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Joyce DiDonato stars in `Eden in Olympia’ coinciding with Paris Games, a call to climate action
While much of the globe is focused on the Paris Olympics, a movie filmed in ancient Olympia starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato premiered this week that uses music to spark contemplation of creation and carnage. “Eden in Olympia” opens by…
Music Review: Ice Spice flexes her flow on brief debut album, ‘Y2K!’
Virality, it could be assumed, is a gift and a curse.
Hit big online and channel that momentum into mainstream appeal, then the work comes: How does an artist sustain success? Ice Spice, the laidback Bronx rapper born Isis Naija Gaston with…
Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem
Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We choose freedom,” Harris says in the clip, as Beyoncé’s powerful chorus kicks…
‘Cher: The Memoir, Part One’ to come out in November. Part Two is set for 2025
Cher has long known only one person could take on the job of telling her story. And she’s telling it in two parts. Dey Street Books announced Wednesday that “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” will come out Nov. 19, with the second volume to…
Can you guess Olympians’ warmup songs? World’s top athletes share their favorite tunes
Curious about the songs fueling the Olympians competing in Paris starting this month? The Associated Press has an idea. From far and wide, some of the world's top athletes shared their favorite warmup tracks, revealing what gets them pumped…
John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90
John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. He is credited with helping develop the English take on…
As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps
Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay. The island's health care system is grappling with severe understaffing and power outages, and the flight of workers…
Music Review: Canadian trio Wild Rivers’ elegant harmonies soar on new album, ‘Never Better’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Canadian folk-pop trio Wild Rivers takes the name of its new album from the opening cut, “Never Better," but the implied assertion is at least debatable. The band's last full album, “Sidelines," landed in 2022 as a…
Weird Al on new music, Sabrina Carpenter, a decade of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and 40 years of ‘Eat It’
Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. To celebrate a decade of “Mandatory Fun,” Yankovic's biggest album, the comedian has released “Polkamania!,”…
Music Review: Jimin’s ‘Muse’ is charming, not necessarily innovative
Flying solo from the nest of a mega successful band is difficult, but BTS member Jimin did it with last year’s “FACE,” his first studio album under his own name. Finding that magic with a sophomore outing is always a much harder…
Singer Ingrid Andress says she was drunk during panned MLB anthem performance, will get treatment
Country singer and four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress says she was drunk during her widely panned performance of the national anthem at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby. The singer posted a statement Tuesday that addressed her performance…
Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment
The comedy rock duo Tenacious D has cancelled the rest of their tour after band member Kyle Gass' remarks on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. While on stage at a concert in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, Gass was presented with a…
Global music streams are up in 2024. Latin music dominates and multiple releases of same album sell
Halfway through the year and a few music trends have become very apparent. Global music streams are up, Latin music has become the fastest growing streaming genre in the United States, and physical album variants are on the rise. Luminate’s…
Music Review: Glass Animals weave heartstring-tugging vignettes on new album
Love songs have existed for millennia but leave it to Glass Animals to give them a refreshing spin, where love isn't always a honeymoon phase or heartbreak — it's much, much more.
The British indie-pop band, known for hits like 2014's…
Griff has opened for some of pop’s biggest stars. Now she has a debut album of her own to tour
British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an unmistakable whirlwind. Less than two years after releasing her first single, she won the Brit Award for Rising Star. Then she opened for Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Taylor Swift.…