The famed California hip-hop group played with the London Symphony Orchestra — 28 years after The Simpsons dreamed up the collaboration.
Category: Music
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At 75, the Aldeburgh Festival Is Bigger Than Benjamin Britten
The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming.
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Carol Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi’s Mother, Dies at 83
Nicknamed Mom Jovi, she founded the Jon Bon Jovi fan club, and earlier was a Marine and a Playboy bunny.
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Tanglewood Opens for the Summer, With Change in the Air
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its first concerts of the Tanglewood season, which is already showing signs of its new leader’s ambitions.
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Music Catalog Giant Hipgnosis Is Sold, and Merck Mercuriadis Exits
The company, whose pricey acquisitions kicked off a rush on catalog sales, sold its assets to Blackstone for $1.6 billion, and its outspoken leader will step down.
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A Lost Masterpiece of Opera Returns, Kind of
The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of “Samson,” a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of France’s most important cultural figures.
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Rob Stone, Master Marketer of Hip-Hop, Is Dead at 55
A founder of the influential music magazine The Fader, he also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency.
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Why We Still Want to Hear the ‘Ode to Joy,’ 200 Years Later
Beethoven’s aspirational vision of unity and peace can be applied to virtually any situation or place. The music makes sure of that.
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4 Objects That Explain the History of Carnegie Hall
A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall’s archive, like Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses and an opening-night ticket.
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Shania Twain, Officially a ‘Legend’
The Glastonbury Festival’s coveted “Legend’s Slot,” at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, was hers and she said she was ready for the “most extraordinary party of my career.”
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Review: ‘Robeson’ Illuminates a Titanic Artist and Activist
Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo show on Little Island that weaves together the words and music of this American hero to tell his story.
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What Happened When an Orchestra Said Goodbye to All-Male Concerts
This season, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin experimented with programming works by female composers at every performance. Results were mixed.