‘They have inspired composers for centuries’: a first for the seven last words of Christ | Classical music

Composer Alexander Mills

I felt hugely honoured when I was asked to compose a new setting of Christ’s Seven Last Words for Easter this year. I also felt the weight of 500 years of tradition on my shoulders. […]

‘Anything is possible’: why Iceland has become a classical music powerhouse | Classical music

Björk onstage at Reykjavik’s Harpa concert hall in October 2021.

On 31 May 1926, a ship carrying the entire Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra docked in Reykjavík. The musicians stayed in Iceland for 17 days, giving 14 concerts of music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert at venues […]

Caroline Polachek and OPN on Code-Switching and “Failure Pop”

Caroline Polachek and OPN on Code-Switching and "Failure Pop"

Catsuit, Bikini, and Shoes Burberry. Belts Stylist’s Own. Kneepads Soma Faitanin. Jewelry Amy Rodriguez. Caroline Polachek is in the Valley putting the finishing touches on Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, the follow-up to […]

Jeff Beck Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth

Jeff Beck

What was Jeff Beck’s Net Worth? Jeff Beck was an English rock guitarist who had a net worth of $25 million at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Jeff Beck died on January 10, 2023 […]

NITA STRAUSS Releases New Instrumental Solo Single, ‘Summer Storm’

NITA STRAUSS Releases New Instrumental Solo Single, 'Summer Storm'

Former Alice Cooper and current Demi Lovato guitarist Nita Strauss has unleashed her brand new instrumental single, “Summer Storm”, with an accompanying live music video shot on her recent U.S. headline tour. The new track […]

Good mourning Britain: how chillout music soundtracked the death of Diana | Music

Elton John singing Candle in the Wind at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.

What was the soundtrack to Diana, Princess of Wales’s death? Surely Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997? After all, it’s the biggest-selling UK single of all time. But no: if you were listening to […]