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Les McCann, Lexington native, jazz great, sampled by hundreds of hip-hop artists, dies
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe road from Kentucky to Switzerland is as long as it is unlikely. We’re speaking of two countries...
Q-Tip “Still Pinching” Himself After Receiving Honorary Doctorate From Berklee College Of Music
VIBE via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoQ-Tip has had a legendary career in music, so much so that he’s been recognized on the collegiate...
The evolution of sampling in hip-hop, from The Sugarhill Gang to A Tribe Called Quest
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDJ Grandmaster Flash stands behind a DJ table spinning recordsDavid Corio/Redferns Sampling...
One Way Sky, a young Indigenous band, hopes fans will help them get their Hollywood break
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne Way Sky, an alternative Indigenous band, could open for some of the biggest musical acts on one...
Inside the Brooklyn Public Library’s ‘Book of Hov’ Exhibit Honoring Jay-Z
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 11 months agoToday is the grand opening of The Book of HOV, a 40,000-square-foot exhibit at the Brooklyn Public...
10 best summer tracks to test your hi-fi system
What Hi-Fi? via Yahoo News· 10 months agoApifera - Overstand As we plough on through August, the realisation that summer (or whatever little we got to experience here in the UK) is winding down...
The 10 most imaginative covers of Metallica songs
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPhotos of Metallica, Apocalyptica, Kamasi Washington and Rodrigo Y Gabriela onstage. Metallica are so huge that their appeal transcends the confines of...
Les McCann, Influential Jazz Pianist and Vocalist, Dies at 88
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHis 1968 song "Compared to What" has been covered by John Legend and Robert Flack, sampled by...
Review: Lyric Opera’s rich Chicago mashup ‘Proximity’ takes on gun violence, loneliness and climate...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere in Chicago, we have a newly minted trio of one-act operas commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago from three separate composer-and-librettist teams working on aesthetically different planets ...
This year’s GroundUP Music Festival showcases artists that bring beats from the islands
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“It’s gonna be a party,” says jazz saxophonist Marcus Strickland of GroundUP, the eclectic festival...
