Music scenes depend on the youth of new recruits, people like Marc Kuzio and David Smith. Kuzio is a 19-year-old bandleader from Raleigh, and Smith, his friend, is a 21-year-old college DJ at N.C.

Mac McCaughan (yellow shirt) and Laura Ballance (far right) co-founded Merge Records in 1989. They are also members of the band, Superchunk. This week, Durham’s Merge Records is celebrating its 35th ...

Former Chicago Tribune reporter and current Gawker contributor John Cook first saw Superchunk play in Madison, Wis., in 1994, where he “immediately fell in love and bought every one of their records ...

Merge Records, a Durham music label that has become influential in the independent music scene over the past 35 years, has sold a 50% stake in the company — a move that the label hopes will provide ...

I just started my Apple Music trial, and it's asking me if I want to merge my (extensive, curated) local library with Cloud Music Library. What's the current consensus on whether this is advisable, ...

Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp. announced a preliminary plan to merge their music businesses Thursday, creating a company that would vie with Universal Music Group as the largest in the world. A MERGER ...