Tag: Music

Russian security forces attack Pussy Riot members

Russian security forces attack Pussy Riot members

ANGELA CHARLTONNATALIYA VASILYEVA · February 20, 2014 12:05 am

Arctic Monkeys band member Alex Turner accepts the Best British Group award onstage at the BRIT Awards 2014 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)

Absent David Bowie steals show at Brit Awards

Jill Lawless · February 19, 2014 10:37 pm

FILE - In this April 19, 2005 file photo,Venezuelan folk musician Simon Diaz listens during an interview in New York. According to his daughter Bettsimar Diaz, the 85-year-old musician, actor and director died after a long undisclosed illness in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Venezuelan folk singer Simon Diaz dies at 85

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2014 7:29 pm

Russian punk group Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, in the blue balaclava, and Maria Alekhina, in the pink balaclava, make their way through a crowd after they were released from a police station, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Adler, Russia. No charges were filed against Tolokonnikova and Alekhina along with the three others who were detained. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Sochi tension: Pussy Riot members briefly detained

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 18, 2014 7:55 pm

Critics blast Venezuelan classical maestro Dudamel

Critics blast Venezuelan classical maestro Dudamel

Joshua Goodman · February 14, 2014 6:50 pm

The Politics of Music

The Politics of Music

Geoffrey Norman · February 14, 2014 6:02 pm

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina of Pussy Riot, participate in a press conference of the Cinema For Peace foundation in Berlin , Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Pussy Riot members may run for Moscow assembly

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2014 1:55 pm

US library launches ‘Songs of America’ online

US library launches ‘Songs of America’ online

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 8:16 am

In this Feb. 9, 1964 file photo, The Beatles, from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr on drums, and John Lennon perform on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York. The Beatles made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," America's must-see weekly variety show, on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964, and officially kicked off Beatlemania. (AP Photo, File)

Debut of the Beatles marked the start of the 1960s, 50 years ago

Mark Hendrickson · February 7, 2014 5:00 am

Takashi Niigaki, ghost writer of well known deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi, a composer Japanese have likened to Beethoven for supposedly composing music despite a severe hearing impairment, reacts after being questioned by a journalist during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Niigaki said he hopes to continue composing and performing, despite the uproar over Samuragochiâs admission on Wednesday that he did not write the pieces he is best known for, such as his âHiroshima Symphony.â (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ghost composer asks if Japan’s Beethoven can hear

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 6, 2014 11:52 am

Prince plays London living-room gig

Jill Lawless · February 5, 2014 11:22 am

This undated frame grab provided by Beats shows the company's 2014 Super Bowl commercial. Beats by Dre, the popular headphones and audio equipment producer has enlisted Ellen DeGeneres to star in its debut Super Bowl ad running in the third quarter that promotes Beats Music. (AP Photo/Beats)

Music a big focus in Super Bowl ads

Mae Anderson · February 1, 2014 3:21 pm