IF THERE'S A MUSICAL category for "the kind of record you might put on late at night with the lights low," then Duncan Sheik has found his format. That's the way the 26 year old singer/musician describes his self-titled debut…

THERE'S QUITE A STREET BUZZ developing around instrumental jazz trio Medeski Martin and Wood. It's a scene that's being compared to the cult followings of the Grateful Dead and Phish. Fans are flocking to MMW shows, trading tapes of the…

AFTER TWO YEARS of touring the United Kingdom, Space descended upon America. The quartet from Liverpool was set to kick off the second leg of its U.S. tour. The first U.S. single, "Female of the Species," was making an impact…

MINDY McCREADY moved to Nashville when she was 18 and gave herself one year to make it or break it as a country singer. Armed only with a karaoke demo, she hit the streets of Music Row. She didn't know…