NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...
We've all noticed it, haven't we? It's the era of reboots, remakes, and decades-old sequels. Within the past five years there have been remakes/reboots of Footloose, RoboCop, Red Dawn, Star Trek, ...
Many “classical” music pieces were once the pop songs of their day. So, it makes sense that today’s pop musicians often turn to the masters to add an extra dose of awesome to their own music. Think ...
WILKES-BARRE — Saddened by the 1881 death of his mentor, Nicolai Rubenstein, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky poured his emotions into “a monumental work, about 50 minutes long,” that the chamber ...
It was the year of Beethoven. During 2020 the world wanted to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with concerts, symposiums, lectures, podcasts, radio specials, etc. At least that’s what had been ...
These shows demystify a genre unfairly perceived as archaic and stuffy with expert analysis, musical selections and pure fun.
NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...