ABOARD THE CRESCENT, Miss., April 25 (UPI) -- W.E.B. Du Bois is being celebrated on this, the 100th anniversary of "The Souls of Black Folk," and that's a very fine thing.

Today is Saturday, April 5, the 95th day of 2003 with 270 to follow.

Norah Jones fans who came to the uptown New York club Makor Wednesday to see her guitarist Adam Levy play with his band got a very pleasant surprise when the singer herself stepped up to the mike.

The New York Post reports the Dixie Chicks are upset by hate mail and threats from right-wingers who are agitated by Natalie Maines' observations about the invasion of Iraq. Page Six reports the group members believe they're in danger of bodily harm.

Today's birthdays include Antoine "Fats" Domino, who was born in 1928 (age 75); Johnny Cash in 1932 (age 71); Poco guitarist Paul Cotton in 1943 (age 60); Bob "The Bear" Hite of Canned Heat was born in 1945; Mitch Ryder, whose real name is William Levise

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for Feb. 22-28.

Today is Saturday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2003 with 326 to follow.

The "Terrapin Station" reunion of surviving Grateful Dead members took place in Wisconsin under heavy police scrutiny to allay the fears of local officials that Deadheads would overrun the place.

Bruce Springsteen's Columbia Records compact disc "The Rising" will make its entrance on Billboard's Top 200 album chart at the No. 1 spot next week, with 524,976 sales in its first week, according to SoundScan.