NEW YORK — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appears to have been found…
When the pixies set out to make their 1988 debut studio album, they enlisted Steve Albini to engineer “Surfer Rosa,” the seminal alternative record which includes the enduring hit, “Where Is My Mind?” That experience was mutually beneficial to both parties — and was the beginning of a decades-long friendship between the prickly Albini and…
BANGKOK — In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal — released in four languages for her global fans. The upbeat 50-second song “Moodeng Moodeng,” available in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese versions, features simple lyrics like…
Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade.” NEW YORK — Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade,” cementing their shift from mainstays of the emo scene to mainstream recognition and becoming one of the most inventive bands of the…
More than a 1,000 mariachis have gathered in Mexico City’s main plaza, strumming guitars and singing classics like “Cielito Lindo” to end a mariachi congress celebrating the musical form. MEXICO CITY — More than 1,000 mariachis gathered in Mexico City’s main plaza Sunday, strumming guitars and singing classics like “Cielito Lindo” to end a mariachi…
Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. , Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died. He was 86. Jones died Wednesday night at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after battling leukemia for more…
NEW YORK — When Tears for Fears hit the stage at Firstbank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee, on July 11, 2023, there were no tears but some fears. “We walked on stage and I felt like a deer caught in the headlines,” says singer and guitarist Roland Orzabal, half of the duo. Curt Smith, his musical…
NEW YORK — This year’s National Book Awards 75th anniversary ceremony won’t only be a tribute to literature. Expect some laughs and some music, too. The National Book Foundation announced Thursday that Kate McKinnon of “Saturday Night Live” fame will host the Nov. 20 event at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, and Oscar- and Grammy-winning…
NEW YORK — Osvaldo Golijov was running out of time. The Argentine-born composer had been commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for a chamber opera to be performed in the summer of 2003. And with the deadline just months away, his original idea wasn’t panning out. “It didn’t go anywhere. I had nothing,” he recalled…
ATHENS, Greece — Mimis Plessas, a beloved Greek composer whose music featured in scores of films, television shows and theatrical productions and who provided the soundtrack to millions of Greeks’ lives, has died just a week shy of his 100th birthday. His death was confirmed Saturday by his wife, Loukila Carrer. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
