Recent VOA Music programs

See Larry London's television interview of Frankie Valli, the lead singer of the Four Seasons, who had more than two dozen hits, primariy in the 1960s, and whose rise to fame is chronicled in a hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys. Now 74, Valli is still performing actively.

Elvis Presley, who died in 1977, still has a formidable public presence, given that his name is at the top of a Forbes Magazine list of dead celebrities with the biggests earnings for the second year in a row; his estate reported earnings of $52 million. Greg Flakus reports from Memphis.

A University of Maryland scientist has completed research that suggest that listening to music you enjoy has positive effects on blood pressure. Listen to Rose Hoban's feature, which notes that the scientest, Dr. Michael Miller, also found beneficial effects on the heart from laughter.

The winner of last year's "American Idol" -style singing competition has released a new CD titled--and stressing--"Diversity," but as Derek Moyo reports from Harare, Zimbabwe, the album has not had a positive response from critics, despite the excessive buildup that the album received as a result of the contest.

Visitors to Nashville, the capital of country music, now have a chance to see the seamier side of life in that city in tours conducted by social activist Clemmie Greenlee, as reported by Mike Osborne in VOA's American Life series.