Ryuichi Sakamoto, the highly influential Japanese pianist, composer, and electronic music producer, has died at 71, Kyodo News reports. Sakamoto had first revealed a throat cancer diagnosis in 2014, which went into remission after successful treatment. […]
Chris Jericho, wrestling superstar and FOZZY frontman, joined STEEL PANTHER on stage last night (Saturday, March 11) at Jannus Live in Saint Petersburg, Florida to perform a cover of the VAN HALEN classic “Hot For […]
Photo Credit: Naxos Naxos Records has recently been awarded Label of the Year by the 2023 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The following comes from Naxos China, a company DMN is proud to be partnering […]
Beyoncé accepts best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards’ history. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images […]
The road to the JUNO Awards has been paved by a bevy of Canadian electronic music artists. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced nominations for the 52nd annual JUNO Awards. Receiving JUNO nods […]
What was George Martin’s Net Worth? Sir George Martin was a record producer, composer, conductor, and musician who had a net worth of $100 million at the time of his death in 2016. George Martin […]
Despite more than a decade now of dire predictions of the terminal decline of the classical recording industry there’s still no sign of its imminent demise. Companies may come and go, and the emphasis of […]
10. Various artists – Luke Schneider presents Imaginational Anthem Vol XI: Chrome Universal This survey of the modern pedal steel guitar took the instrument beyond Nashville and Hawaii and into other worlds: ambient Americana, microtonal […]
Nile Rodgers has hailed Thom Bell as “one of the greatest musical geniuses of our time”. The Grammy Award-winning producer – who was best known as one of the Mighty Three co-creators of the Sound […]
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is fine covering classic songs by such bands as Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Deep Purple. Just don’t ask him to play anything by RUSH. Ulrich, whose drumming skills have been the subject […]
During a “VIP Experience” question-and-answer session before W.A.S.P.‘s November 26 concert at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida, frontman Blackie Lawless was asked about complaints from some of the band’s fans about the use of […]
Photo Credit: Deutsche Grammophon The world’s oldest record label and a division of Universal Music Group, Deutsche Grammophon, launches a classical music streaming service. Deutsche Grammophon announces the launch of STAGE+, a classical music subscription service that […]
The new KPOP musical had its opening celebration over the weekend ahead of the official opening during the holidays! Real-life K-Pop star Luna looked stunning while attending the opening night party on Sunday night (November […]
Anti-conformist French film-maker Jean-Marie Straub died peacefully at his home in Switzerland on Sunday, the Swiss National Film Archive announced. He was 89. Straub was a peer of many greats from the French New Wave […]
In 1998, legendary pianist João Carlos Martins played what he assumed would be his last concert. He was 58 years old. “If a camera had been in front of the piano, it would have seen […]
Titus Andronicus have mapped out a 2023 North American tour in support of their latest album, The Will to Live. Alongside the announcement, they shared the new holiday single “Drummer Boy.” After kicking off the trek […]
So many celebs stepped out for the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards and we’re recapping all of the looks from the red carpet! Kim Kardashian, Cher, Amanda Seyfried, Kerry Washington, and many more stars were at […]
So many celebs stepped out for the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards and we’re recapping all of the looks from the red carpet! Kim Kardashian, Cher, Amanda Seyfried, Kerry Washington, and many more stars were at […]
John Adams’s Nixon in China, first performed in 1987, is usually regarded as launching the concept of “CNN opera”: music-theatre works that dealt with contemporary events and recent history, often with protagonists who were still […]
John Adams’s Nixon in China, first performed in 1987, is usually regarded as launching the concept of “CNN opera”: music-theatre works that dealt with contemporary events and recent history, often with protagonists who were still […]