Mr. Erb, who was distinguished professor emeritus of composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music, was prominent on the avant-garde scene of the 1960s and ?70s.

Rapper-actor LL Cool J finished his last album under a contract with Def Jam Records that spanned two decades, but told Reuters it was not likely to be his final music project.

The Atlantic Records producer helped Aretha Franklin to stardom and worked with Bob Dylan and other leading artists. Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term “rhythm and blues” before helping shape that music into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and ’60s, died this morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91. …

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Famed music producer Jerry Wexler reportedly has died at his home in Siesta Key, Fla., at age 91.

Gamers with a hankering to watch music videos will have more choices after Warner Music Group Corp. announced Thursday it is adding its library of videos to Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 game console.

All the people who work in his office are 30 years younger than he is, but Richard Gottehrer, 68, has been making music on the frontlines since cars came with tail fins. The first No. 1 hit he wrote was “My Boyfriend’s Back,” by the Angels, a girl group whose…

HACKENSACK, N.J. _ It started when a Christian couple in Hunterdon County, N.J., set out to provide some contemporary but wholesome music to local kids. Now, just a few years later, Bob and Kim Grom are expecting more than 20,000 people to converge on their farm Labor Day weekend for a concert that some call the Christian Woodstock. Theres no drugs, no alcohol _ you just get high on …

Yet another nail has been driven into DRM’s coffin, this time for streaming audio (PCPro has a nice overview of the state of DRM for digital music).