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In a new study on past and present artists and musicians from the Netherlands, researchers suggest that the toll of creating art and music correlates with a longer and more fulfilling life. -
Just Like Babs Did: Late Marvin Hamlisch to be Fêted with Jack Everly and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The late Marvin Hamlisch will be paid tribute this month by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Maestro Jack Everly in Maryland. Jack Everly will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, January 23 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, as well as.. -
Quickies: 'Family Guy' on Bach/Debussy, Oscar Music, New Detroit Symphony Contract, Dance & Capitalism, Notation-Notation-Notation
The funniest classical music joke of all time? The funniest classical music joke of all time. Be it classical music, jazz, theater, dance, art, films or books, news gets made fresh every single day. -
Beck announces 'Morning Phase' release date, releases snippet of new single 'Blue Moon' [VIDEO]
Beck's long-anticipated 12th studio album "Morning Phase" finally has received a release date beyond the ever-vague "February." Today (Jan. 17), the alt-rocker released a teaser video for the new album and its lead single "Blue Moon" on hos official YouTube page and revealed that the "Morning Phase"'s release date is Feb. 25. -
Luke Bryan stage collapses after That's My Kind of Night Tour opener, four injured
Luke Bryan's That's My Kind Of Night Tour is not off to a good start. Last night (Jan. 16), Bryan kicked off his extensive North American trek in Columbus, Ohio, but a stage collapse has already put the tour in jeopardy and left four crew members injured. -
Mandolin Virtuoso Avi Avital Talks New Album ‘Between Worlds’ and Carnegie Hall Debut
Mandolinist Avi Avital released his second Deutsche Grammophon album, 'Between Worlds,' on January 14. Between the release of his new album and his Carnegie Hall recital debut on January 17, it's a crucial time, both for Avital and for the instrument whose legacy he is trying to revitalize. -
Lou Reed, Paul Simon, and Arcade Fire cover Peter Gabriel on 'Scratch My Back & I'll Scratch Yours'
Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the performers you haven't heard of. -
Gwen Stefani joins Instagram, announces sex of third baby with husband Gavin Rossdale
Instagram has just gotten a little touch of "Spiderwebs." No Doubt frontwoman, solo artist and fashion designer Gwen Stefani joined the photo-sharing social network today (Jan. 17) and along with a stylish shot, Stefani also announced the sex of her third child. So, will it be a boy or girl in the Stefani-Rossdale household? -
WATCH: Andy Warhol's 8-Hour 'Empire' Screening at James Fuentes
Andy Warhol, the deliciously crass and unavoidably relevant pop-artist, continues his reign of unconventional artistry with a screening of the less than beloved Empire, a film featuring an eight-hour time-lapse of the iconic Empire State Building. -
Demos from Dain Bramage, Dave Grohl's Pre-Nirvana band, discovered
Dave Grohl has been involved with plenty of bands, but people will always bring it back to Nirvana. Even as Grohl enters his 20th year as the leader of the Foo Fighters, his reputation is still based more on his four-year tenure with Nirvana (fans of the latter band know he wasn't even with the band on its debut, Bleach). And of course, Grohl was involved with other groups before he came to Nirvana. One of those bands was Dain Bramage, and eight of its tracks from 1986 were recently dug up. -
John Lurie, Lounge Lizards and 'Bear Surprise' Creator, Releases New LP Via Amulet Records
Perhaps Classicalite has introduced you to John Lurie before: The Lounge Lizards, star of Jim Jarmusch films like Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law, whacky television fisherman on his show Fishing with John, or visual artist/accidental creator of the viral meme Bear Surprise. -
Classicalite Recording News: Smithsonian Folkways Re-Releasing All 'UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music' Titles
Care of Washington, D.C.'s most favored (and revered) archivist label, the full UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music will see the material world for the first time since 2005. Yes, indeed, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is re-releasing this entire catalog...
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