The Arnett Library music series is free to the public, and the participating musicians also volunteer their time and talent.

An ad used by Multnomah County (Ore.) Library to promote its Library Music Project. Image: Multnomah County (Ore.) Library In Portland, Oregon, the music of local freak-folk legends The Tree People is ...

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Library music was first produced in the 1920s for use with silent movies. Its golden age came during the 1960s and 1970s, when it provided off-the-shelf (and relatively low priced) incidental music ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Composer Brian Bennett, now 78, is recalling the first time he became aware of his influence on hip-hop. It was at ...