Maxi Jazz obituary | Dance music
Maxi Jazz, who has died aged 65, was a founder member of the British band Faithless. During the late 1990s and early 2000s they became one of the biggest names in electronic dance music, creating […]
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Who really wrote the Christmas staple ‘Jingle Bell Rock?’
Bobby Helms couldn’t have asked for a better first year in the music business. Blessed with a soft nasal twang that bore a resemblance to Webb Pierce, one of the reigning kings of country music […]
The 10 best contemporary albums of 2022 | Experimental music
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 […]
Maxi Jazz: the calm eye in the centre of Faithless’s rave storm | Music
Of all the artists who commanded the stage as dance music became big business in the 1990s, Maxi Jazz was in a class of his own. It wasn’t just that the Faithless frontman was an […]
Mariah Carey greets audience at Broadway’s ‘Some Like It Hot’
Mariah Carey made her Broadway debut this week. Sort of. Just before the lights dimmed at the Shubert Theater in New York City for Sunday’s opening night of the musical “Some Like It Hot,” a […]
Rosalía review – pop’s fearless queen conjures a kaleidoscopic paradise | Music
There’s a meme format going around where an image of an odd-looking fellow – the original being Wayne Rooney in a vacuum-tight suit – is paired with the caption: “No one has ever looked like […]
What does the earth sound like? An L.A. art exhibit offers an answer
Growing up in Crenshaw in the 1990s, Justen LeRoy was surrounded by the sounds of Destiny’s Child at the beginning of each “Proud Family” episode on Disney Channel, and of R&B artists who performed back-to-back […]
Shirley Watts, widow of Stones drummer and horse breeder, dies
Shirley Ann Watts, a former art student and prominent breeder of Arabian horses who met drummer Charlie Watts well before he joined the Rolling Stones and with him formed one of rock’s most enduring marriages, […]
Allison Holker marks first week since husband Twitch died
“So You Think You Can Dance” alum Allison Holker paid tribute to her late husband and longtime dance partner, Stephen “Twitch” Boss, on Wednesday, about a week after he died. “My ONE and ONLY Oh […]
Maxi Jazz, Singer of Faithless, Dead at 65
Maxi Jazz, singer of the influential UK dance group Faithless, has died at the age of 65. “We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died last night (December 23rd),” the group announced in a Facebook […]
3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Smile, Little Simz, PinkPantheress
3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Smile, Little Simz, PinkPantheress The Smile image via Bryan Lasky December 19, 2022 There’s so much good music out in the ether that […]
Remembering musical astronaut Manuel Göttsching : NPR
Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known for his work on modular synths, died Dec. 4. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ullstein Bild/Getty Images Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known […]
Naxos Founder Klaus Heymann on Classical Music’s Evolution
Photo Credit: Klaus Heymann © HNH International Ltd Klaus Heymann, founder of the Naxos classical label, discusses digital distribution, supporting new artists, and classical education in a drastically changing music climate. When Klaus Heymann entered […]
Watch NICKO MCBRAIN And TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN Classics
The ViewFromTheCheapSeats YouTube channel has uploaded video of IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim “Ripper” Owens performing a couple of PRIEST and MAIDEN classics on Saturday, December 3 at the 13th-anniversary celebration […]
Lou Rawls Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth
What was Lou Rawls’ Net Worth? Lou Rawls was an American singer of jazz, blues and soul music who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. Lou Rawls died […]
2ManyDJs on 20 accidental years of mashups and mayhem: ‘It’s more fun when it’s a little bit naughty’ | Pop and rock
In 2002, Belgian duo Stephen and David Dewaele released a mix album called As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 under the name 2ManyDJs. It sold half a million copies, and its playful, hectic variety […]
Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart dies at age 92 : NPR
Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart (center) poses for a photo with friends and students of the Stax Music Academy on April 29, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Stewart died Monday at age 92. Adrian Sainz/AP hide […]
Joe Johnson Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth
What is Joe Johnson’s Net Worth? Joe Johnson is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $90 million. Joe Johnson has played in the NBA for such teams as the Phoenix […]
Shocking Bottom 4 Boots Season’s Best
Blake Shelton, John Legend and Carly Pearce were a little sleepy in their solo performances, but the results themselves were absolutely explosive! Once again, we are left stunned, flabbergasted and a little disgusted by “The […]
Disney Unveils New Details About Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Are you ready for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure? We’re inching closer to the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure that looks enchanting based on a newly-released rendering of the thrilling moment you first drop into the bayou […]