Olivia Newton-John was that rare thing: a wonderfully unselfconscious star | Olivia Newton-John

Surreal and spectacular … with Michael Beck in Xanadu.

Olivia Newton-John was an Australian recording star who achieved serious Hollywood fame with her starring role in the 1978 musical Grease, playing opposite the white-hot leading man of the moment, John Travolta. Just a few […]

Dame Olivia Newton-John obituary | Musicals

Olivia Newton-John representing Britain at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.

The singer and actor Olivia Newton-John, who has died aged 73 after suffering from cancer, had a ready riposte for anyone who called her “Miss Goody Two-Shoes from Australia”. Despite her Melbourne accent, she had […]

Mo Ostin obituary | Pop and rock

Mo Ostin in his office in the 1970s.

It is usually the artists who are the household names in the music business, but there have been a handful of executives who became well known in their own right, such as Clive Davis at […]

Nichelle Nichols dead: Played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ series

Four photos of Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in "Star Trek" scenes.

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died. Nichols died of heart […]

Charles Lloyd Trios: Ocean review – a rich mix from a master enchanter | Jazz

Trios Charles Lloyd Ocean Album artwork cover art

The saxophonist, flautist and early global-music pioneer Charles Lloyd has been entrancing audiences worldwide for more than 60 years, as well as travelling widely in his own fertile imagination to cultures way outside his jazz […]

The Sandman is on Netflix — here’s what you need to know from the comics

Tom Sturridge as Dream in Netflix’s The Sandman

Netflix’s fantasy series The Sandman opens with a small chunk of exposition explaining its protagonist Morpheus, the King of Dreams — which is much more than comics readers got when Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series launched […]

Mo Ostin, music executive who shaped the industry, has died

A black-and-white photo of four men in suits holding a paper banner.

Mo Ostin, the music executive who helped transform Warner Bros. Records into one of the most admired music labels in the world and who earned respect and lasting allegiance from musicians from Los Angeles to […]

Legendary Warner Bros. Records Exec Mo Ostin Dead at 95

Warner Mo Ostin

Photo Credit: Warner Records Archives Legendary Warner Bros. Records music executive Mo Ostin has died. He was 95. The music industry is now bidding farewell to a legendary label executive. After a long-and-storied career that […]

Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Louis Hayes named 2023 NEA Jazz Masters : NPR

Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Louis Hayes named 2023 NEA Jazz Masters : NPR

Regina Carter. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Regina Carter. Courtesy of the artist Three exemplary musicians born and raised in Detroit — drummer Louis Hayes, saxophonist Kenny Garrett […]

‘Whatever the zeitgeist was at the time, he was at the center’: the incredible life of Earl McGrath | Music

At the apex of his career in the freewheeling 70s, Earl McGrath headed a record company for the Rolling Stones, ran his own label distributed by Atlantic Records that featured early recordings by stars like […]

Finding fame… and family? AleXa’s Korean-American K-pop dream

Finding fame... and family? AleXa's Korean-American K-pop dream

Korean-American K-pop star AleXa shot to fame with her win on American Song Contest, the US version of Eurovision – Copyright AFP Anthony WALLACE Cat BARTON Korean-American K-pop star AleXa has wanted to be on […]

Daniel Lanois Moves His Catalog to BMG – The Details

Daniel Lanois BMG deal

Photo by Marthe A. Vannebo Grammy-winning artist Daniel Lanois is bringing his catalog and future work to BMG, making the company his home label. Daniel Lanois has enjoyed a 50-year career as a highly acclaimed […]