Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes according to a coroner’s statement. She’s pictured above performing in Vancouver, Canada in the late 1980s. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty […]
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Les McCann performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974. Tom Copi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Copi/Getty Images Les McCann performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974. Tom Copi/Getty Images Les McCann […]
Beyoncé accepts the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album award for “Renaissance” onstage during the 65th Grammy Awards on Feb. 5 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty […]
On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 22, 2023.) Culture […]
Photo taken in Dallas just before the Dixie Chicks released their album “Shouldn’t a Told You That.” From left, Emily Erwin, Laura Lynch and Martie Erwin. Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Getty/TNS hide caption toggle caption […]
Mexican singer Peso Pluma performs in concert at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Aurea Del Rosario/AP hide caption toggle caption Aurea Del Rosario/AP Mexican singer Peso Pluma performs in concert […]
Pictured (L-R): David Rubenstein, Deborah F. Rutter, Kennedy Center Honorees Barry Gibb, Dionne Warwick, Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, Dr. Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at The 46th Annual […]
Brenda Lee attends the CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Her holiday hit “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its debut. […]
Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is ‘Time’ magazine’s Person of the Year. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour […]
Denny Laine performs in January 2019 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill. Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later […]
Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in 2016. On Monday, Ek announced Spotify would layoff 17% of employees. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images […]
In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP In […]
Jon Batiste unveiled his first symphonic composition, American Symphony, at New York’s Carnegie Hall on September 22, 2022. An eponymous documentary by Matthew Heineman follows his life with his wife. Netflix hide caption toggle caption […]
Street vendors sell bottled water to Taylor Swift fans amid a heat wave before her Eras Tour concert outside the Nilton Santos Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Silvia Izquierdo/AP […]
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. The global pop star struck a deal with prosecutors as her trial on tax fraud charges was scheduled to begin. Joan Mateu Parra/AP hide caption […]
Cover art for Billy Porter’s Black Mona Lisa Republic Records hide caption toggle caption Republic Records Cover art for Billy Porter’s Black Mona Lisa Republic Records Billy Porter has won a Grammy, an Emmy and […]
Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson made the music video for “Won’t Give Up” at Kenai Fjords National Park. William Woodward hide caption toggle caption William Woodward Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson […]
Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is among the nine recording artists collaborating with Google on its Dream Track AI music tool Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is among the nine recording […]
Jordan Ward stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk to offer up a performance of songs across his discography. He shared renditions of “Lil Baby Crush,” “MUSTARD,” “FLIGHTS,” “WHITE CROCS,” “FAMJAM4000,” and “CHERIMOYA.” Ashley Pointer of NPR […]