Our celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month 2024 honors musicians who were born in April while highlighting the contributions made to jazz by Duke Ellington. This week, let’s pay tribute to trombonist, composer, and arranger Locksley Wellington “Slide” Hampton, who was born on April 21, 1932, in Pennsylvania. In case you missed it, check out our JAM kickoff and Duke Ellington retrospective here: Black Music Sunday: It's Jazz Appreciation Month! ”Black Music Sunday” is a weekly series...
Icelandic Chinese vocalist and songwriter Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) has an appreciation for life’s many wonders. It’s apparent in her music, which fuses the sounds of jazz and classical giants past with romantic storytelling, punctuated by a deep vibrato and modern-day references. And it’s apparent in her enthusiasm for her current hometown of Los Angeles. Though the 25-year-old alto has been around the world — growing up in Reykjavik, attending cello band camp in Beijing and bopping around...
Some YouTube Music for iOS users today are facing a bug where the app opens to a black screen on certain Google Accounts with no ability to play songs. more
Between in-game concerts, skins based on pop stars, and the addition of a rhythm game, Fortnite has been courting musicians and music lovers for years. I have to give props to Epic for specifically adding updates that spotlight pop queens like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, which has extended to full seasons for its Festival rhythm game bringing new skins, cosmetics, and songs based on specific artists. Starting tomorrow, April 23, it’s adding another pop girly to the line-up: Billie Eilish. The...
If you really want to know about making music, fame, exploitation, addiction, egos and challenging personalities – look to fiction. Here are our favourites Making a movie about an iconic musician can be perilous – there are so many stakeholders with differing versions of events, and so many diehard fans looking for a perfect representation of their hero, that many music biopics end up being sanitised and glib. Look no further than Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, for a...
Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant recently shared some controversial views on Taylor Swift's music career in a live event with The Guardian on April 22, sparking mixed reactions from listeners and fans alike.Despite Swift's enormous popularity, Tennant, 69, questioned the iconic status of her music, comparing her unfavorably to legends like Michael Jackson. "Taylor Swift sort of fascinates me as a phenomenon because she's so popular, and I sort of quite like the whole thing, but then when I listen to...
Sedaka has written or co-written for artists including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Tom Jones and more Source
The 9th annual Black Music Honors will celebrate Johnny Gill, Patrice Rushen, Bootsy Collins, and Hezekiah Walker.
Patrice Rushen will also be honored at the show's ninth annual gala.
Mandisa, the Christian music singer who competed on "American Idol" and then pursued a Grammy-winning career, has died. She was 47. A representative confirmed to The Times on Friday that the California-born artist "was found in her home [in Tennessee] deceased." "At this time, we do not know the cause of death or any further details," the representative said in a statement. "We ask for your prayers for her family and close-knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time. K-Love, a...
Grammy-winning Christian music singer Mandisa died Thursday at age 47, The Times confirmed. She was known for songs including 'Overcomer' and 'Bleed the Same.'
As Swifties count down to Taylor Swift's 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department on Thursday at midnight, she teased the video for the album's lead single, featuring Post Malone