Title: A Comprehensive Intro to Naxos’ Importance In Bringing Classical Music Into the Digital Era Naxos is at the forefront of bringing classical music into the digital age. Naxos Records is the world’s leading classical […]
“Rock and Roll N*****,” the closing A-side track of the Patti Smith Group’s 1978 album Easter, has quietly disappeared from streaming services, Rolling Stone was first to report, including the platforms Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon Music. […]
Game developers are really tooting their own horn today. The freshly blown out “Trombone Champ” — a humorous take on the successful “Guitar Hero” franchise exclusively using the titular brass — has rapidly become a […]
“Let’s start again.” The opening line of “Hold Me Tight” hits a little differently the second time around — and the movie, a jagged little heartbreaker from French writer-director Mathieu Amalric, is certainly built for […]
Photo Credit: Holy Wow The latest rhythm game to take social media by storm, Trombone Champ hits the ground running with a mighty “toot.” So what is Trombone Champ, and why should you be playing […]
20. You Give Good Love (1985) Released when cutting-edge R&B took a turn for the electronic and futuristic, Whitney Houston’s eponymous debut LP pitched her directly into the middle of the road. But hers was […]
Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA have dropped their very own cello-metal reinterpretations of classical bangers with the new EP “Metal Classic, Classic Metal”. Release day also sees the band unleash the focus track “Flight Of The […]
In January 2014, Lars Vogt stepped on to the stage at Sage Gateshead to make his UK conducting debut with Royal Northern Sinfonia. Lars had an endearing and quiet confidence, even when trying something new. […]
The summer hiatus is the time to sample star players of the past and hear how performance styles have changed. The latest release on the Biddulph label, specialists in historic string players, is Nathan Milstein: […]
With a stirring rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem, the first concert of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra came to an end in Warsaw late on Thursday evening amid thunderous applause from a packed house at […]
Abel Selaocoe walks into a bar in King’s Cross, London, with a small suitcase and a large, curvaceous silver case. “I’m sorry, sir, but you’re going to have to put that in the cloakroom,” the […]
Composer Ingram Marshall, photographed in 2021 by his son. Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall hide caption toggle caption Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall Composer Ingram Marshall, photographed in 2021 by his son. Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall Composer and performer Ingram […]
Jack Harlow joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 for an extensive conversation and deep dive into his brand new album ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’. He tells Zane about his childhood and humble […]
The Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, who has died at the age of 76, shot to prominence in the UK when he won the Leeds Piano Competition in 1969, giving an acclaimed Wigmore Hall recital in […]
Proms 5 and Prom 6 BBC Philharmonic (18 & 19 July) Omer Meir Wellber conducts two Proms: the first with Cassandra Miller’s new Viola Concerto played by Lawrence Power, the second with the fourth symphonies […]
PJ Harvey is about to read a poem from her new book, Orlam – we are in her publisher’s offices which are strangely empty (are they all working from home?) and have the top floor […]
An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images An undated portrait of the late […]
An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images An undated portrait of the late […]
Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. They gave almost back-to-back recitals at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday and Wednesday nights, respectively, and drew expectably large, […]
Sometime after leaving Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday afternoon, milling around and talking to others struck by the power of Zubin Mehta’s performance of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, […]