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He's the man who wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," the hit song sung by Elvis Presley which became the first Sun label record to sell over a million copies. CARL PERKINS has also written the songs, "Matchbox," "Honey Don't," and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" which have been recorded by the Beatles. PERKINS is the pioneer of a style of music called Rockabilly, which is described as "a country man's song with a black man's rythm." PERKINS, born in Tennessee, learned to play guitar from his uncle and formed a band with his two brothers before touring the South with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. It was Cash who gave Perkins the idea for the song, "Blue Suede Shoes." PERKINS has just written a new book, entitled "Go, Cat, Go!"(Hyperion) in which he talks about his career. (He also has a new CD of the same title on Dinosaur Entertainment.

The Fiery Furnaces' new album, I'm Going Away, features pared-down songs to reflect the darker national mood, the brother-sister duo says. For the listener, it's a transporting experience.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Together Through Life, Dylan's 33rd solo album. Throughout the disc, Dylan sings in cobwebbed moans, growling croons and spoken-word chants.

The a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. On its latest album, the group has recorded an album of Zulu songs traditionally sung by parents to their children.

Stuffed in a desk in North Germany is a small box with one of the world's most unique and perplexing collections. Charlotte Ruchhöft has collected more than 500 balls from fountain pens.

The musician was a prominent member of the 1980s "Paisley Underground" scene in his native LA before gaining commercial success with Mazzy Star in the early '90s.

Louis Armstrong's version of Joe "King" Oliver's tune "West End Blues" was a hit in the late '20s.

The 40th Tejano Conjunto Festival happens this week, primarily at Rosedale Park.

One day, musicologist John Work happened to record an obscure street singer's blues talent. Discovering that field recording leads commentator Bruce Nemerov to reflect on how the blues were marketed before World War II.

The out-of-print and much-coveted album combines a dramatically spare sound with a heavy backbeat.