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by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wearing a dress made of 100 speakers might seem to be a fashion statement. But for composer Pauchi Sasaki, the aesthetic goes deeper — it is a way to express humanity. The Peruvian artist and chosen protegee of Philip Glass, one of the world’s most influential living composers, had first covered herself with amplification equipment when she played her violin in the ancient Pachacamac temple […]
by Daphne Rousseau Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — It’s a familiar story across the Western world: a heated property market and complaints from the neighbours are squeezing nightlife in the big city. But in Berlin — known for its nightlife and understated cool — the town hall is stepping in to defend its legendary techno scene. “Techno culture has given so much to Berlin, using some taxpayer money to support it is the least […]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AFP) — Some were on their knees, others lay flat on their fronts, but somehow 18 Bosnia children and their two music teachers managed to play a tune on just one piano on Tuesday to create a new world record. The participants trained for three months for their joint performance of French composer Albert Lavignac’s late-19th-century oddity “Galop-Marche” which he wrote originally for eight hands. The event took place in the Sarajevo City […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Beyonce, with little argument one of the top stars in pop music, Monday ended an unlikely drought — nine years since she had a number-one US song. Beyonce hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for her new duet with Ed Sheeran on a remix of the English songwriter’s “Perfect,” a tender guitar ballad. The song sold 181,000 digital downloads in the week through Thursday on the […]
NEW YORK, United States | AFP) — Apple is in talks to buy the popular song recognition app Shazam as the tech giant tries to compete with streaming leader Spotify, TechCrunch reported Friday. The technology news site, quoting unnamed sources, said that the deal could be announced Monday with financial terms not yet clear. A spokeswoman for Apple declined comment. Since its founding in 1999, Shazam has offered a high-tech solution to listeners’ longtime agony […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A drone that hovers over Japanese employees and blares music to force them to go home was unveiled Thursday, as the country tries to reduce its notoriously long work hours. The “T-Frend” buzzes over those trying to work late, blasting out the strains of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish tune typically used in Japan to announce that a store is closing. “You can’t really work when […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Jimi Hendrix’s estate on Thursday announced a posthumous album from the guitar legend featuring 10 previously unreleased tracks, some recorded months before his death in 1970. “Both Sides of the Sky,” which will come out on March 9, is intended to be the last in a trilogy of albums of restored Hendrix material following releases in 2010 and 2013 that entered Top 10 charts in several countries. The latest […]
by Fiachra Gibbons Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP0 — He was an enormous star in France, but Johnny Hallyday, the “French Elvis,” whose death was announced by his wife Laeticia Wednesday, was almost unknown in the English-speaking world. Here are five key things to know about the biggest rock star you have probably never heard of: He wasn’t called Johnny Johnny Hallyday was born Jean-Philippe Smet in Paris in 1943, but as he said himself, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s best-known rock star Johnny Hallyday has died aged 74 after a battle with lung cancer, his wife Laeticia told AFP on Wednesday. The leather-clad would-be Elvis, known simply as Johnny, announced in March he had been diagnosed with the disease and would undergo treatment. “Johnny Hallyday has left us. I write these words without believing them. But yet, it’s true. My man is no longer with us,” said Laeticia Hallyday, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boy band BTS, pop mega-stars in South Korea known for their dance moves and social media prowess, Monday broke into the Top 40 on the US singles chart for the first time. “Mic Drop” debuted at number 28, driven by a particularly strong showing in downloads, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week through Thursday. The band incorporates more R&B and hip-hop into its sound than most […]
by Shaun TANDON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York’s Metropolitan Opera said Sunday it was suspending its famed longtime music director James Levine after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The premier US opera house said Levine would no longer appear at the Met this season and that it had hired a former US prosecutor to investigate the accusations. “Based on these new reports, the Met has made the decision to act […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap superstar Jay-Z led the nominations announced Tuesday for the Grammy Awards as the US-based music industry embraced hip-hop for its top honors — a move some critics have said is long overdue. Jay-Z received eight nominations, followed by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar at seven and retro R&B star Bruno Mars at six. Here is a list of nominees in major categories for the Grammy Awards, with winners to […]
