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Les Sapeurs: Congo's Symphony Orchestra Kimbanguiste, World's First All-Black Ensemble, Sounds Even Better Than They Look
In one of the world's poorest countries, you won't just find pink corduroys and double-breasted tailored suits. You will also find an orchestra. -
Violinist Owen Pallett Worries Oscar Win for Best Original Score (with Arcade Fire, for Spike Jonze's 'her') Will Kill Canada's Indie Cred
A proper Canadian, Pallett did not receive the information well, feeling a bit unnerved by the news and terrified of becoming, quote, "the most overrated Canadian in the eyes of Canadians." -
Madoff Blues: Delta Groove Music Owner Randy Chortkoff Indicted on Fraud for Movie "Starring" Joaquin Phoenix, Ray Liotta
Randy Chortkoff of Delta Groove Music is under arrest for selling an investment that didn't exist. Securities and Exhange special agent Timothy Delaney claimed that Chortkoff's opportunities were "straight up fraud" and could land him in prison for 20 years--if convicted. -
Ready to Die? Notorious B.I.G.'s "Suicidal Thoughts" Mashed Up with Beethoven's 'Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor' by Dan Kreiger
WARNING: This is still Biggie on the mic, so consider his part NSFW. -
WATCH: 2Cellos Take Another Rock Classic to Classical Composition, Duo Breathes New Life Into AC/DC's "Thunderstruck"
What do you get when you mix heavy rock with classical celli? You get the latest collaboration from Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser. -
Indie Classicalites from Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Punch Bros. (Not Andrea Bocelli & Lindsey Stirling) are Saving the Music Industry
No, classical music isn't dead. In fact, classical music has become the latest vanity endeavor for most contemporary musicians. -
Legendary Jazz Bassist Jaco Pastorius Gets Stephen Kijack Documentary Film Tribute in 'Jaco,' Robert Trujillo to Finance
Sweet. Bass guitar virtuoso Jaco Pastorius will be the focus of Stephen Kijak's new documentary. The film will be the official selection of this year's Record Store Day, and Omnivore Records--on a separate note--will release a collection of found sessions by the bassist from 1976. -
Title Fight: Armenian Violinist Nikolay Madoyan Performs All Six Paganini Concerti in One Night for Guinness Book of Records
An "Honored Artist of Armenia," Nikolay Madoyan wrote to the Guinness Book of World Records claiming to be the first such fiddler in modern history to perform all six Paganini concerti in one evening (the composer, himself, being exempt). The concert, where Madoyan played each Paganini by heart, was held at the Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater on February 20. -
Tech Talk: Korg and ARP Team Up for Re-Release of Famous 1972 "Odyssey" Analog Synthesizer
That 1970s ARP classic, the Odyssey, will get a "faithful" reboot by the company this fall, and that leaves us techies on the edge of our laptops. -
UPDATE: Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Principal Conductor, Lashes Out Against Russian Influence in Ukraine
"My mother and sister live in the centre of Kiev and now I've been watching what's happening there almost 24 hours a day on television. I never imagined that one day things would go so far that people would be killing each other in the central square of my capital city." - Kirill Karabits -
I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost: Remembering Harold Ramis...or Dr. Egon Spengler in 'Ghostbusters'
While Ramis wore many hats as an actor and writer (Stripes, Caddyshack, National Lampoon's Vacation and Groundhog Day, to name a few), his most famous persona came as the geek Ghostbuster, Egon Spengler. -
Two Surviving Photographs of Robert Johnson Deemed Property of Son, Claud Johnson, in Mississippi Supreme Court Ruling
Be mindful, they say, of your Robert Johnson property these days. His soul may be ne'er more, but the blues pioneer's physical imprint spans all of two known photographs. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the son of the Faustian delta bluesman retains... -
Grand Sport Vitesse Prestige Cuvee: Lang Lang Wakes Up in a New Bugatti Sports Car, Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne Coming?
He's not merely a piano virtuoso with some over-the-top tricks up his sleeve. And after a rather showy Grammy performance with trash forefathers Metallica, Lang Lang has entered a realm of commercial artistry few classical artists have been able to break. -
We Don't Need No Education: Savannah School District Slashes Music Programs, National Survey Claims Music Classes Remain "Steady"
At Haven Elementary School--in Savannah, Ga.--students receive a mere four hours a month with music teacher Chris Miller in his mobile classroom, barely outfitted with a desk and some chairs. -
Good Enough for Jazz: New Scientific Study Suggests Brain Correlation Between Music and Language
Like Chomsky said, the power of language stretches beyond mere dialogue and conversation. And like MIT's Marvin Minsky maintained, many art forms, too, have their own language-like associations (not conceived or exchanged orally but through the vast interpretations of the...
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