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Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47
Contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album “Overcomer,” has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her…
Rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour and a new song
Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” The Rock & Roll…
Taylor Swift drops 15 new songs on double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’
Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises? No. On Friday, the pop star released her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department." It is an amalgamation of her previous work and reflecting the artist…
Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is great sad pop, meditative theater
Who knew what Taylor Swift's latest era would bring? Or even what it would sound like? Would it build off the moodiness of “Midnights” or the folk of “evermore”? The country or the '80s pop of her latest re-records? Or its two predecessors…
John Adams’ Nativity oratorio ‘El Nino’ gets colorful staging at the Met
Composer John Adams’ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio “El Nino.” The show, which premieres April 23, melds biblical verses and modern Latin American poetry,…
Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music
T Bone Burnett is best known for production work like the `O Brother, Where Art Thou?' soundtrack. Now, he's making. some big changes to his life and is putting some of his own music forward. He's moved from Los Angeles to Nashville and is…
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
Guitar legend and Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dickey Betts has died at age 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer wrote the band's biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.” Manager David Spero told The Associated Press that Betts died early Thursday…
After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish’s Trey Anastasio talks about taking over
Phish has been performing to thousands of dedicated fans for decades and prides itself on never playing the same show twice. Those fans will get another new experience this week when Phish takes the stage at the $2.3 billion Sphere in Las…
Protests, heightened terror threat mean tight security at Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden
Police in Sweden say that security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern city of Malmo. They cite demonstrations that could lead to unrests and a heightened threat of terrorism in the Scandinavian…
Kate Hudson had a lifetime to make a record. The result is ‘Glorious,’ out in May
On May 17, lifelong music obsessive Kate Hudson will release her debut album, “Glorious.” It is an ambitious record, written by Hudson with her close collaborators Linda Perry, Johan Carlsson, and her fiancé Danny Fujikawa. It spans styles,…
Visa fees for international artists to tour in the US shot up 250% in April. It could be devastating
Performing in the U.S. for international musicians just got a lot more complicated. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has instituted a 250% visa fee increase. For those musicians who filed visa paperwork before April 1,…
ABBA, Blondie, and the Notorious B.I.G. enter the National Recording Registry
Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B.I.G. are entering the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. They're among the 25 titles announced Tuesday that have been selected for preservation as “defining sounds of the…
Music Review: Jazz pianist Fred Hersch creates subdued, lovely colors on ‘Silent, Listening’
Jazz pianist Fred Hersch fully embraces the freedom that comes with improvisation on his solo album “Silent, Listening,” spontaneously composing and performing tunes that are often without melody, meter or form.
Listening to them can be…
Maggie Rogers on ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ the album she wrote for a Sunday drive
Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter. Rogers tells The Associated Press the songs came quickly and chronologically, as if she was writing “different scenes in a movie." The album is…
Belarus convicts a famous dissident rock band and sentences its members to correctional labor
Belarus has convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It's the latest in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed this…
