Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra win Eurovision 2022 – Music News

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra win Eurovision 2022 - Music News

Kalush Orchestra completed a story like no other by winning the Eurovision Song Contest final in Turin, Italy last night. Achieving 631 points, the Ukrainian band were crowned champions with their song ‘Stefania’. Delivering an […]

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra advances to the Eurovision final : NPR

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra advances to the Eurovision final : NPR

Members of Ukraine’s band “Kalush Orchestra” celebrate their qualification during the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song contest 2022 on Tuesday at the Palalpitour venue in Turin. The second semifinal is on Thursday, with the […]

‘The past is immaterial’: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, reunited after 56 years | Ry Cooder

The Rising Sons in 1966.

Ry Cooder was just 14 when he first saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee playing live. “Just their walk to the stage was unbelievably dramatic,” he remembers. The harmonica and guitar-playing folk-blues duo were appearing […]

UCLA announces ambitious “Hip Hop Initiative” with Chuck D

A rapper performs in front of an American flag

Two years ago at the California African American Museum in downtown Los Angeles, three titans of East Coast rap converged for a roundtable: influential “Paid in Full” rapper Rakim; Public Enemy’s cofounder Chuck D; and […]

10 Things You Didn’t Know about David Oakes – Entertainment Archives – TVOvermind

10 Things You Didn't Know about David Oakes

Shared from tvovermind.com. He’s the man behind some of the most prolific characters in projects such as “The Pillars of the Earth,” and “The White Queen,” and he’s also a father, a partner, and a […]

Op-Ed: Why hip-hop beat-maker J Dilla should be as well known as Mozart – Music

Shared from www.latimes.com Something interesting is happening in the “Progressive R&B” category at this year’s Grammy Awards. Four of the six nominated albums contain songs that bear the unmistakable rhythmic signature of a Detroit hip-hop […]