Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision 2025 in emotional night marked by protest and resilienceAustrian-Filipino singer JJ won Eurovision 2025 with Wasted Love, a powerful operatic ballad. The night was filled with emotional highs, po...
18 May, 2025, 07.09 AM IST
From 'Mandinka' to 'Jealous': Remembering Sinead O'Connor's 10 essential songsSinger-songwriter Sinead O'Connor, known for her raw voice and impassioned songwriting, has died. Her debut album "The Lion and the Cobra" ...
30 Jul, 2023, 09.17 AM IST
Music & melancholy: Maybe we're socially conditioned to appreciate our own sufferingThis is the paradox of sad music: We generally don't enjoy being sad in real life, but we do enjoy art that makes us feel that way. Countle...
20 May, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
U2's Bono begins book tour at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre in a 'transgressive' moodThe singer said he felt guilty for appearing on stage with 3 musicians who were not U2 members.
04 Nov, 2022, 08.12 AM IST
Pink Floyd plans to rake in their provident fundAs a pink paper with a readership that loves the opening bars of the song, 'Money', with its cash registering chi-chinging with apparent ir...
25 Aug, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
Meat Loaf lived hard but rocked harder, his on-stage energy and passion made him one of the biggest-selling artists of all timeBorn Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, the early years in Texas were rough.
21 Jan, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
How the tune by Bernstein from 'West Side Story' travelled from Broadway to Metallica in three decadesBernstein, who died in 1990, had not expected the score to have such a long life.
03 Dec, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, passes away at 92Powell died Thursday at her Wilton, Connecticut, home, longtime friend Susan Granger said.
17 Sep, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Christa Ludwig, one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century, passes away at 93She retired from the stage with a performance of the role of Clytemnestra in Strauss's 'Elektra' in December 1994 in Vienna.
26 Apr, 2021, 09.08 AM IST
Leonard Cohen's estate says they denied use of 'Hallelujah' at the RNC, mulls legal action at it being playedA recording of 'Hallelujah' was played during a fireworks display that followed Trump's acceptance speech for the Republican nomination.
29 Aug, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Colson Whitehead wins Pulitzer for 'The Nickel Boys', becomes rare author to be honoured with the prize for consecutive booksThree years ago, he won for his Civil War era novel 'The Underground Railroad.'
05 May, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Pamela Anderson, Tommy Hilfiger, Trump's daughter raise over $15 mn at Cannes for AIDS researchThe auction opened with bids on a motorbike designed by Lewis Hamilton.
25 May, 2019, 03.33 PM IST
Chester Bennington's exploding emotions brought life to Linkin Park classicsNot many singers in rock music can be so emotive without losing the plot.
08 Aug, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
Over the wallLong before we heard a single song from the album, a bunch of us, in our early teens in the late 1980s decided we loved The Wall by Pink Fl...
25 Jul, 2014, 04.23 PM IST
The Rahman effectEnough has been written about how he brought a fresh set of influences and tunes to an industry that was gradually devolving into a morass ...
26 Jun, 2014, 05.09 PM IST
GAAR as positioned by Finance Minister sounds like music playing backwardsA visit to any music concert will tell you why GoI's tax avoidance rules are hitting such sour notes with investors and entrepreneurs.
29 Apr, 2012, 03.39 AM IST
- Sony Music to pay $5 mn over logo dispute
Sony Music must pay the founder of a small record company $5 mn for failing to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's album.
23 Nov, 2007, 07.22 AM IST