Rock’s Backpages commemorates Crowded House drummer Paul Hester, who died on 26 March 2005. Here’s a piece from Q Magazine in July 1992
“Happy #Halloween (ahem, actually, coincidentally, #Reformationstag) from the Ghost of #Bach!”
Birthday of intense cello virtuoso Jacqueline Du Pré (Jan. 26, 1945 - 1987), whose career and life was tragically cut short by multiple sclerosis… When Jackie played she was always in motion...
Melissa McCracken grew up with a neurological condition that means she processes songs as colors—a gift that translates into paintings inspired by her favorite musicians.
My Favorite Warm-ups for Children's Choir. Organized Chaos. So many amazing warmup exercises for elementary choral ensembles!
Nothing will ever compare to '80s Janet Jackson.
The Bolt, a controversial 1931 ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich, is the focus of a new exhibition at GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of New Order's third studio album, Low-Life, an effort which effectively completed their musical evolution from the early post-punk sound that Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Peter Hook initially carried over from their days in Joy Division into a full-fledged dance-rock band. To celebrate this illustrious occasion, here are a few things you may not have known about the album...unless you're an überfan, in which you'll roll your eyes and say, "Well, duh." (We don't really need to dance around that possibility, do we?)
It’s February. Since last week was tough for some of my single readers (it being their favorite holiday and all), I decided to cheer them up with this post entitled: World’s Coolest Single People i…
I was just tagged so now I have to make a new book of random scheiße. Update: okay so I think I'm just gonna use this book as an excuse to post whatever's on my mind and just annoy you guys with random crap.
Our annual celebration of the most influential LGBTQ people of the year.
Let's see if you can recognize these hits from just a screenshot of a music video!
What is the secret of Franz Ferdinand's success? Well, they happily learnt a trick or two from the old masters (Bowie, Iggy, Queen) but they've got no time for Prince (William, that is...).
12th century (ca.1170s) England Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 229 (U.3.2.) - Hunterian psalter fol. 21v - detail of musicians playing bagpipes and lyra da gamba an unidentified bowed string...
If not for her signature dance moves, Robyn could pass as a Greek statue.
After releasing her new LP "Historian" last month via Matador Records, Richmand, Virginian-based musician Lucy Dacus looks back with this week's throwback set, featuring Wye Oak, Prince, David Bowie and more.
Classical composers are sometimes just as good at quotes as they are at music. Take a look at these amazing, inspirational quotes from some of the greatest composers of all time.
Check out some of our favorite jokes on musicians below. If you know any other good musician comics or jokes be sure to share them in the comment section! We would greatly appreciate your contribution.
Little Golden Book, 1954. Illustrated by J. P. Miller. Check out my blog to read more about J. P. Miller.
Yup, no question about it. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the biggest names in the classical music industry--er, I… by tin-tin
“If people could see into my heart I should almost feel ashamed.”
No Clean Singing posted the below, which compares Whitney Houston [...]
