Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharman playing a concert in Pune, India, in 2009. Sharma died Tuesday at age 84. Prasad Gori/Hindustan Times/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Prasad Gori/Hindustan Times/Getty Images Indian musician and […]
Bono, Taras Topolia and “The Edge” perform at a subway station-turned-bomb shelter in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images Bono, […]
The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for American Expres hide caption toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for American Expres The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back. Matt […]
They’re the most prestigious awards in America, not just for journalists, but historians, poets, playwrights, non-fiction writers, composers and novelists. Novelist Joshua Cohen won his first fiction Pulitzer for The Netanyahus: An Account of a […]
Singer Mickey Gilley in 2015 at the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards. Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images Singer Mickey Gilley in 2015 at the 50th Academy of Country Music […]
Olivia Rodrigo performs during her 2022 SOUR Tour at Radio City Music Hall on April 26, 2022 in New York City. She spoke up in support of abortion rights while performing in Washington, D.C. this […]
Phoebe Bridgers attends Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Calif. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Billboard hide caption toggle caption Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Billboard Phoebe Bridgers attends Billboard Women in Music at […]
Critics say Ron Carter left a big footprint in music, especially for bassists. Didier Baverel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Didier Baverel/Getty Images Critics say Ron Carter left a big footprint in music, especially for […]
Pat Benatar in Paris on January 12th, 1983. Dolly Parton on ‘Dolly,’ in 1987. Lionel Richie at the American Music Awards, 1985. Patrick Aventurier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images/ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images […]
Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black Star, photographed performing in New York City on July 22, 2017. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black […]
Naomi Judd, left, and Wynonna Judd, of The Judds, perform at the “Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country,” in Las Vegas, April 4, 2011. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julie Jacobson/AP Naomi Judd, […]
Naomi Judd Stephen Cohen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Cohen/Getty Images Naomi Judd Stephen Cohen/Getty Images Naomi Judd, part of the Grammy-award winning country music duo The Judds, is dead at 76. Judd’s daughters, […]
Dolly Parton and James Patterson pose for a picture in August 2021. Their new novel, Run, Rose, Run, is about an aspiring country singer in Nashville. Dolly Parton hide caption toggle caption Dolly Parton Dolly […]
English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, has died, his publisher confirmed on Monday. Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes hide caption toggle caption Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, […]
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 […]
Charles Mingus is often regarded as one of the greatest jazz composers of the 20th century. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption toggle caption Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Charles Mingus is often regarded as one of the greatest jazz […]
From left: Bobo, B Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, photographed outside the Galaxy Gallery on Melrose in LA in 1990. Bob Carey/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption toggle caption Bob Carey/Los […]
Taylor Swift, pictured in 2021, is the inspiration for the name of the newly described Twisted-Claw Millipede, Nannaria swiftae. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Dr. Derek Hennen/Pensoft Publishers hide caption toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Dr. Derek […]
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 […]
Britney Spears, seen in 2018, recently succeeded in ending a 13-year conservatorship that had limited decisions about her own life, including getting pregnant. Chris Pizzello/Invision hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision Britney Spears, seen in […]