Sunday, April 19, 2026

Music

Readers Respond: 11 (More) Transcendent Beatles Covers by Black Musicians

Thirteen tracks were just the start. Listen to interpretations of the Fab Four via Luther Vandross, Ella Fitzgerald, Sylvester and more. Source link

Kaija Saariaho’s Masterpiece ‘Innocence’ Heads to Met Opera

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” was celebrated at its premiere. After her death in 2023, her collaborators continue to travel with it around the world. Source link

Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85

A guitarist and record producer, he played a role in creating hits by popular singers like Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Tom T. Hall and Tammy Wynette. Source link

Noah Kahan, James Blake: 9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week

Sting joins the Argentine pop duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso on a track that recalls the Police, and Noah Kahan breaks into the Top 10 with his latest single. Source link

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
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