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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 days ago

A long, strange trip: Birder and ArtsWatcher Lorin Wilkerson traverses the West, from Red Rocks to The Cliburn in Texas * Oregon ArtsWatch

The story of Van Cliburn is well known: the lanky Texan shocked the world by winning the inaugural Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, in effect beating the Russians at their own game by playing gold-medal-worthy Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky concerti.
London music
fromJezebel
3 days ago

Man Who Sings About Bonfires & Blacking Out Doesn't Think Beyonce Is Country

Gavin Adcock expressed disdain for Beyoncé's genre placement during a concert, claiming her music doesn't qualify as country, and provoking backlash for his comments.
Music
fromConsequence
5 days ago

Charli XCX Has a Message for the "Boomers" Criticizing Her Glastonbury Set: "Yawn"

Really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it's super fascinating to me, like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud.
London music
Music production
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

Bruno Mars is One of Pop's Most Reliable Hitmakers. Why?

Bruno Mars became the first artist to reach 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify through chameleon-like versatility rather than traditional fandom.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

James Bash, Angela Allen elected officers of Music Critics Association of North America * Oregon ArtsWatch

The Music Critics Association of North America was founded in 1956 to promote high standards and ensure the future of classical music criticism in the press of the Americas.
Berlin music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Billy Corgan responds to radio host who describes his music as "plastic" in resurfaced video

"First of all, I respect your opinion, but I think what people have a hard time understanding is that a musician is like an instrument; you vibrate to the world around you..."
NYC music
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Peter Hook says New Order are a "bad cover version" of themselves now

I don't think they're New Order. They don't sound like anything like them. I've watched them play songs recently, and they've dropped the basslines...it's a bad cover version.
London music
London music
fromConsequence
3 months ago

James Blake says "bashing" of Coldplay "has got to stop"

James Blake defends Coldplay, urging an end to the negativity towards the band, calling it outdated and unproductive.
#pitchfork
Music
fromPitchfork
4 months ago

Pitchfork Announces Three New Columnists

Pitchfork expands its music criticism with three new columns, showcasing distinct perspectives and empowering vital voices in music journalism.
Music
fromPitchfork
4 months ago

Pitchfork Announces Three New Columnists

Pitchfork expands its music criticism with three new columns, showcasing distinct perspectives and empowering vital voices in music journalism.
#jazz
NYC music
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Francis Davis, a figurehead of jazz criticism, has died

Francis Davis, influential jazz critic, passed away at 78, leaving a significant legacy in music journalism and cultural critique.
NYC music
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Francis Davis, a figurehead of jazz criticism, has died

Francis Davis, influential jazz critic, passed away at 78, leaving a significant legacy in music journalism and cultural critique.
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

John Peck, Underground Cartoonist Known as The Mad Peck, Dies at 82

Mr. Peck was not as well known or acclaimed as underground cartoonists like Robert Crumb or Art Spiegelman. That was perhaps in part because his interests were so broad.
Humor
fromDefector
5 months ago

Is My Most Loathed Enemy A Song From The Score Of 'Challengers'? Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah | Defector

The score for Challengers was well-received and memorable, but Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross faced exclusion from the Oscars due to a particularly irritating song they created.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

US rapper Ice Spice faces fan backlash over disrespectful' five-minute appearance at Brisbane gig

Gold Coast-based music podcaster Brenton Larney was in the crowd for the six-minute show. At 11.01pm they gave her an extra minute— they cut the mic, and you heard the collective sigh from the crowd, he says. They'd been waiting for a while and they get two songs? So that was a bit ridiculous and it was just really disrespectful how she walked off, she was laughing they tried to give her flowers for her birthday and she just shrugged them off.
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fromConsequence
6 months ago

Oliver Anthony says Beyonce's COWBOY CARTER is "complete trash"

Oliver Anthony criticized Beyoncé's country album COWBOY CARTER, dismissing it as 'complete trash,' despite receiving Dolly Parton's endorsement. His comments reflect a larger cultural debate.
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