Thursday, March 26, 2026

Music

Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat, Dies at 90

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa — for a generation. Source link

Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56

His song “The Distance,” released in 1996, became an anthem for the disaffected members of Generation X. Source link

Tamas Vasary, Pianist of Power and Sensitivity, Dies at 92

He bought technical brilliance and stylistic authority to Romantic-era music, particularly the works of Chopin and Liszt. Source link

Britney Spears Sells Her Song Catalog

The pop hitmaker, who hasn’t released a new album in 10 years, sold the rights to her music to Primary Wave. Source link

Iván Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra Illuminates Mahler’s Third

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra led an illuminating journey through one of Mahler’s less heard symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Source link

Green Day Condemns ICE as Part of Super Bowl Festivities

The band’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to quit their jobs, warning that the Trump administration would inevitably abandon them. Source link

Brad Arnold, Rocker Who Fronted 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47

He wrote the band’s breakout hit, “Kryptonite,” in a high school math class, and would go on to be nominated for three Grammy Awards. Source link

Lil Jon’s Son Is Found Dead in a Georgia Pond, Police Say

Nathan Smith, whose stage name is DJ Young Slade, was reported missing on Tuesday after running out of his home in a community north of Atlanta. Source link

Carnegie Hall’s 2026-27 Season: What We Want to Hear

Highlights include the hall’s first “Ring,” cycles of sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart and a birthday celebration for Steve Reich. Source link

10 Composers, 2 Directors, 1 Opera: ‘Complications in Sue’

Opera Philadelphia’s latest premiere is like an exquisite corpse, with a libretto by Michael R. Jackson and starring Justin Vivian Bond. Source link
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