Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist (Reuters)

Reuters - A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

CONCERTS AND SHOWS: Around New Haven, Sept. 3 - 9

Here are the selected local concert events from this week's edition of Weekend. To browse more events, or submit your own, go to www.nhregister.com/events. What shows you plan on catching?

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley Announce Free Relief Concerts Recap

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley have both announced free concerts

Audio slideshow: 21st Century inventors

Every year the UK generates over 25,000 patents, trademarks, and design rights for new products and services - with the British Library helping inventors protect their ideas and explore the business potential.

Audio codec protects against loudspeaker damage, boosts audio fidelity

Maxim Integrated Productsste has introduced an integrated stereo audio codec that applies Maxim's FLEXSOUND audio processor technology to offer improved loudspeaker performance by optimizing the signal level and frequency response, while limiting the maximum distortion and power at the output to prevent speaker damage.

Library workshop set on audio books

The Belvedere-Tiburon Library will host a workshop on downloading audio books to iPods from 7:30 to 9 p.

Goings on About Town: Classical Music

PageBreak -- CONCERTS IN TOWN THE MOVADO HOUR Two potent violinists—Geoff Nuttall, of the St. Lawrence Quartet, and his wife, Livia Sohn—headline the next one-hour concert in the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s stylish series. They are joined by the violist Hsin-Yun Huang, the . . .

Audio: Vanderbilt Gold Line reviews Northwestern game, looks ahead to LSU

It didn't turn out as Vandy fans hoped, but Robbie Caldwell's debut game against Northwestern turned out...

Audio Bullys To Go Higher in November

A top story from this week. The End Records have set a November 9th release date for Audio Bullys new album Higher Than The Eiffel.

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley Announce Free Relief Concerts

A top story from this week. Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley have both announced free concerts

Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena (AP)

AP - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed.

Audio inventor Keith Barr, 60, dies in Hockinson

You know the swirly, shimmery electric guitar texture that drives a heavyweight rock band like Van Halen or Led Zeppelin at warp speed? The way the guitar sounds like it’s blasting through the blades of a whirling fan — giving it a vibe of overwhelming velocity?

Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)

AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

New Audio Released In Case of Man Accused of Killing Family

PALM BEACH CO., Fla. -- New audio recordings and documents were released Friday in the case of Paul Merhige, the man accused of killing members of his own family in Jupiter last Thanksgiving.

Sleek Audio SA7 and SA6-R “ears-on”

We’re big Sleek Audio fans here at SlashGear, and we’ve known the company has been cooking up something special for the past six months or so. That project – the new flagship Sleek Audio SA7 in-ear monitors – has come of age just in time for IFA 2010 , along with their upcoming refresh of the original SA6 ‘s, in the shape of the SA6-R (where the “R” stands for “Reference”). We jammed the carbon ...

Audio scandal is conspiracy to ruin UCPN-M's image: Mahara

Chief of foreign relations department of the Unified CPN (Maoist) Krishna Bahadur Mahara Saturday said recent audio tape (which is yet to be verified independently) of a telephone conversation with a Chinese man in which he asks for Rs 500 million to 'buy' lawmakers to vote for Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was a conspiracy tool against the party's political image.

Hanoi concerts to celebrate Chopin’s 200th birthday

Hanoi will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth with two concerts on September 7 and 8 at the Hanoi Opera House.

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.

Apple's jump into social networking not a slam-dunk (Reuters)

Reuters - For all the innovations Apple has brought to the market through the years, it's also a pretty good follower.

Jaripeo tour brings music, rodeo to arenas (Reuters)

Reuters - At a time when economic woes and immigration crackdowns are hurting the Latin music touring business, big, showy productions would seem to be a thing of the past.

Veteran group Banda el Recodo still going strong (Reuters)

Reuters - After more than seven decades in the business, seminal act Banda el Recodo remains one of the top-selling groups in the genre of brass-based Mexican music. Founded in 1938 by Cruz Lizarraga, the band has continued to thrive through the years thanks to Lizarraga's two sons, Joel and Alfonso, who have adapted the traditional banda format to multiple musical styles and contemporary arrangements.

KT Tunstall finds new musical edge on "Tiger Suit" (Reuters)

Reuters - At a recent media showcase in London, KT Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield," she told the assembled press.

Katy Perry's chart-topper sparks new sales worries (Reuters)

Reuters - The Capitol release bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, thanks to first-week sales of 192,000 units in the United States, the ninth-best debut week so far this year, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Parenthood hasn't mellowed Sleater-Kinney's Tucker (Reuters)

Reuters - The prevailing cultural attitude, at least for the middle-class, Caucasian, Western world, seems to be that the moment a woman gives birth, her taste in culture dies. "Mom blogs" peddle mewling folk singers, and your infant suddenly determines not only your musical preferences, but your outlook on life.

Sharon Corr steps out as solo artist (Reuters)

Reuters - Five years after Irish sibling band the Corrs took a prolonged sabbatical, violinist Sharon Corr is back in a new role, as lead vocalist on her debut solo album, "Dream of You."

Rosanne Cash certain she'll write second memoir (Reuters)

Reuters - Rosanne Cash has worn many hats through the years -- country music star, acclaimed singer-songwriter, mother of five and firstborn child of the legendary Johnny Cash.

Calif. judge: rapper 40 Glocc must heed gang ban (AP)

AP - A judge has ruled that a rapper known as 40 Glocc who touted his gang member status in songs and videos is subject to a 2008 gang injunction barring him from an apartment complex in his hometown of Colton.

Google plans to sell music online (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, which dominates via its iTunes Music Stores, accounting for 70% of all U.S. digital music sales. It rose 1.5% to 470.30.

German court rules against YouTube over copyright (AP)

AP - A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.

Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says (AP)

AP - Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday.

Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions' (AP)

AP - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together.

Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company Claims (PC World)

PC World - It's the kind of ironic story that news editors find irresistible. Apple makes big announcement about a social network for music lovers. When music lovers go hunting for the service, they end up in some Internet backwater. They like what they find there and the little guy gets a boost in business thanks to the big guy's big marketing budget.

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)

AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

Apple: The King of Digital Music (PC World)

PC World - Behold the King of music, circa 2010. We aren't talking about Elvis here. Apple's iPod still reigns supreme. And judging from the impressive new crop of iPods announced this week along with an update to iTunes, Apple 's dominance of the digital music world seems solid -- at least for now.

iTunes Ping: The Missing Thing (Mashable)

Mashable - Apple this week launched Ping, a new social network that runs within the iTunes software.

Audio Precision Enjoys Record Pre-Orders for New Production Test Audio Analyzer

As first units ship, analyzer software also adds mathematical operators and other audio test improvements for existing APx users BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test and measurement, today shipped the first units of its new APx515 production test audio analyzer along with version 2.6 of its APx500 audio analyzer software. APx515 is a best-in-class instrument ...

iTunes Ping's Latest Problem: Spam (Mashable)

Mashable - iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple's road to establishing a legitimate social network.

ArtPrize announces concerts with Natasha Bedingfield, David Archuleta, Hot Chelle Rae and Surfer Blood

The free concerts will be held downtown. Find out the details.

Digital Trends' Top 5 Viral Videos of the Week, September 3, 2010 (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - If Bill and Ted were able to jump back in time and convince John Logie Baird (the man arguably responsible for transmitting the first moving image back in 1925) to return with them to the present day in their telephone-booth time machine, Baird would likely be baffled and shocked by the long, strange, evolutionary twists to video that have resulted in the rise of the viral video clip.Â Then he would probably laugh himself sick when he saw his wonderful technology being used to capture that most personal and hilarious of moments when a guy gets hit in the junk, or a fat guy sings a techno song.

`American Idol' adds L.A. audition on Sept. 22 (AP)

AP - "American Idol" is expanding the talent search for its next season with an audition in Los Angeles later this month.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case (AP)

AP - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate.

Daughtry vs. Bon Jovi? Gulf concerts cross dates

Free concerts on public beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., pit Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley against Pensacola Beach's DeLuna Fest, featuring Daughtry, Willie Nelson, Stone Temple Pilots and more than 35 other acts.

Irish crowd pelt Gun N' Roses after lengthy wait (Reuters)

Reuters - American rock band Guns N' Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late -- and then left the stage after being pelted with plastic glasses.

Community concerts set

Season memberships are available for the North Platte Concert Association’s 2010-2011 series, featuring five concerts of popular music, Native American dance, a classical trio, a father-son piano duo and a brass ensemble.

Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Privacy in iTunes Ping (PC World)

PC World - Ping is Apple's music-centric social network that is integrated into iTunes 10. From a privacy standpoint, it's pretty straightforward--as opposed to Facebook's multitude of privacy settings--but then again, Ping is also very limited as to what services it offers. In either case, here's a quick run-down of the privacy features present in Ping.

Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

iTunes TV rentals now available on Mac and PC (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but donât want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that youâll only watch once? Relax, friend, because if youâre an iTunes 10 user, you can now rent TV shows from the comfort of your very ownâ¦computer.

Facebook Connect Disappears from iTunes Ping (Mashable)

Mashable - Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service, you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook Connect, a feature we mentioned in our first-impressions post last night.