LONDON (Reuters) - Electronic band the xx have been named the winners of Britain's 2010 Mercury Prize for their debut album, "The xx." (full story...)

The White House hosted the first performance in a planned dance series, matching performances in music, poetry and other arts that have already been held there. (full story...)

Big Boi appeared at the Brooklyn Bowl on Monday night without his companion in Outkast, Andre 3000. (full story...)

The psychologists used avatars to pinpoint the killer moves that can make men great dancersThe enduring mystery of why men rarely flatter themselves when they take to the dancefloor may finally have been solved.A team of psychologists used video footage of men strutting their stuff to pinpoint the killer moves that separate good dancers from bad.Me....(more) (full story...)

The XX beat favourite Paul Weller to win this year's Mercury Music Prize for their debut album xx. (full story...)

The XX have won this year's Mercury Music Prize for their debut album xx. (full story...)

Created as part of The Guardian's Music Hack Day, Piracy app lets users "drop" songs from their music collection in physical locations for other users to pick up later. (full story...)

As a new book lays bare the inadequacies of the French education system, Emily Barr relives her own disastrous experience of trying to settle her son into a French primary school: 'I felt sick with recognition'In his first year at his new primary school in Cornwall, my son Gabe gave a talk to the class about his experience the pre....(more) (full story...)

Apple in "active negotiations" for song samples with rights holders, but some music publishers want Apple to pay. How the negotiations fare could set the mood for negotiations over cloud music. (full story...)

AP - "Borrow me $5 can?" may not be the most graceful way to ask for a few dollars, but it's music to the ears of many Singaporeans. (full story...)