The conductor Robert Spano, who won acclaim as a champion of contemporary music during his two decades at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will serve as Washington National Opera’s next music director, the company announced on Tuesday. Spano, 62, will become music director designate effectively immediately and begin a three-year term
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Country music star Toby Keith dies at 62
Toby Keith is seen performing April 7, 2014 at ACM Presents an All-Star Salute to the Troops in Las Vegas. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Toby Keith is seen performing April 7, 2014 at ACM Presents an All-Star Salute to the Troops in Las Vegas.
Toby Keith, Popular Country Music Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 62
Toby Keith, the larger-than-life singer-songwriter of No. 1 country hits like “Who’s Your Daddy?” and “Made in America” and one of the biggest stars to come out of Nashville in three decades, died on Monday evening. He was 62. His death was announced on his official website, which said that
How Billy Joel Returned to Pop Music
“If I get back in harness, it’s not just about singing, it’s about promotion, it’s about playing, it’s about the radio, politics, business, blah, blah, blah,” he said, with a wave of his hand. “I didn’t want to be back in harness, but if you’re going to commit, you’ve got
Michael Watford, a Minister of Gospel House Music, Dies at 64
Michael Watford, a church-trained club singer whose baritone boomed over the world’s dance floors for much of the early 1990s, and in the process helped birth a subgenre of club music known as gospel house, died on Jan. 26 in Newark. He was 64. His cousin Lorie Watford said the
New Grammy category for African music ignores almost all of Africa
Grammy is unveiling an award for “Best African Music Performance.” Do the nominees fulfill the goal of “recognizing recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the … continent”? Source link
After UMG Pulls Its Music, TikTok Users Encounter Silence
When TikTok users open the app these days, they encounter a platform stripped of music by many of their favorite artists. Dancers bob and sway without a beat drop. People lip-sync to silence. Because of a licensing rift between the platform and Universal Music Group, which releases music by Playboi
Review: At City Ballet, Tiler Peck Lets the Music Show the Way
Indiana Woodward, in a marvelous debut with the poised, pristine Anthony Huxley, shows the ease of her technical finesse in turning sequences and her imaginative, lucid acting. She is an untapped treasure; it’s a relief that Ratmansky sees her worth. When in the end Unity Phelan and Adrian Danchig-Waring appear
TikTok and Universal Music Group: What’s Next for Users and Artists?
Universal’s concerns are real, and reflect some of the most urgent challenges in the music business today: artists’ need to make a decent living, the parameters of modern licensing contracts, the role of artificial intelligence. And in recent years music companies have begun to adjust to the reality that music
TikTok removes music from UMG artists, including Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift
Olivia Rodrigo performs in concert during a taping of the “Austin City Limits” TV show at ACL Live on Oct. 2, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Amy Harris/Invision/AP Olivia Rodrigo performs in concert during a taping of the “Austin City Limits” TV show at ACL