Ryuichi Sakamoto was not a man cut out to be a pop star. As a teenager, he liked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but his abiding passion was New York’s underground avant garde art […]
Ray Shulman, a co-founding member and bassist of the influential prog-rock band Gentle Giant, has died at the age of 73. According to his brother and bandmate, Derek, Ray passed away on March 30th after […]
Maciek Jasik/Courtesy of the artist Maciek Jasik/Courtesy of the artist Kate Davis’ new album Fish Bowl is told from the perspective of a protagonist named FiBo. “In my mind, she’s kind of like this dimension […]
Photo Credit: Apple Nearly two years after Apple revealed plans to roll out a classical music service, the standalone streaming platform has officially become available for download. The Cupertino-headquartered company, which bought Primephonic back in […]
Frédéric Chopin as depicted in one of the Apple Music Classical composer portraits. Photo Credit: Apple An Apple Music Classical (AMC) page is officially live on the App Store ahead of the long-awaited platform’s expected […]
New York City’s Greenwich Village has always been a magnet for outsiders, artists and poets. In 1963, one of those types was Bob Dylan, a kid from Minnesota who had felt the pull of the […]
Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger Roughly 10 weeks after announcing plans to lay off north of 18,000 employees, Amazon has revealed that it intends “to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks” – […]
Photo Credit: Manuel Nägeli About one week after the formal announcement of Apple Music Classical, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially acquired British classical label Hyperion Records. The Big Three label revealed its latest buyout […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Samuel Sianipar After nearly two years of speculation, Apple Music Classical has officially been announced, and the standalone service will become available to subscribers later in March. Apple revealed its classical music streaming […]
Photo Credit: Musicians’ Union The Musicians’ Union vows to fight job cuts at BBC Symphony, BBC Concert, BBC Philharmonic, and BBC Singers. The Musicians’ Union (MU) is in urgent talks with the BBC to save jobs after […]
The brilliance of Turner brought to life. — Image © Tim Sandle Frameless is a new digital art project in London, showcasing some of the world’s most impressive and colourful artworks in an immersive experience […]
What is folk music? Is it music specific to a region and embodying particular cultural traditions, or could there be a more open-ended definition? Perhaps it’s a product of the imagination that can be rooted […]
Photo Credit: Manuel Nägeli Apple acquired the classical music service Primephonic in 2021. Since then, the company has been working hard to create a new classical music experience for Apple Music. Is Apple Music Classical […]
Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Frank Gehry-designed home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a 2023-24 season that will pay tribute to the hall and its architect, the orchestra […]
Is there an instrument with more emotional range than the piano? Sometimes, it is tough to believe that the same collection of wood and wires can make you stamp your feet with delight one minute […]
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been asked my thoughts on the film Tár these last few weeks. It seems as if everyone wants to know what it’s really like to be […]
Mark O’Connor plays the five instruments he was studying at age 12 – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro. Marty O’Connor/Mark O’Connor hide caption toggle caption Marty O’Connor/Mark O’Connor Mark O’Connor plays the five instruments […]
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With the arrival of rock’n’roll, pop music divided, broadly speaking, into two categories. There was music aimed squarely at the recently discovered teenager that frequently seemed to have the specific intention of alienating their forebears. […]