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British musician Chris Rea, known for Driving Home for Christmas, dies at 74 -- Yesterday

Rea found fame as a singer-songwriter in the 1980s, and turned from pop to writing bluesy records later in his career

The Globe and Mail - World - 12 hours ago

Bridgeport Records gets death threat for selling 'Black music, rap music, Spanish music'

The owners of the record shop, which is dedicated to house and dance music, said the threat was an outlier and not representative of how the Bridgeport neighborhood has welcomed them since opening in 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories - 17 hours ago

Sean Ono Lennon on being caretaker of the legacy of John Lennon & Yoko Ono -- The musician-songwriter-producer, who says he feels a responsibility to promote his parents' legacy, talks about the animated short inspired by their anti-war anthem, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," and the new HBO documentary "One to One: John & Yoko." -- Dec 21

The musician-songwriter-producer, who says he feels a responsibility to promote his parents' legacy, talks about the animated short inspired by their anti-war anthem, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," and the new HBO documentary "One to One: John & Yoko."

CBS News - Entertainment - 22 hours ago

Music News -- Brian May to broadcast unreleased Queen track that 'no one has ever heard'

Queen guitarist Brian May will play a previously unreleased Queen track that “no one has ever heard”.

Independent.ie - Entertainment - 1 day ago

A Ferranti computer recorded the world's first computer-generated music in 1951

Did you know that the foods of Hanukkah are fried for a reason, and that a hummingbird’s heart can exceed 1,200 beats per minute?

Fox News - Top Stories - 1 day ago

Extended interview: Sean Ono Lennon -- In this web exclusive, Sean Ono Lennon talks with Anthony Mason about The Claypool Lennon Delirium, his musical collaboration with Les Claypool of Primus, and his upcoming jazz album. He also discusses his animated short film, "War Is Over!"; his custodianship of the musical legacy of his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono; how concert footage and previously-unknown private recordings came together in the documentary "One to One"; and how creating art is "a fundamental force" in his life.

In this web exclusive, Sean Ono Lennon talks with Anthony Mason about The Claypool Lennon Delirium, his musical collaboration with Les Claypool of Primus, and his upcoming jazz album. He also discusses his animated short film, "War Is Over!"; his custodianship of the musical legacy of his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono; how concert footage and previously-unknown private recordings came together in the documentary "One to One"; and how creating art is "a fundamental force" in his life.

CBS News - Entertainment - 1 day ago

Pentatonix: Friendships and harmonies -- The a cappella quintet Pentatonix has won three Grammy Awards and sold 10 million albums, while their YouTube videos have been streamed more than six billion times. David Pogue talks with group members Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee about bringing their heavenly voices to the sounds of Christmas - and about introducing musical instruments to the mix.

The a cappella quintet Pentatonix has won three Grammy Awards and sold 10 million albums, while their YouTube videos have been streamed more than six billion times. David Pogue talks with group members Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee about bringing their heavenly voices to the sounds of Christmas – and about introducing musical instruments to the mix.

CBS News - Entertainment - 1 day ago

13 OF THE BEST HOLIDAY MUSIC ALBUMS YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD

Christmas is right around the corner, so you’re probably getting in the holiday spirit with a little music.Maybe it’s that Trans-Siberian Orchestra CD in the car or Nat King Cole’s

Lancaster Online - Entertainment - 1 day ago

Juno-winning rapper bbno$ stepping away from music over online negativity

Canadian rapper bbno$ says he’s stepping away from the music industry over what he says is a constant stream of online negativity.

CTV News - Entertainment - 2 days ago

Rob Reiner gave music the spotlight -- Andi Zeisler

Reiner had an instinctive grasp of how sound can carry memory and feeling, using music as a storytelling force.

Salon - Entertainment - 3 days ago

Barack Obama's favorite music and books of 2025 lists include a Boston-born singer and a Harvard professor

The former president also shared his list of favorite movies on Thursday.

Boston Globe - Top Stories - 3 days ago

Barack Obama shares his favourite movies, music and books of 2025

Barack Obama’s years-long tradition of sharing lists of his favourite cultural highlights continues. Here’s what the former POTUS has been listening to, reading and watching in 2025...

Euronews - Entertainment - 4 days ago

Boston Music Awards 2025: Dropkick Murphys, ISHA!, and more win big. See the full list.

Fans and nominees took over Big Night Live on Wednesday to celebrate this year's Boston Music Awards.

Boston Globe - Top Stories - 4 days ago

From Sagopa Kajmer to brain wave beats: Music's digital evolution

Sagopa Kajmer’s AI-powered collaboration, brain wave-personalized playlists and international rap breakthroughs are reinventing the digital music...

Daily Sabah - Entertainment - 5 days ago

Consequence Readers' Survey Results: Your Picks for the Best Music, Film, and TV of 2025

Artists like Rosalía, bands like Geese, movies like Sinners, and TV shows like Pluribus were voted as the best of the year in Consequence's 2025 Readers' Survey.

Consequence of Sound - Top Stories - 5 days ago

Music Reviews -- Kneecap at the 3Arena: Fairytale of New York, a rendition of The Auld Triangle, and a tribute to Manchán Magan – Belfast trio round out 2025 on a high

Many viewers will have come out of Kneecap’s 2024 film and googled "Kneecap movie true story?” That might seem absurd, until you see them live and discover...

Independent.ie - Entertainment - 6 days ago

The Music Quiz: Which Hollywood actor 'gave good face' in Madonna's Vogue?

Plus: Singer-songwriter Tash Sultana’s middle name is also the surname of which famous musician?

Irish Times - Entertainment - 6 days ago

Music -- 'She had the time of her life' – Co Down busker (12) wows audiences at top European music contest after Toy Show performance

A 12-year-old singer from Co Down has wowed international audiences, after being just one of four contestants to reach the grand final of the European Musi...

Independent.ie - Entertainment - 8 days ago

After 345 shows, this modern-day musical genius brings his epic tour to an end

In a whirlwind of colour and energy, Jacob Collier rounded out his Djesse World Tour at Margaret Court Arena.

Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment - 9 days ago

Songs You Need To Know -- Best New Music: 21 Savage, This Is Lorelei, Becky G

21 Savage, This Is Lorelei, Becky G, and all the songs you need to know this week

Rolling Stone - Top Stories - 9 days ago

'Paddington: The Musical' in London is the best family show in years

Broadway must be eyeing this big-hearted little bear with envy, because New York’s got nothing close that hasn’t already been chugging along for over a decade.

New York Post - Entertainment - 10 days ago

Healing through music: Defying silence in Myanmar

"“To me, being a feminist means kindness. If I stay silent when others suffer, one day it will be my turn to suffer too."

Global Voices - Politics - 14 days ago

Netflix's new Sean 'Diddy' Combs documentary revisits Biggie, Tupac murders -- Netflix released its new four-part docuseries Tuesday, offering an intense look at the disgraced music mogul's life, career, and litany of legal troubles.

Netflix released its new four-part docuseries Tuesday, offering an intense look at the disgraced music mogul’s life, career, and litany of legal troubles.

Boston Globe - Entertainment - 19 days ago

'End of an era': MTV pulling plug on global music channels

London: MTV kicked started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing Video Killed th...

Peninsula Qatar - Top Stories - 23 days ago

From Kingston to the world: Jamaican music and film legend Jimmy Cliff passes on at 81

Cliff recorded over 30 albums in total, but his popularity skyrocketed after the low-budget Jamaican drama “The Harder They Come,” released in 1972, put him on the map as a cultural powerhouse.

Global Voices - Entertainment - 27 days ago

Sony, Warner and Universal sign AI music licensing deals with startup Klay

AI-generated music has been flooding streaming services and there is a wave of AI singers and bands that don't exist.

Aljazeera - Science - 1 month ago

Music giants Dua Lipa, Coldplay call for action on UK ticket touts

London: Music stars have joined forces to call for the UK government to honour a manifesto pledge to protect fans from touts who inflate the prices of...

Peninsula Qatar - Entertainment - 1 month ago

Muazzez Abacı, icon of Turkish classical music, dies at 78

Muazzez Abacı, one of the master figures of Turkish classical music, has died at the age of 78. Last October, she underwent angioplasty and stent...

Daily Sabah - Entertainment - 1 month ago

Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing: survey

Paris: It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans...

Peninsula Qatar - Entertainment - 1 month ago

Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in a dire 'The Queen of Versailles' musical that needs a wrecking ball

At the center of the Broadway musical “The Queen of Versailles” is an unfinished, 90,000-square-foot house in Florida — one of the biggest private homes in America. Misguided, over-the-top,...

New York Post - Entertainment - 1 month ago

From Mozart to Berghain, Rosalía's LUX Bridges Centuries of Musical Temptation: Review

Review: From Mozart to Berghain, Rosalía's new album LUX bridges centuries of musical temptation in collaboration with London Symphony Orchestra.

Consequence of Sound - Top Stories - 1 month ago

Young Russian street singer charged for singing songs by prohibited musicians

The prosecution was triggered by viral videos of Stoptime’s performances on Nevsky Prospect, where the musicians played songs by artists labeled as “foreign agents”: Monetochka, Noize MC, Zemfira, and Pornofilmy.

Global Voices - Entertainment - 2 months ago

All the Saturday Night Live Season 51 Hosts and Musical Guests

Ariana Grande overdresses in the promo video for December 20’s last pre-Xmas SNL.

New York Magazine - Entertainment - 2 months ago

Ozzy Osbourne sharpened the edges of rock music

Here are five of the best tracks by heavy metal’s “prince of darkness”

Economist - Entertainment - 4 months ago

How Bad Bunny leapt to the top of the global music charts

The Puerto Rican rapper has millions of fans beyond the Hispanophone world

Economist - Entertainment - 5 months ago

CBC Kids News - How acting in my school musical made me a braver person - January 10, 2024

Rasleen Buttar tells the story of how she auditioned for her school musical and got the lead, giving her confidence to try new things.

CBC News - Opinion - 11 months ago

Quincy Jones, Entertainment Titan And Music Mastermind

Quincy Jones, who has died at the age of 91, was a jazzman, composer and tastemaker whose studio chops and arranging prowess connected the dots between the 20th century's constellation of stars.

International Business Times - Entertainment - 1 year ago

People Are Divided Over Dolly Parton Defending The Country Music Association's Decision To Give Beyoncé 0 Nominations For "Cowboy Carter"

“‘They probably only nominated country artists who been doing it for whole their career’ becomes invalid when you see they nominated Post Malone but not Beyonce.”

BuzzFeed News - Entertainment - 1 year ago

Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' Snubbed By Country Music Awards

Beyonce did not receive a Country Music Association awards nomination when the nods for the 58th edition were announced Monday, even though her "Cowboy Carter" album proved a cultural phenomenon upon release this year.

International Business Times - Entertainment - 1 year ago

Musicians in Turkey outraged as local authorities ban another music festival

A number of musicians have expressed outrage over the local authorities’ recent move to ban the Zeytinli Rock Festival, which has been held annually in the Burhaniye district of western Balıkesir province since 2014, saying that it’s aimed at “public safety and health, public peace [and] protection of the environment,” local media reported on Friday.

Turkish Minute - Entertainment - 3 years ago