From the operatic opening ceremony to athletes' warmup songs, music is intrinsic to the Paris Olympics now underway. Athletes from around the world are competing in dozens of disciplines among 32 ...

The London 2012 Olympic ceremony soundtracks will be available digitally immediately after each show, for the first time ever. Isles of Wonder - Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 ...

Mozart and Tchaikovsky are getting more competition from the likes of Queen, Coldplay and Snow Patrol in the music choices of U.S. figure skaters. A change in the rules shortly after the Sochi ...

Hear triumphant tracks from John Williams, Whitney Houston and, of course, Celine Dion. By Lindsay Zoladz I just got out my thermometer to confirm and, yep, it’s official: I have Olympic Fever. Like ...

BEIJING — Most days, when Australian figure skater Brendan Kerry arrives at the practice rink, he heads straight for the sound system, where he plugs his iPhone into the aux cable and breathes a sigh ...

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LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Imagine the Olympics Games void of music - the raising of the Olympic flag without the Olympic hymn, the parade of nations in a hushed stadium and synchronized swimming to ...

As the world tunes in to watch the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, we've crafted a new kind of games: The Country Music Olympics. Sure, watching those elegant gymnasts do death-defying stunts or ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Don Gonyea. Time now for your letters. A number of you wrote in about Tom Goldman's piece last week on Olympic speed skating medalists Shani Davis and Joey ...