Friday, May 3, 2013
New York (ap) — He’s rock royalty and likes to keep it old-school: Keith Richards says he doesn’t own an iPod. The Rolling Stones guitarist says he isn’t a fan of the ultra-popular music device. “I don’t have an iPod. ... I still use CDs or records actually. …
Friday, April 26, 2013
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles — Jeff Bridges took home the lead actor Academy Award for his portrayal of down-and-not-entirely-out country singer Bad Blake in the film Crazy Heart, but that star turn on the big screen wasn’t entirely an act. Bridges has been as passionate about music …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Several houses of worship in the Upper Valley will be filled with melodic tones this weekend when two of the area’s foremost choral groups perform their spring concerts. The Bel Canto Chamber Singers will provide a three-course meal …
Monday, May 20, 2013
New York — When Fall Out Boy learned that Elton John was a fan of their music, they jokingly thought he might want to record with them. As it turned out, he did. “We were nearly done with …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Cuban jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez had already distinguished himself as an improvisational wunderkind by the time the legendary producer Quincy Jones came knocking. Between his in-home musical training — he has the same name as his father, …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Washington Post Colin Davis, the British conductor who guided some of the world’s leading orchestras in often-revelatory performances of Mozart, Berlioz, Sibelius, Britten and Tippett, died Sunday in London. He was 85. The London Symphony Orchestra, where he was principal conductor for 11 years before stepping down …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Los Angeles — One sobering aspect of the heated debate on TV, radio, the Internet, Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere over Brad Paisley’s song Accidental Racist from his new Wheelhouse album is that in 2013 it’s still controversial to …
Friday, April 12, 2013
New York — Fleetwood Mac starts over with every tour. Though Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks will celebrate their 40th anniversary together next year, they approach each tour as its own experience. And the …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Don’t Miss Mad Men — You would think that a holiday vacation to Hawaii would do a lot to loosen up Don Draper (Jon Hamm). But as Season 6 of this celebrated drama opens on the shores of Waikiki, our main man finds himself in a melancholy, contemplative …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
In an age of milquetoast, pickup-truck-obsessed himbos, Brad Paisley is one of the few country artists to regularly wrestle with race and class, and what happens when those issues intersect with some of Southern culture’s darker impulses. He’s almost certainly the genre’s only superstar to take pride in …