Soul veteran Jean Carne: ‘Duke Ellington was a wonderful, grandfatherly gentleman’ | Jazz

Carne with Adrian Younge, left, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

At 21, the singer Jean Carne had uprooted her life in Atlanta, Georgia, to elope to Hollywood with jazz pianist Doug Carn. It was 1969, and like so many American kids of the flower-power years, […]

Olivia Rodrigo: ‘I’m a teenage girl. I feel heartbreak and longing really intensely’ | Music

Rodrigo performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February.

Do you remember your first heartbreak? If not, 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single, Drivers License, may awaken some dusty memories. The story of passing her test and driving past the house of the ex she […]

Duran Duran on making Rio: ‘We’re still trying to work out what it means’ | Duran Duran

Wet … Simon Le Bon and John Taylor pose on location for a video shoot.

John Taylor, bass I was obsessed with writing songs to begin a gig with. I’d say: “We’ve got to have an opener!” I’d been working on this groove with Roger Taylor, our drummer. It just […]

Composer and Early Synth Pioneer Vangelis Is Dead – Aged 79

Composer Vangelis is dead

Photo Credit: Piano Piano! / CC by 2.0 Famed composer and early synth pioneer Vangelis is dead. The composer’s assistant confirmed the news. Vangelis lent his famous sound to movie soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire […]

Greek composer Vangelis dies; wrote scores for ‘Chariots of Fire’ and ‘Blade Runner’

Greek composer Vangelis dies; wrote scores for 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner'

Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died at 79. Greek Prime […]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire music, dead at 79 : NPR

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire music, dead at 79 : NPR

The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris of heart failure. Georges Bendrihem/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Georges Bendrihem/AFP via Getty Images The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris […]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79 | Music

Vangelis at his home in London, 1982.

Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. His representatives said he died in hospital in France […]

Fleetwood Mac’s 30 greatest songs – ranked! | Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac in their Peter Green era in the early 1970s. L-R: John McVie, Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green.

30. Keep on Going (1973) A fantastic curio from the Mystery to Me album. Written by Bob Welch, Keep on Going sets Christine McVie’s voice against an arrangement audibly influenced by the soul music coming […]

DREAM THEATER’s JORDAN RUDESS Announces Summer 2022 U.S. Solo Tour

DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Announces Summer 2022 U.S. Solo Tour

Jordan Rudess, virtuoso musician/composer and keyboardist for Grammy Award-winning prog rock band DREAM THEATER, will embark on a two-month solo tour dubbed “An Evening With Jordan Rudess” this summer from June to August. Audiences can […]

The Toronto Producer Behind Drake & Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs”

The Toronto Producer Behind Drake & Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs”

“Churchill Downs” is poised for ubiquity thanks to its teaming of chart toppers Jack Harlow and Drake. But the track started off as a much more low key, and deeply moving, collaboration for hotshot Toronto […]