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Songwriter and singer Gene Pitney has died. He was best known for such 1960s hits as "Town Without Pity," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "Only Love Can Break A Heart." He was 65.

Nicolai Dunger followed an unusual path to the music industry: He gave up being a Swedish national soccer player to pursue a musical career after being discovered singing on a balcony in the small town in northern Sweden in which he was born.

Indie rocker Liz Phair debuted with fierce, funny and sometimes profane songs about her life. As her outlook got sunnier, so did her music. The change alienated some fans. Her latest CD has an edge some may remember.

Apple's iPod and other digital music players are reshaping the home-stereo business. Users aren't just relying on the devices to store their music. In some instances, they're using them as their main listening device in the home.

The musical band What I Like About Jew started out as a tongue-in-cheek cabaret act that sold out at New York venues such as The Knitting Factory and Fez. Now, the two-man act has a new CD, Unorthodox.

Even Johansen is a Norwegian musician who writes and records as Magnet. His music is a blend of the traditional and the modern, mixing a folk sound with the more surreal electronica. He's been compared to a diverse range of artists like Johnny Cash and Elliott Smith.

The new album My Buzz Comes Back features the distinctive combination of rap, techno, and slide guitar that has made Slo-Mo a fan favorite. With Mike Brenner on lap steel and the rapper Mic Wrecka doling out lyrics, Slo-Mo may never go away.

Ever since their smash debut CD Voices From Heaven, the Soweto Gospel Choir have spent years touring the world with their exhilarating brand of vocal fireworks. The group returns with a new collection of songs sung in English and some of the 10 other "official" languages of South Africa.

Monk's Bones is the new CD from the Monk's Music Trio.

They're an odd couple. Angel-voiced Scot Isobel Campbell and gravelly grunge rocker Mark Lanegan of Seattle combine their talents on the CD Ballad of the Broken Seas. Campbell tells Liane Hansen about life after Belle and Sebastian.