Somewhat astoundingly, The Purple Bird is Will Oldham’s album number 21 using his Bonnie “Prince” Billy alias. A fine set of alt country tunes, recorded in Nashville and largely co-written with ...

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. Happy New Year! For the first week of the year, there are many rarely performed operas on offer and a some world ...

Reba McEntire has announced the release of a new CD/DVD pairing, titled My Chains Are Gone. The CD portion of the release will feature recordings of the beloved star singing some of her favorite ...

A high-resolution audio format approved by the DVD Forum in 1999. Designed as an optical disc format with higher-quality sound than a CD, DVD-Audio never caught on. Neither did SACD, a competing ...

Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase ... or the combined storage capacity of about 15,000 DVDs. Optical discs, such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs, are durable and ...

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will be able to listen to rarities from Massenet, Mozart, and Campra. The new album is a ...