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Music Review: Sia soars with first solo album in 8 years, ‘Reasonable Woman’
A whole album of Sia singing alone is great — great, don’t get us wrong — but Sia paired with the icon Chaka Khan? Fire. Their new duet “Immortal Queen” is everything you’d want in a combo of Sia and Khan — dueling soaring voices, preening…
Select list of nominees for 2024 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Select nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday.
Best Musical: “Hell's Kitchen": ”Illinoise"; “The Outsiders”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants”
Best Play: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”; “Mary Jane”; “Mother…
Billie Eilish announces ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ arena world tour
Billie Eilish is hitting the road. The pop performer will embark on a worldwide arena tour this fall. It kicks off in Quebec City in Canada on Sept. 29 and concluding in Dublin on July 27, 2025. She’ll hit many major cities in North America…
Music Review: SEVENTEEN’s ’17 Is Right Here’ is a study of their impressive evolution
K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN ventures into confident adulthood with their latest compilation album, “17 Is Right Here.”
After a fantastic 2023, where they finished as one of the biggest selling artists of the year with their EP “FML,” the…
The Rolling Stones show no signs of slowing down as they begin their latest tour with Texas show
The Rolling Stones are showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. They kicked off their latest tour Sunday night at Houston’s NRG Stadium. During a vibrant two-hour show, the Stones, who've been touring for more than 60 years, played…
Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass
One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life, following him from a small town in Bolivia all the way to Virginia. With lyrics inspired by the Our Father prayer and the melody of Paul Simon’s “The Sound of…
John Oates’ new album is called ‘Reunion.’ But don’t think Hall & Oates are getting back together
For music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates, the multi-platinum soul-pop duo behind hits like ″Private Eyes" and “Maneater.” But he’s also had a full career as a soloist, and will…
Music Review: Anitta welcomes listeners into her ‘Funk Generation’ on new album
First, Anitta took over Brazil. Now, the world. The trilingual Brazilian pop star has returned with a new album, the club-to-bedroom ready “Funk Generation.” It is an infectious collection of dance songs celebrating a once maligned genre…
Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool
Forty years and 50 million record sales after the Pet Shop Boys rose to fame with “West End Girls,” the iconic British duo is releasing a new album. “Nonetheless” is their 15th studio album. It arrives Friday. Written during the coronavirus…
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia
Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia. Costanzo will continue his career as a leading countertenor while taking over an ambitious company dealing with post-pandemic economic…
Music Review: St. Vincent’s art-rock burns bright on seventh album, ‘All Born Screaming’
St. Vincent is on fire.
On her seventh full-length studio album, Annie Clark, who performs as St. Vincent, unleashes her broad range of art-rock gifts, from the crackling ember of her textured vocals to the raging infernos of swirling, epic…
Music Review: Pet Shop Boys have done it yet again with catchy and bittersweet ‘Nonetheless’
Once upon a time, on Pet Shop Boys ' first single, “West End Girls,” vocalist Neil Tennant sang the lines, “We’ve got no future / We’ve got no past / Here today, built to last."
Fifteen studio records later, there possibly isn't a better…
After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking
Bon Jovi is marking its 40th anniversary. A new docuseries called “Thank You, Goodnight," debuts Friday on Hulu and recounts the band's beginning and rise to super stardom. It also details some low points, including when front man Jon Bon…
Music Review: Neil Young delivers appropriately ragged, raw live version of 1990’s ‘Ragged Glory’
The venerable Neil Young offers a ragged and raw live take of his beloved 1990 album “Ragged Glory” with a new album, titled “Fu##in’ Up.”
Of course, the 2024 version doesn't have the same semi-youthful energy that the 44-year-old Young put…
Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’
The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand in the distance separated by a dawning sun. Or is it setting? Lead singer and songwriter Dan Reynolds, who dreamed it up, sees it both ways. From the…
