Sunday, February 1, 2026

Music

Billy Jones, Baby’s All Right Owner and NYC Nightlife Impresario, Dies at 45

He opened Baby’s All Right and three other nightclubs, a restaurant and a record store in a dozen years, helping the city maintain its cultural verve. Source link

More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings.

A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.” Source link

Bob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later

The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now. Source link

Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74

To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans. Source link

“The Nine Jewelled Deer,” a New Opera, Has Nothing to Do With Antlers

Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation. Source link

Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83

His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery. Source link

The Surprising Presence in ‘The Gospel at Colonus’

In this revival at Little Island, the singer and pastor Kim Burrell shares the stage with a team of queer artists. Source link

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October

The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison. Source link

Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Source link

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England

Heavy metal fans crossed continents to converge on Birmingham, England, and throw devil horns in honor of the Prince of Darkness and Black Sabbath. Source link
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