James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, sons of Liverpool band The Beatles' members Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon, have released a single together.
Forget East Egg and West Egg. The creators of the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, have laid an egg. This song-and-dance version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s enduring 1925 novel about, among other things, American excess in the aftermath of World War I, is excessive all right. The gaudy barrage
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...
Since April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and because so many of the finest practitioners of the genre were born this month, let’s pay a special birthday tribute to three of the all-time top jazz vocalists! Ella Fitzgerald (born April 25, 1917), Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915), and Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920) are all from the same generation, but each had a unique sound. And since this year’s JAM is a celebration of the great Duke Ellington, we’re playing these ladies’ renditions of his...
Lopez was a longtime Universal executive and CEO of Saban Music Latin, which was recently acquired by Virgin Music Group Source
A geo-environmental scientist from Japan has composed a string quartet using sonified climate data. The 6-minute-long composition—titled "String Quartet No. 1 "Polar Energy Budget"—is based on over 30 years of satellite-collected climate data from the Arctic and Antarctic and aims to garner attention on how climate is driven by the input and output of energy at the poles.
Friday, April 19 is National Hangout Day. So, we are going to focus on a staple in Honolulu, live music. If you talk to any of Honolulu's old-time locals, they talk about the days when live music could be heard everywhere.
New company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner Source
TME is one of the most enthusiastic adopters of AI among music streaming companies, but it sees plenty of unknowns in the technology Source
Princeton, NJ – As Earth Day approaches, it seems fitting to celebrate some quiet contributors to a better environment – those steadfast opponents of the throwaway society, specifically the hordes
Eastern New Mexico University invited community members to a weekend of live music featuring local artists that will run from Wednesday to Saturday in affiliation with various local music venues throughout Portales.
Armada Music’s dance investment fund has acquired Amsterdam-based publisher Cloud 9 Music, significantly bolstering Armada’s headcount. Armada Music’s dance investment fund, BEAT Music Fund, has announced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based music publisher Cloud 9 Music, effectively tripling Armada’s publishing division headcount. As part of the deal, the teams at Armada’s existing publishing company will merge […]