We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and amid the value-packed coupon booklets we'll never open is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives — and, this week, what to do about an ...

There's something to be said about a respectable compact disc collection. In our reclusive society, towering alphabetized stacks of decorated jewel cases are an obscure representation of both status… ...

You've cultivated it, carefully, over years, but now it's gathering dust. What to do? Greg Cooper was going through a marriage break-up the day he decided to sell his CDs. The 1,000-piece collection ...

The death of the humble CD has been greatly exaggerated in recent years. Soon the silver disc will celebrate its 40 th anniversary and despite a gentle decline in sales, mostly thanks to streaming ...