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George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoThe work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a...
Burt Bacharach obituary: Composer worked with stars including Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoComposer Burt Bacharach - perhaps best known for his Oscar-winning song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My...
Tony Bennett, legendary pop vocalist, dies at 96
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoFor many, Tony Bennett was the last of a breed of velvet-voiced, impeccably elegant crooners who ruled America's mid-century musical landscape — and...
Across generations, the irrepressible joy of Tony Bennett could never be unplugged
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoTony Bennett at New York City's Radio City Music Hall in 1992. (David Corio / Redferns / Getty...
Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoWriter Ursula Parrott, pictured with her son, Marc, in 1935. ACME Newspapers In 1925, F. Scott...
Celebrity deaths 2023: The famous faces and notable figures we said goodbye to this year
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoMusic icons including Tina Turner, Burt Bacharach and Sinead O'Connor are among the famous faces who...
Making a COVID comeback, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra announces its 2023-24 season
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoDon Reinhold feels far more optimistic about the Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s recovery from the...
Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and ex-conductor of the Philly Pops, dies at 89
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPeter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and...
Five Fits With: Fugees Founder and Legendary Musician Wyclef Jean
Esquire via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFive Fits With: Fugees Founder Wyclef JeanChristopher Fenimore There probably isn’t a generation...
Today-Music-History-Jun04
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 month agoToday in Music History for June 4: In 1894, Quebec singer and songwriter La Bolduc (Mary Rose-Anna Travers,) was born in Newport, Que. Her songs, detailing the life of ordinary Quebecers in ...
