Is Tidal Changing How Fans Talk About Music?
The technology of the day has everything to do with how you get your music — and the music business is pushing more and more toward streaming.With services like Spotify, Pandora, Tidal and Apple Music,...
View ArticleStranger Than Fiction: Cuba, Spies, Bombs And Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDsQT91N-7g You never know who you're going to meet at a party. In the case of one young man and woman, a Halloween celebration in New York City led not just to a love...
View ArticleMusic Streaming Takes Dominant Role In Industry
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View ArticleCellist And Conductor Allegedly Helped Russians Move Billions Of Dollars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auMcWKuB7sA In 2014, Sergei Roldugin told the New York Times, "I don't have millions."But if the document trail of the Panama Papers proves correct, this Russian cellist...
View ArticleItzhak Perlman On Canceling In North Carolina: 'I Had To'
One of the world's best-known and best-loved classical musicians has joined the ranks of artists refusing to perform in North Carolina. Violinist Itzhak Perlman canceled an appearance scheduled for...
View ArticleCleveland, Rocked: Music At The Republican National Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afOykWFR2k4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovcNw8xr64 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_lpyG-ddec Throughout the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week,...
View ArticleTo Rebrand Itself, Greece Digs Deep Into Its Cultural DNA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOfwcj4MEQg The news out of Greece in the past several years has been pretty bad. An ongoing economic crisis has resulted in an unemployment rate that's hovering around...
View ArticleCome Together (Or Not): Music At The Democratic National Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n4h0kn-88 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_INSrQcAAk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12fPV6QmeU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df0xj-d-IGI Last week in Cleveland, the...
View ArticleAmazon Seeks To Recapture Music Fans With New Streaming Service
Today, Amazon announced the debut of an on-demand music-streaming service called Amazon Music Unlimited. With a subscription model like Spotify and Apple Music, Amazon will charge standard subscribers...
View ArticlePutin Plays The Piano, With Perhaps Unintentional Undertones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Af_Ka0auw A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin taking a turn at the ivories in Beijing is currently making the Internet rounds. On Sunday, while awaiting a...
View ArticleLinkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead At 41
Chester Bennington, one of the lead singers for the band Linkin Park and a former singer for Stone Temple Pilots, has died. His death was confirmed to NPR Thursday afternoon by the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleRock Star Tom Petty Dies At 66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhb-kNvL6M Rock star Tom Petty has died, his manager Tony Dimitriades announced Monday. He was found in critical condition at his home in Malibu, Calif., Sunday night...
View ArticleSexual Abuse Allegations Against James Levine Spell Trouble For Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera has suspended its longtime conductor and former music director, James Levine , following allegations of sexual abuse reported by The New York Post and The New York Times . The...
View ArticleThe Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan Dies At 46
Updated Jan. 19 at 9:45 a.m. ET Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of the Irish band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at age 46. O'Riordan defined the sound of The Cranberries — with hit songs like...
View ArticleA South African Superstar Says Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGS7SpI7obY Well before Paul Simon's "Graceland" came along, a white musician from South Africa named Johnny Clegg was already breaking apartheid laws and celebrating...
View ArticleRussell Simmons Publicly Accused Of Rape By A 6th Woman
The hip-hop, fashion and entertainment mogul Russell Simmons has been publicly accused of rape and sexual assault by 37-year-old filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik. She is now one of more than a dozen women...
View ArticleMusic Mogul Russell Simmons Faces New Sexual Assault Allegations
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we have news of more sexual assault allegations against two stars in the hip-hop world. The first is mogul Russell Simmons. Another woman...
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