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Coroner: Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder died of overdose

TAMPA, Fla. – Paul O’Neill, the founder of the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, died of an accidental drug overdose, a Florida medical examiner said in a report released Tues...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Olivia Newton-John says she has breast cancer; cancels tour

NEW YORK – Olivia Newton-John says she has a breast cancer and is canceling her June tour. The 68-year-old singer said Tuesday she initially thought she was suffering from back pa...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Coldplay, Bieber to join Ariana Grande at Manchester concert

NEW YORK – Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday. Grande announced Tuesday that the “One Love Manch...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Gregg Allman’s rock odyssey spanned worlds

If America really is a melting pot, music is what melts first. Gregg Allman lived to prove that. Not long after the Allman Brothers Band first started liquefying rock, blues, coun...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

For Elliott Smith, a tragic glamour lingers beyond the grave

LOS ANGELES – The “S”-shaped mural on the side of a building in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles used to be known as the Elliott Smith wall. The beloved singer-songwriter had posed in fro...

DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music legend Gregg Allman has died at 69

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Lil Yachty is rap’s brightest optimist. Why does he bum so many people out?

The miracle of rap music is that it metabolizes wild styles faster than any other American art form – which means outsiders can bum-rush the center with a quickness. Remember when Lil Yachty...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

A father’s letter to Ariana Grande goes viral

In the hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Manchester Arena, a devastated Ariana Grande tweeted: “broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sor...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – You are sitting, floating through the virtual clouds, when you hear that unmistakable voice coming through the headphones. The glittering buildings. Paper bei...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Ariana Grande announces a benefit concert: ‘I’ll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester’

Four days after a suicide bombing left 22 dead and scores wounded at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, the 23-year-old pop singer has announced that she will return to the gri...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music in the Mountains offers summer fest, volunteers sought

Tickets are now on sale for the Music in the Mountains summer classical music festival, to be held July 9-30. The event will feature orchestra, chamber music, and conservatory cla...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chamber Music Festival to arrive in June

The ninth annual Durango Chamber Music Festival is scheduled June 5-9 and June 12-16, and will feature ten 30-minute concerts each day at 12:15 p.m., at St. Markâ€™s Episcopal Church, 910 Ea...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music