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Top Albums: Source Yahoo!

#1: Icky Thump - The White Stripes

(C) 2007 Third Man/Warner Bros..

#2: Lost Highway - Bon Jovi

(C) 2007 Island.

#3: Daughtry - Daughtry

(C) 2006 RCA Records.

NPR News: Music

1,000 Essential Recordings You Must Hear

Covering music from Marian Anderson to ZZ Top, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List covers all genres in its more than 900 pages. It's driven by the notion that "the more you love music, the more music you love." Author Tom Moon submits his picks for the best summer recordings.

Harps Symbolize Paraguay's National Identity

Legions of harpists play throughout the countryside, in the concert halls of the capital city and even in Asuncion's airport terminal. People play the instrument's 36 strings with their fingernails, and the resulting sound is the music of Paraguay — particularly when the songs are the country's traditional polkas.

Yael Naim's New Soul

Born in Paris and raised in Israel, multilingual singer Yael Main crafts a mysterious and delicate sound that features elements of folk and jazz. She visits the World Cafe with host David Dye to share music from her self-titled sophomore album.

Music News: Source MSN

Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child

Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child, a boy named Zuma Nesta Rock

Rihanna, Pink, T.I. added as performers at VMAs

Rihanna, Pink and T.I. added as performers at this year's MTV Video Music awards