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Benjamin Britten Festivals in Chicago Celebrate the Composer’s 100th Anniversary
Three Chicago musical organizations are offering Britten mini-festivals and concert series in celebration of the British composer's 100th anniversary--ranging from song recitals to trumpet fanfares to film screenings. Here is a sample of... -
Five Quickies: Jackie Evancho Carnegie Christmas, Deborah Voigt Out for 'Tristan,' Seiji Ozawa In for Jazz, World's Favorite Orchestra, Online Dating Instruments
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. -
Yoav Talmi is the Old/New Music Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra
A third shot at a job, and it's about time to get it right. Not that Israeli conductor Yoav Talmi got it wrong the last two times, but the band he's just taken on again as now three-time music director, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, has... -
TRANSLATION: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire,' Op. 21 - "Decapitation"
Teil II: 13. "Decapitation" 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. -
REVIEW: 'Essential Tremors' by J. Roddy Walston and the Business
The fact that J. Roddy Walston and the Business haven't yet hit a wider audience is almost baffling. The Baltimore-based group has largely grown by word of mouth - people seeing their live shows and spreading the news - which has gained them enough exposure to play small sets at large festivals such as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. However, your average-Joe music lover has still probably never heard of them. So, if any album were to get them over that hump, "Essential Tremors" would be it. -
REVIEW: Keith Urban Crafts New Aesthetic For Country On 'Fuse,' Without Abandoning Its Core
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Britney Spears Enlists Swedish House Mafia DJ and others for 'Work Bitch' and Teases Lyric Sheet
Britney Spears will premiere her newest single, "Work Bitch," on Monday at 6 p.m. To hype the release, Spears shared an Instagram photo of the song's lyric sheet. But don't get too excited; she blurred out the lyrics. -
Paul McCartney Performs Joyous Impromptu Rendition of 'New' Backstage [WATCH]
Paul McCartney was caught on camera backstage putting on his suit jacket, checking himself in the mirror and preparing for his Regina, SK show. All the while, he was whistling and clapping to the melody of his newest single, "New." -
Danny Brown Denied Entry To Canada, Fans Start Petition To Get Detroit Rapper Across The Border
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MGMT Perform in Scuba Gear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [WATCH]
MGMT appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night in support of their upcoming, self-titled album. -
Diplo and Jillionaire Advise Doing Drugs Safely, Blame Media For Exaggerating Drug Deaths At EDM Events
As with everything else it seems, the rash of drug-related deaths at recent electronic music events has been blown out of proportion by the media, at least according to Diplo and Jillionaire of dance group Major Lazer. There were two deaths and several hospitalizations due to overdoses at the Electric Zoo festival in New York City two weeks ago, following the death of a fan from overdose at a Zedd concert in Boston.
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