m …

A fresh accessibility took hold in the '50s as jazz cats began to concern themselves a little less with where their heads were at and more with getting some tails moving. Call it hard bop, soul jazz or …

Motown took pride in creating what it called the "Sound of Young America" during its '60s heyday. Others in the R&B world took note of Motown's success and followed its lead in creating music that's el …

The best of the bands that came up with U2 shared their split personality; silly love songs never seemed quite enough, but a steady diet of rebellion and rage wears thin over time. So they navigated th …

New wave novelty to rock 'n' roll holy grail: there's an ear-grabbing kernel in each one of these songs that U2 popped - no, blew up - into something epic. Anger, sorrow, frustration, and, final …