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They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too
Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...
Tags: Irving Berlin, Elvis Costello, Opera (genre), Cat Stevens, Deep Purple (music group)
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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...Tags: University of the Pacific, Culture, Dave Brubeck, Human Interest, Obituaries
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Psy threatens to retire 'Gangnam Style' on New Year's Eve
Feel like you never need to hear "Gangnam Style" again? You're not alone: Psy told MTV News he'll be "ending" his unavoidable dance-pop song -- a No. 2 smash on the Hot 100 whose video has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube -- following his...
Tags: Ryan Seacrest, New Year's Day, Human Interest, MTV (tv network), Dick Clark
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Madonna, Springsteen, Roger Waters were tops on tour in 2012
Madonna was queen of the world in 2012, at least as far as touring pop music performers, delivering the highest-grossing concert tour of the year and raking in nearly $300 million at the box office worldwide, according to Pollstar, the concert-industry...
Tags: Elton John, Times Square, Roger Waters, Madonna, Tourism and Leisure
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Taylor Swift tops 2012 'Celebs Gone Good' list
Taylor Swift tops a year-end ranking of celebrity philanthropists tallied by DoSomething.org, an organization that rallies teens to get involved in social change. The 23-year-old pop-country singer and songwriter was cited on DoSomething’s “...
Tags: Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, Music
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Los Angeles bands swing into an old-school music revival
A nine-piece band replete with tuba, washboard, accordion, fiddle, mandolin, trumpet and guitar joyously pumped out early 20th century standards such as "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," Muddy Waters' deep blues and original tunes that would...
Tags: Adele (music artist), Amy Winehouse, Jazz (genre), Rock and Roll (genre), Entertainment
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Balancing family and rock 'n' roll attitudes in Redd Kross
The holidays are for spending time with family. That doesn’t necessarily mean they have to be your own. After all, brothers Steven and Jeff McDonald of L.A. rock institutions Redd Kross, who will headline a New Year’s Eve concert tonight...
Tags: Punk (genre), Poetry, Music, Jonas Brothers (music group), Entertainment
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'Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy' airs Tuesday
As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, "In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose...you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews." Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing...
Tags: Irving Berlin, Nathan Lane, Broadway Theater, Charity, Joel Grey
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So Cal singer scores Times Square New Year's Eve performance
The musical lineup for what surely is the most widely seen New Year’s Eve bash in the country, the annual “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” held in Times Square in New York City and telecast on ABC-TV, will again feature a raft of...
Tags: Taylor Swift, New York City, New Year's Day, Times Square, Mariah Carey
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Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies at 91
The jazz artist Dave Brubeck died Wednesday at 91, according to his manager, Russell Gloyd. He died of cardiac arrest one day short of his 92nd birthday in Norwalk, Conn. The pianist and arranger, born in Concord, Calif., was one of jazz's first pop...Tags: Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Jazz (genre), Music, Entertainment
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'The Voice' recap, ugh, Cassadee Pope
Well, America, now you've done it. By eliminating Dez Duron last week, you’ve officially knocked Christina Aguilera out of competition on "The Voice," and I warned you, I WARNED you, that she would become insufferable if she had nothing else to do...
Tags: Rod Stewart, Earth, Wind & Fire (music group), Christina Aguilera, The Voice (tv program), Rascal Flatts (music group)
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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Albums
What follows are the favorite 10 albums of 2012 as chosen by Times pop music staffer Todd Martens: 1. Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange” (Def Jam). No doubt this is Ocean's moment, what with his Grammy nominations and the romantic topicality of...
Tags: Gaming, Dr. John (music artist), Sharon Van Etten, Robyn, Passion Pit (music group)
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