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.
Read MoreOver the course of a recording career that's spanned more than 40 years (and counting), Sonny Landreth's distinctive slide guitar has added a little extra sting to a lengthy list of albums — including a stack of classic releases from a roster of distinguished artists as well as the growing list of LPs he's put out as a solo artist.
Read MoreEmanuel Jal was a child soldier in South Sudan. Now he's a Canadian businessman. In between, he's been an acclaimed rapper, author, and documentarian, and he also co-starred in a film with Reese Witherspoon.
Read More‘Booze and narcotics are all well and good, but if you really want to get out of your head, write a book,’ says Barnes, while Jane Harper wins Gold ABIA
Read MoreLennon and McCartney. Laurel and Hardy. Peanut butter and jelly. Politicians and pontificators. Some combinations are so in sync, they’re not only the sum of their parts but all but the parts are indistinguishable from one another. The same could be said of Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal, two veteran musicians who possess so much in common that they often seem as if they were born brothers of different mothers.
Read MoreFor over 20 years, Gov’t Mule has been blurring the lines between Southern rock and jam, mixing a heavy muscularity and an exploratory spirit into some truly boundary-breaking music. Led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Warren Haynes, the band has carried the tradition of Haynes’ old day job, the Allman Brothers Band, into new territory, working the instrumental mastery of jazz and the lyrical sophistication of folk music into their riff-heavy rock.
Read MoreFive years ago today Levon Helm, a founding member of The Band, died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. Helm’s emotion-filled vocals and swinging drum style were at the heart of many of The Band’s most beloved songs including “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Ophelia.”
Read MoreJonathan Taplin will discuss his book and screen his film The Last Waltz at City Winery
Read More*Three-time Grammy award-winning songstress and activist, Angélique Kidjo, is back with a new album and tour.
Kidjo is one of Africa’s most celebrated singers, and one of the few celebrities speaking out against any form of injustice and human rights violations.
Read MoreUdo Lindenberg, Westernhagen, Wolfgang Niedecken, Peter Maffay, Joe Cocker, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer – sie alle haben verschiedene Gemeinsamkeiten. Nicht nur der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner, dass alle Musiker sind/waren, sondern vor allem, dass sie mit Carl Carlton schon einmal zusammengearbeitet haben
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