The prolific French composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) showed her sense of rebellion early by changing her name from Taillefesse as a rebuff to her father, who objected to her musical ambitions. For too long, her […]
Seb Wildblood has announced his second album with the release of a new single, For Emotional Use Only. Do You Feel It Too?, the album, is described by Wildblood as a “sonic time capsule” soundtracking […]
Olivia Rodrigo was named best new artist at the 64th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, punctuating a rapid ascent to pop stardom that began in early 2021 when her song “Drivers License” became an instant […]
Italian singer-songwriter Matteo Bocelli and Colombian singer-songwriter Sebastián Yatra have joined forces on an emotional ballad, releasing it as a three-track EP, with renditions of the song in English (“Until She’s Gone”), Spanish (“Tu Luz […]
If you have picked up any intelligence about the Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, it is surely that he cannot resist a marathon. The demands of performing long works, alone on stage, do not need spelling […]
Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. They gave almost back-to-back recitals at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday and Wednesday nights, respectively, and drew expectably large, […]
Pianist, singer, songwriter and “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” bandleader Jon Batiste won album of the year at the 2022 Grammys on Sunday night for “We Are,” his politically focused jazz album, upsetting nine other […]
Michael Sweet of openly Christian rockers STRYPER has shared a snippet of a song that will appear on the band’s next album. The 58-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who recently underwent surgery for a re-detached retina, took to […]
Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we’re looking Aretha Franklin for some words of wisdom to close out Women’s History Month. The Queen of Soul got her start in the gospel choir at New Bethel […]
Artist David Lockwood has a retrospective and emotionally infused album ‘The Rest Is History’. The artist is supremely versatile in his approach and style. The songs of the artist David Lockwood are the exposure of his inherent musical talent. His […]
James Atkin, singer Ian [Dench, guitarist] was the genius behind Unbelievable. I just sang and looked pretty. Derry [Brownson, sampler], Zac [Foley, bass] and I had the idea for EMF, but we didn’t have much […]
Jon Batiste gave the type of triumphant performance one might expect from the most-nominated artist at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Watch the replay below. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert musical director turned up the party […]
By Deepa Lakshmin Jon Batiste’s We Are. Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga’s Love For Sale. Justin Bieber’s Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe). Doja Cat’s Planet Her (Deluxe). Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever. H.E.R.’s Back of My […]
Photo: Josie Hall Kelly Lee Owens will release her new album on Smalltown Supersound later this month. LP.8, a nine-track album, was created in the aftermath of Owens’ sophomore album, Inner Song, during the early […]
Sadie Jean never expected any of this. Her breakout hit “WYD Now?” boasts over 40 million streams on Spotify, a natural outgrowth of its organic viral beginnings on TikTok with views in the millions. The […]
Music hardware startup Roli says it’s not giving up on the line of squishy Seaboard keyboards that launched its brand. Despite reports last year that the company was pivoting to focus on educational and subscription […]
We detail our favorite NFTs, DAOs, platforms, and DeFi and DApp projects in the Web3 space from last week. This week’s Web3 Wrap includes the new Hyperboloid compilation, which is released as an audio-visual NFT […]
“We just crashed it. We heard a party so we decided to just come.” Nobody likes an uninvited guest at a wedding…unless it’s a celebrity of course! When you’re a star, you have an all […]
Photo: Simone Trabucchi Marina Herlop will release her new on Bill Kouligas’ PAN in May. Though Herlop is often described as a Catalan pianist, she’s also moving into experimental composition and production. Pripyat, her first […]
“The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion has already made Oscars history. When the 2022 Academy Award nominations were announced in February, Campion — the lone woman among the directing nominees this year — […]