Earlier this year, Serge Gainsbourg’s widow and collaborator Jane Birkin released Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique, a collection of symphonic arrangements of some of Gainsbourg’s iconic works. Now, it’s been announced that Birkin will take the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Wordless Music Orchestra on February 1 to perform songs off the album and more.
Read MoreJohnny Cash‘s record label has delivered a cease and desist letter to a white nationalist website after it repeatedly used his music during an online radio show.
Read MoreJustin Sane, of Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag, spilled some details on the new album when he spoke to us before the Warped Tour in July.
Read MoreAs Donald Fagen prepares to kick off a tour with his new band the Nightflyers -- named after his first solo album, 1982's The Nightfly, he's being circumspect about Steely Dan partner Walter Becker's health.
Read MoreCOTONOU, Benin, 20 July 2017 - UNICEF international Goodwill Ambassador, Angélique Kidjo and UNICEF Benin national Goodwill Ambassador Zeynab Abib, along with seven of Benin’s greatest artists have joined forces to create a song calling on the population to say NO to child marriage, as part of the national Zero Tolerance Campaign against child marriage.
Read MoreThat maxim was proved true anew on Friday as Ringo Starr drew hundreds of fans and dozens of fellow musicians, including Jenny Lewis, as well as friends and family members to his annual “Peace and Love” birthday celebration, centered this year once again in Hollywood.
Read MoreWith songs that have been recorded by an impressive range of artists from George Jones, Skeeter Davis and Roy Orbison to the Raiders, Jefferson Airplane and Kanye West, writer and artist John D. Loudermilk was one of the most diverse and prolific tunesmiths of the 20th century. The author of such iconic hits as “Tobacco Road,” “Indian Reservation,” “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” and “Abilene,” was the subject of a stellar tribute concert in March 2016 at the Franklin Theatre south of Nashville.
Read MoreDas 115-jährige Bestehen des Waldhotels „Tannenhäuschen“ wurde am Wochenende gebührend gefeiert. Den Auftakt machte Gregor Meyle (siehe rechts), das Sommerfest startete Samstag. Live mit dabei die Rockschule Hamminkeln mit einem ihrer bekannten Sofa-Konzerte. Auch die Weseler Band „Meine Zeit“ gab ihre Visitenkarte ab. Mit im Gepäck hatten sie ihre neue Single „Feuer und Meer“. Später wurde die Bühne frei für Sarah Straub und Carl Carlton.
Read MoreWhen you're a group that's performed together for more than seven decades, it might be a daunting task to keep crafting music that feels fresh. No doubt that hill is even harder to climb when you're working within a tradition like gospel, with its well-loved, and well-worn, harmonic and lyrical conventions. Yet the singers who make up Blind Boys of Alabama have always risen to the challenge with utter grace — and the group's forthcoming album, Almost Home, places a capstone on that history.
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