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

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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

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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 […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers review – still cooking in late middle age | Pop and rock

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers in Manchester.

‘Due to unforeseen circumstances, [support act] A$AP Rocky will now play immediately after Red Hot Chili Peppers,” read digital screens around the stadium, causing some audience bewilderment. Still, the Chilis hit the ground running. A […]

Jean-Louis Trintignant, star of A Man and a Woman and Amour, dies aged 91 | Movies

Trintignant in A Man and a Woman.

Jean-Louis Trintignant, the French actor closely associated with the European new waves of the 1960s and 70s, has died aged 91. His wife, Mariane Hoepfner Trintignant, announced the news to AFP. Born in 1930, Trintignant’s […]

Baz Luhrmann Is Back, and Omer Fedi Is Taking Notes

Baz Luhrmann

All Clothing and Accessories (Worn Throughout) Baz’s Own. Elvis, Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant new monument to the King of Rock and Roll, marks the director’s sixth feature film in 30 years. That’s not very prolific, but […]

James Hong reflects on legendary career, hit ‘Everything’

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Actor, filmmaker and icon James Hong, 93, at his home. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) In 1953, James Hong left Minnesota with a buddy in a Buick and hit Route 66, bound for California. […]