Aug 12 Madonna urges Pope Leo to visit Gaza: 'Bring your light to the children before it's too late' By Associated Press Madonna has urged the pope to visit Gaza “before it's too late.” She posted her appeal on social media Monday, inspired by her son Rocco's birthday. Continue reading
Aug 07 Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz legend, dies at 88 By Sigal Ratner-Arias, Associated Press The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that spanned nearly 40 albums. Continue reading
Jul 30 Thousands honor Ozzy Osbourne as hearse passes through Birmingham, the home of metal By Hilary Fox, Pan Pylas, Associated Press The rock legend died on July 22 after performing his final show weeks earlier. As the funeral procession made its way through the city's streets on Wednesday, his family stopped to inspect the array of tributes. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 3:30 K-pop band 1VERSE, featuring two North Korean defectors, makes global debut By Lisa Desjardins, Harry Zahn The world of K-pop has fresh new faces: the band 1VERSE with a debut album and lead single, “Shattered.” The boy band has an improbable origin story that includes two North Korean defectors. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Jul 22 Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 just weeks after farewell show By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has died. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 7:21 'John and Jim' symphony honors marriage equality with its future increasingly in doubt By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Daria Nastasia Ten years ago, marriage equality became the law of the land when the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case that state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. A symphony piece now honors the love story of… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 4:58 Soprano Pretty Yende's journey from rural South Africa to the top of the opera world By Ciaran Jenkins, Holly Snelling, Independent Television News Growing up in South Africa, internationally celebrated opera singer Pretty Yende hadn’t even heard of opera until she was almost out of high school. Now, she’s hailed as one of her generation’s most accomplished coloratura sopranos. Ciaran Jenkins of Independent… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 8:03 New jazz fellowship honors long-time musicians who often struggle financially By Lena I. Jackson, Jeffrey Brown Unless you’re a longtime jazz aficionado, you might only know the names and music of a handful of stars and legends. But what about all those who’ve built a life working in this art form? A new fellowship honors them… Continue watching
Jun 11 Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys, dies at 82 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82. Continue reading
May 30 This waltz is the unofficial soundtrack of floating through space. Soon it will beam through the cosmos By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space Saturday, performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Continue reading