The decade's must-have music collection
| As the "Aughts" come to a close, National Public Radio, the US listener-supported radio which covers news and culture, selected "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings." The long (and perhaps inc...
La bohème
| There are two reasons to go to the 23rd revival of the Royal Opera's much-loved La bohème: to celebrate the perfection of Puccini's opera, as witty and ingenious as it is tragic, and to see how a f...
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions, Necks: Silverwater, Jack Rose: Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers
| There are many reasons to admire Sunn 0))), a cowl-wearing, doom-metal duo. The 0))) in their name is silent, but implies rippling soundwaves. They have recorded vocals inside a coffin. They have a ...
Paul McCartney
| O2 Arena, London SE10 | Paul McCartney rocks the O2 Arena. Photograph: Matt Kent/WireImage.com | The same week that finished his first UK tour in six years, Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Wood's , began it...
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions, Necks: Silverwater, Jack Rose: Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers
| There are many reasons to admire Sunn 0))), a cowl-wearing, doom-metal duo. The 0))) in their name is silent, but implies rippling soundwaves. They have recorded vocals inside a coffin. They have a ...
Music in 2009: Lady Gaga, Queen among princesses
| Trend of the Year: Women | The officially sanctioned trend of the year was Women in Pop. Patronising, much? That, surely, implies that 49.7 per cent of the population will, sooner or later, become u...
2020 vision: Lily Allen returns from obscurity to light up the longest-running music show in ...
| I know, I know, you've hardly woken up after the King's Speech and you're still recovering from the Doctor Who Christmas Special (Florence Welch - the best doctor ever). But let's do a bit of time-t...
APTDC plans music and masti for New Year
| Staff Reporter | Artistes of the television show 'Little Champs' to participate | Fireworks by Ashok Kumar will be feast for the eyes, says APTDC official | Contests for children and elders to be co...
A musical tribute to Annamayya
| Staff Reporter | VISAKHAPATNAM: Ghantasala-Annamayya Sripadarchana programme will be organised at Gurajada Kalakshetram on Sunday at 6 p.m. as part of legendary singer Ghantasala's 87th birth annive...
20,000 film industry workers to get land in Chennai
| Staff Reporter | Four-day folk music and dance festival gets under way | DINDIGUL: The State government had been working out a plan to distribute land in Chennai to 20,000 workers in the film indust...
The sound of music, at Nalekoottam
| Special Correspondent | Fan circle: K.S. Chitra, playback singer, with children at the Nalekoottam camp organised in connection with the Thiruvananthapuram Book Fair on Saturday. | Thiruvananthapura...
In search of the musical heritage of India
| Staff Reporter | Osar Edelstein | Thrissur: Contemporary Argentine composer Osar Edelstein is known for his innovative methods of composition. His search for originality brought him to Kerala, to ex...
Road shows
| When the Danvers High School Falcon Marching Band makes its way down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day, it will be making Massachusetts' history. | It's the only high school ...
Fife and drum corps headed down under
| MEDFORD - During the Revolutionary War, the fife and drum were not merely the basic means of communication between troops and their commanders, but also a means of boosting troop morale. | Since 198...
Codeine Velvet Club: not just a vanity project
| When a multi-platinum-selling pop star teams up with an unknown singer to record an album, you would expect the former to call the shots. | In the case of Codeine Velvet Club, however, it's hard to ...
Sweet rugby music of Munster team that's back on song
| OH Stuart, ye of little faith. In most cases circumstantial evidence is the only way to approach analysis. These are, after all, secular times in which we live. But I was a little too cold in my app...
How Vampire Weekend became America's hottest export
| Hello, Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here. | Well, not exactly, but it feels as if Blair Waldorf might walk around the corner at any moment. Why? Because we're having a face-to-face with the band V...
Jazzing up the party
| Jazz is about to get all spiked up. A funky five Parisian band who call themselves Nojazz are set to redefine the genre with their syncopated, danceable rhythms, lyrics and melodies from around the ...
Artistic vision was absent at times in Levine's BSO
| On both coasts it was a big year for orchestras. New leaders took the reins in New York (Alan Gilbert) and Los Angeles (Gustavo Dudamel), and each one, in very different ways, is promising fresh dir...
