cited: New York Times
New York has always been known as a trend-setting capital of the world. Now, the newest thing in the Village is old-time music- think the 18th century and before. It’s a repertory, comprising music that celebrated the philosophy of performances that blossomed throughout the 20th century. It has taken the form a [...]
cited: New York Times
50 Cent’s Saturday concert looked like a détente between schools and generations of hip-hop. The This Is 50 Festival, on Governors Island’s Water Taxi Beach, began with insightful, still-sweet rappers Kid Cudi and Wale. 50 Cent, one of the last of the big-time gangsta rappers, who had multimillion-selling albums in 2003 and 2005 before [...]
cited: New York Times
Sunday morning in Brooklyn took a bloodier turn than normal this past week, as reggae singer Major Mackerel was stabbed with a sword by a neighbor.
cited: Los Angeles Times
Perched (rather, trying to perch) on a piano, orbited by an assorted of metal rings around her body, Lady Gaga cracked up onstage in the beginning of Saturday Night Live’s new season. While the Swedish singer popped in her own right, the performance fizzled thanks to Gaga’s stage partner, Madonna.
The artist formerly known [...]
cited: New York Times
The plan: some DJ’s will stay on. Saturdays will still host the Metropolitan Opera. Vocal music and religious programming will fade out while Vivaldi will continue to blast- “Just about anything.”
WQXR, the only classical music station in New York, will have a new sound after Oct. 8, according to plans unveiled on [...]
cited: Time Magazine
Elizabeth Taylor, the rarely-seen star, tearfully eulogized her longtime friend at Jackson’s funeral on Thursday the 3rd. “We shouldn’t have to be here,” Taylor told fellow mourners, “He shouldn’t have passed away.”
Nonetheless, nearly 200 of Jackson’s closest friends and family members tried their best to say goodbye to the entertainer at Forest [...]
cited: Daily News
On April 17, 2009, Susan Boyle was skyrocketed to international fame with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” on ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ the show that shot her to fame, on April 17, 2009. Next week, she’ll be making her stateside debut.
Boyle will fly across the pond to perform on the season finale [...]
cited: New York Times
When the news broke that the Liverpool four were taking on one of the last remaining media- video games- baby boomers around the country found themselves lining up for the pixelated fun like they haven’t done since Pac Man.
