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Andy Fletcher, who played synthesizers in Depeche Mode, the electronics-heavy British band that developed a huge fan following and sold millions of records in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. …
Andy Fletcher, a Founder of Depeche Mode, Dies at 60 Read MoreBERLIN — Samuel Mariño is a rarity in opera: a true male soprano. Rather than relying on falsetto as a countertenor would, Mariño, 28, is able to comfortably sing high …
‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own Read MoreIn advance of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her 2000 album “The Teaches of Peaches,” the performance artist and musician Merrill Nisker, 55, who is better known as …
Peaches Reflects on Her Seminal Album, ‘The Teaches of Peaches’ Read MoreSAN DIEGO — Since its first performance, in 1976, Iannis Xenakis’s “Psappha” has been at the core of the solo percussion repertory. Not that it really had competition: When it …
The ‘Philosopher King’ of Percussion Starts His Next Chapter Read MoreLONDON — “Are we doing any spitting?” asked a man in the crowd at the 100 Club, a small, red-walled underground space, redolent of spilled beer, cigarette smoke and a …
‘Pistol’ Mini-Series Captures the Anarchy in the Sex Pistols Read MoreOAKLAND, Calif. — Near the end of a sold-out show earlier this month, celebrating the release of his visionary second album, “Grief,” the vocalist, pianist, composer and activist Samora Pinderhughes …
Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ Read MoreASHEVILLE, NC — Just before sunset on a warm weekday in early May, Avey Tare — a member of the psychedelic pop band Animal Collective — adjusted his glasses and …
A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too Read MoreBackstage at the Metropolitan Opera, before the curtain rose on Monday on a revival of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” a donkey in a pink jester’s hat waited patiently for her cue. …
A Donkey Debuts in ‘La Bohème’ at the Met Opera Read MoreSean Paul talks his 2003 song with Beyoncé, “Baby Boy.” (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images) “Baby Boy,” the 2003 Beyoncé song that features Sean Paul was a massive hit — his …
Sean Paul rumors on he had a relationship with Beyoncé Read MorePandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an Indian musician and composer who was the foremost exponent of the santoor, a 100-string instrument similar to the hammered dulcimer, died on Tuesday at his …
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Master of the Santoor, Dies at 84 Read More