Music
26 Jan 2017
Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass is celebrating his 80th birthday with a season that will bring a range of his music to Carnegie Hall, the venue announced Wednesday.
26 Jan 2017
US pop superstar Madonna on Wednesday denied applying to adopt two more Malawian children while visiting the country where she runs a charity, and where she has previously been embroiled in controversy.
25 Jan 2017
US pop superstar Madonna appeared in person at a court in the Malawian capital Lilongwe on Wednesday to apply to adopt two more local children, a court spokesman told AFP.
24 Jan 2017
Jarre on Monday announced his first-ever tour of the United States and Canada to begin on May 9 in Toronto. The nine dates will include New York's Radio City Music Hall.
24 Jan 2017
Estonian choral composer Veljo Tormis, who authored hundreds of a cappella works inspired by traditional folk songs has died aged 86 after a long illness.
23 Jan 2017
Jaki Liebezeit, the percussionist for German band Can who became an icon in avant-garde circles for a machine-like style that rejected standard drumsets, died Sunday. He was 78.
21 Jan 2017
Pop diva Madonna made an unannounced appearance Saturday in Washington to join hundreds of thousands of people rallying for women's rights in defiance of President Donald Trump.
20 Jan 2017
Former Beatle Paul McCartney sued Sony Corp’s music publishing arm on Wednesday in a federal court in New York.
20 Jan 2017
The singer of Latin pop hit "La Lambada," Loalwa Braz, was found dead Thursday in a burned-out car in her native Brazil, police and media said.
19 Jan 2017
Pioneering Nigerian electro-funk musician William Onyeabor, who amassed a following among the world's pop stars but remained reclusive and enigmatic, has died. He was 70.
19 Jan 2017
The dashing Munich-born singer -- the biggest draw in the opera world at the moment -- ruptured a blood vessel in his vocal cords last year, forcing him to pull out of a series of major productions in Europe and the US.
19 Jan 2017
The manager of rocker Alanis Morissette admitted on Wednesday to fleecing the singer of nearly $5 million and falsely claiming the money was used to grow marijuana.