First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden. Salt-N-Pepa, the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum status, … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Outkast’s hits include Hey Ya, B.O.B., So Fresh So Clean and SpottieOttieDopaliscious Innovative rap group Outkast, pop star Cyndi Lauper and 1960s pioneer Chubby Checker have all won places in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees were revealed live on American Idol, with the UK … Read more
A Dutch town hall has admitted that it “most likely” accidentally disposed of 46 artworks, including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen, during renovation works last year. Maashorst municipality said the works, including a 1980s silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix worth about €15,000 (£12,800), disappeared during work on a town hall last … Read more
Stevie Nicks is at work on a new album filled with “memories of mine of fantastic men.” “I have seven songs, and they are autobiographical real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life,” the 76-year-old rock icon said. “They are not airy, fairy songs that you are … Read more
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that’s headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class … Read more
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Wigmore Hall is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year One of London’s most prestigious classical music venues has pulled out of England’s cultural subsidy scheme because of “crippling” red tape and a controversial strategy that is seen as failing to prioritise artistic excellence. Wigmore Hall will stop taking funding … Read more
Tom Brooks-Pollock Newsnight BBC Peter Kosminsky directed Sir Mark Rylance in the first series of Wolf Hall in 2015 and the second in 2024 The director of acclaimed period drama Wolf Hall has revealed filming of last year’s second series was nearly called off weeks before it was due to begin because of budget pressures, … Read more
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Wynton Marsalis on marking 20 years of jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall – CBS News Watch CBS News Legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who made history with Grammy wins in both jazz and classical music, celebrates two decades of music, education, and performance at the venue known as “the house that Wynton built.” Be the … Read more
Chris Jasper, a former member of the Isley Brothers who helped the group shape its flamboyant funk-rock sound, has died. The singer-songwriter died Sunday at age 73, his family announced Monday on Facebook, two months after he was diagnosed with cancer in December. The post did not reveal additional details, including Jasper’s cause of death … Read more
