Tag: Music
The Brilliance of Charo
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Charo was on. As soon as the gate to her Spanish colonial compound swung…
Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees.
Opera, once divvied into local companies of singers mostly from the same country, blossomed with the advent of…
‘American Song Contest’ Puts a Stateside Spin on Eurovision
Hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg, the eight-week reality competition “American Song Contest,” scheduled to premiere Monday…
Music’s Messy Digital Revolution
Streaming saved the music industry from the jaws of the internet. But the complicated picture from the past…
How the ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Became a Smash
In the past, Disney might have leaned on a Broadway-style ballad, with a globally recognized star singing in…
Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably.
In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist’s concert was canceled amid concerns about his silence on the invasion…
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wagner
In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall…
A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s
Not long before his death in 1917, Scott Joplin predicted that he would become a fixture of the…
Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them.
Hutchinson said the issue is not just effacement — historical neglect has had a material impact on Black…
50 Years Later, the Rothko Chapel Meets a New Musical Match
Before Tyshawn Sorey composed a note of his latest work, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel…
For Three Avant-Garde Musicians, It’s Time for Pop
In his recent documentary about the Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes depicted both poles of that group’s creativity. There…
John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, when film production came to a halt…