After several years of turmoil and declining resources, the classical-music community settled into a period of recovery in 2006.
Some long-standing questions were answered: Who would become the seventh music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra? Who would be its new executive director? And would Opera Columbus survive its second near-death experience in 25 years?
The final curtain has fallen on this very public affair.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey have settled the division of their assets, according to court documents.
While the ex-Newlyweds have technically been singletons and free to marry others since June, with great success comes great responsibility. For their lawyers and accountants, that is.
Details of the settlement were […]
Mozart is still generating hits — millions of them, in fact. A jubilee year of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth ended Friday with a flourish: As a harpsichord player tapped out a posthumous premiere of a previously unknown tune, a new online database of all of Mozart’s works got its 20 […]
With its monster-selling Vertigo world tour complete, U2 may be ready to rock less, according to frontman Bono
“Our band has certainly reached the end of where we’ve been at for the last couple of albums,” the newly dubbed honorary knight said during a BBC Radio interview earlier this week. “I want to see what else […]
Placido Domingo says he has a dream. He’s in Vienna at 2 a.m. and his yearning to see the performance taking place at the Metropolitan Opera in New York is instantly fulfilled by switching on a television.
The renowned Spanish tenor’s dream may not be far from reality in the digital age.
Domingo is singing in one […]
In a city that lost several beloved institutions in 2006, the sound coming out of Chicago’s jazz scene is providing a year-end coda no one wants to hear.
The Jazz Showcase, this jazz-drenched city’s oldest club dedicated to the musical form and the second-oldest U.S. jazz venue after New York’s Village Vanguard, is closing its doors […]
More than 8,500 James Brown fans filled an arena bearing his name Saturday in a final, joyful farewell to the singer that seemed as fitting for a civil rights leader as for “The Godfather of Soul.”
Mourners returned to Brown’s hometown to pay tribute to the musician, who some fans also considered a political figure.
“‘I’m black […]
What to get the guy who has everything for Christmas? For Queen Elizabeth II, it was easy: She gave Bono a knighthood.
The U2 frontman, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, campaigner for Third World aid and all around good soul was bestowed an honorary knighthood Saturday.
Or, as the British Embassy in Ireland put it: “Her […]
Joni Mitchell’s 1971 song “River” has been recorded by more than 100 other musicians and appeared on more than two dozen Christmas albums — but it’s far from a typical, cheerful holiday tune.
“I’ve known it from the time it was written, and I’ve always loved it,” says James Taylor, who included it on his “James […]
Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, James Brown.
The “Godfather of Soul,” who died in Atlanta on Monday aged 73, was one of the most important leaders of America’s civil rights movement during the second half of the 20th Century.
He communed with presidents and elected officials of all political stripes, recorded groundbreaking black-pride anthems, and may have […]
Rock band My Chemical Romance will kick off a North American arena tour February 22 in Manchester, N.H., in support of its current album, “The Black Parade.”
Dates are booked through March 16 in Reno, Nev., but more will be added to the itinerary. Support acts are Rise Against and Muse.
“We’re going to retain the essence […]
Noel Gallagher has accused Green Day of ripping-off one of his biggest Oasis hits.
The rock hero has claimed in a new interview that the global smash “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” is based around his own “Wonderwall.”
Gallagher–himself credited with recycling the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and others during his Oasis career–is upset by the timing of […]
Duran Duran have revealed more details about their work with Justin Timberlake.
The ’80s pop legends have been recording with pop hero Timberlake and superstar producer Timbaland for their currently untitled new LP.
The follow-up to 2004’s Astronaut is scheduled for release in the summer and features some contributions from founding guitarist Andy Taylor, who left the […]
Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the “Kennedy Center Honors,”
Jessica Simpson has pulled out of the show.
Simpson drew unwanted attention earlier this month when she flubbed the words to Parton’s “9 to 5″ during a taping of the annual show, grew flustered and fled the stage. Producers gave her […]
