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Brothers Bård Ylvisåker and Vegard Ylvisåker have written a melodramatic song about the sounds animals make. -
Neil Young's PONO Digital Music Service and Online Store Ready for 2014 Launch
For the last several years, Neil Young has been working with a team on a technology that would enhance the quality of MP3s, which inherently lose sound quality during compression. The high-end device and software "[liberates] the music of the artist from the digitial file and [restores] it to its original artistic quality - as it was in the studio," Young said. "It has primal power." -
Drake Reveals Tracklist for 'Nothing Was the Same'
Around 3 a.m. today, Drake asked his followers on Twitter, "Would You Like The Tracklist?" He included a link where fans could find the list of songs for his upcoming album "Nothing Was the Same," which is scheduled for release Sept. 24. -
Keith Urban Tour: Country Star and 'Idol' Judge to Promote New Album 'Fuse' by Playing Intimate Nashville Honky Tonks
Keith Urban will be hitting the road to tour in support of his new album "Fuse," but before he starts playing arenas, he'll be heading back to the "honky tonks" in Nashville, TN. Better get in line now however. In fact, by press time (Thursday), it's probably too late. -
Miley Cyrus 'We Can't Stop" Doo-Wop Cover Goes Viral [WATCH]
Are you sick of Miley twerking all over the Internet? Would you like to see a more conservative version of her hit "We Can't Stop?" Well you're in luck because her (we must admit) catchy song has been "ragtimified." Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox's cover of "We Can't Stop" takes the tune from a raunchy Top 40 hit to a '50s classic. -
Turquoise Jeep Rappers Flynt Flossy and Yung Humma Drop New Cult Classic Video For 'Naughty Farmer'
Good news for fans of hip-hop label Turquoise Jeep and its off-the-wall music videos: Flynt Flossy and his R&B compatriot Yung Humma have released another classic piece of cinematography for their new single, "Naughty Farmer." Fans of Turquoise classics such as "Treat Me Like A Pirate" and "Lemme Smang It" can probably see what's coming. -
Classical Crossover: Bad Move...or Step Forward?
Classical music has its share of crossover artists, but is this really advancing the art form? Rock musicians who write operas aren't the only famous artists crossing musical boundaries these days--witness Renée Fleming's 2010 album Dark Hope, featuring the singer in indie hits from bands like Arcade Fire, Band of Horses and Death Cab for Cutie. -
Classicalite’s Five Best: Rock Musicians with Classical Chops
Classicalite's list of the five best rock musicians who also compose classical music. eighth blackbird's recent Chicago performance of music by Glenn Kotche, classical composer by day/Wilco drummer by night, got us to thinking about rock musicians who moonlight as composers. -
Five Quickies: Pussy Riot Opera, Florencia Fabris Dies Singing Verdi, Alexandre Desplat Scoring 'Godzilla,' Sly Stone's Albino Band, Resonant Bodies Fest's Database
News gets made fresh everyday. News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August. -
TRANSLATION: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire,' Op. 21 - "Red Mass"
Teil II: 11. "Red Mass" Lost in the fire of last year's Pierrot centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. -
Comedian Stephen Fry Co-Curates Royal Opera House's Deloitte Ignite Verdi/Wagner Festival
Stephen Fry is the latest British comedian to declare his love for the classics, with this year's ROH's Deloitte Ignite Fest. -
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg Defends Electric Zoo Founders After the Festival's Last Day Was Cancelled Due To Drug Fatalities
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that he does not blame Electric Zoo organizers (Made Event) for the drug-related deaths and illnesses of last weekend's festival but rather the festival-goers who took the drugs.
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