Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) K-Pop Lee Hoyang Music Pop and Rock Music South Korea Lee Hoyang, Prolific K-Pop Producer and Songwriter, Dies at 40 Professionally known as Shinsadong Tiger, he created the upbeat, catchy and danceable musical style that defined K-pop in the early 2010s. Posted by By John Yoon
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Denroy Morgan Jamaica Music Reggae Music ‘Peetah’ Morgan of Reggae Band Morgan Heritage Dies at 46 Known as “Peetah,” he and other children of the singer Denroy Morgan formed the group Morgan Heritage in the 1990s. Posted by By Mike Ives
Posted inBlack People Dancing Hannah Beachler Knight, JaQuel Marquis Theater (Manhattan, NY) Music Pop and Rock Music Ruffin, Amber The Wiz (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Williams, Schele Reviving ‘The Wiz’ Through ‘the Blackest of Black Lenses’ The beloved 1975 musical returns to Broadway this spring, with nods to Black culture like second-line parades and Underground Railroad quilts. Posted by By Naveen Kumar
Posted inClassical Music JACK Quartet Miller Theater at Columbia University Williams, Amy (Composer) Review: A Musician’s Portrait, as Both Composer and Pianist At the Miller Theater at Columbia University, the composer Amy Williams joined the JACK Quartet in playing her chamber music. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe