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From 7:30pm to 9pm, the trio will transform the cavernous nave of the world's largest Gothic cathedral into a temple of nostalgia, filled with the melodies of Joe Hisaishi, Satoshi Takebe and Yuji Nomi. Expect the goosebump-inducing themes from films like Spirited Away , My Neighbor Totoro , Princess Mononoke , Howl's Moving Castle and more, played with the kind of reverence (and drama) the setting practically demands.

Keith McIvor, better known as JD Twitch, of the influential Scottish electronic duo Optimo, died on Friday, September 19. The news was shared on the group's Instagram page with a note written by McIvor's bandmate, Jonnie "JG" Wilkes. Optimo did not specify McIvor's cause of death, but the musician had disclosed, in July, that he was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor. He was 57 years old.

Kate Bush is giving fans another chance to get their hands on rare and hard-to-find tracks from her catalog with Best of The Other Sides, a new collection of B-sides and extra songs that never appeared on any of her albums. The compilation arrives digitally on September 26th, with the colored vinyl and CD versions landing on October 31st, on the artist's own Fish People imprint. Pre-sales are ongoing.

The sounds are microscopic and synthetic, either glowing like LEDs or gleaming like cold steel, but they leave sizzling craters on impact. Melody and rhythm merge into a rapid-fire spray that makes a mockery of musical modes and scales even while he works within them, thanks to Max/MSP devices that the English artist designs himself. It can feel solitary, almost maddening-the work of an artist obsessively trying to one-up himself.

Home is not just a point on a map. In the music of Joan Shelley, it's often embodied by the people who make up a place. For a long time, Shelley's musical (and literal) home was Louisville, where she was born and raised, where she absorbed so much of the folk music that still inspires her, where she caught her first glimpse of musical community, and where she has collaborated

Experimental musical instruments have always occupied a fascinating space between functional tools and artistic statements, but few creators push this boundary as playfully as Love Hultén. His latest creation, the "Extraterrestrial Guitar Thing," looks like it was salvaged from the wreckage of a retro spaceship, complete with a bright yellow chassis that wouldn't look out of place in a 1970s sci-fi cartoon. The angular silhouette even hints at a cubist interpretation of familiar cartoon characters, adding an unexpected layer of whimsy to the design.

Partnered for the first time, Reyes and Kim are under the direction of the great Francesca Zambello who, by her own count, is directing West Side Story for the 12th time, including productions at the Bregenz Festival on Lake Constance and an outdoor show overlooking the harbor in Sydney, Australia. In the U.S., she helmed productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and the Glimmerglass Fest

I was around nine when I saw the Rolling Stones and the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. I was instantly attracted to George Harrison and Keith Richards' guitar playing, so I asked my mom if I could get a guitar. She was working at a handbag company, and her boss gave her a gift - for me - on my birthday, a no-name acoustic. That little acoustic was how I first learned to play guitar.

I'm from a little village called Anston in South Yorkshire. I lived with my mum and dad and my older brother. My parents still live there, it's the same house. My dad worked 9-to-5 at a steel company - a shirt and tie sort of job. My mum stayed off work when we were little. She then went to college, got a whole new qualification and then became a solicitor's receptionist.

"At 18, when your sights are set on 42nd Street and then you're getting called to 65th Street, it was weirdly a letdown," he recalled. "But after a few hours I kind of slapped myself and said 'Miles, pull yourself together.'"

Serving as the largest musical experience in Fortnite' s history, the new tribute will feature 31 Daft Punk songs spanning across the duo's discography as well as an entire new dance-themed world for players to discover. The experience boasts custom outfit selections, opportunities to remix and mashup songs from Daft Punk's catalog, an all-night dance party at Daft Club, and much more.

A representative told Rolling Stone that the story was categorically false and not in the realm of true. The band last played together in November 2019. Both the death of Christine McVie in 2022 and Lindsey Buckingham's earlier firing, in 2018, were assumed to have made any reunion impossible. Without Christine, no can do, Stevie Nicks told Mojo last year. There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn't work.

Yung Lean and Bladee have shared a new song. " Inferno " is the Swedish artists' latest collaboration, following their 2024 joint album . Watch the accompanying music video, directed by Gus Reichwald, below.

On a Friday night in Washington, D.C., 56 year-old Mindy Bohannon is the first person on the dance floor. "I love the music," she yells, "and I can swing my arms while it's still early!" It's definitely still early it's barely 6 p.m. Bohannon won't be able to swing her arms for long, though. Despite the early hour, the dance floor at Union Stage, an underground live music bar, will soon be packed.

Of the many things to remember about David Stabler, the one that keeps coming back to me is his smile, a wide delighted upturn at the corners of his mouth that set his moustache twitching and traveled northward to his eyes, which were in on the joke. Isn't life grand? it seemed to say. Can't we just scoop it all up?

The Giuseppe Verdi of 1855 was not unlike the Bob Dylan of 1965. Both had just produced, in rapid succession, three defining masterpieces which would ensure their immortality in Verdi's case Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata, in Dylan's the trilogy of albums starting with Bringing It All Back Home. The question that now loomed was where to go from here? For Verdi, as for Rossini and Donizetti before him, the answer was Paris, and the conquest (and financial rewards) of French opera.

He died on Friday in Glasgow's Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, his DJ partner Jonnie Wilkes (AKA JG Wilkes) announced. In a 28 year partnership he changed my life immeasurably and together we took our work in directions and to places few people are lucky enough to explore, Wilkes said. I am forever grateful for everything he bestowed on me, both as a partner in music and as a friend.

Eurovision was founded to bring nations together through music. Excluding Israel today goes against this fundamental idea and turns a celebration of understanding between peoples into a tribunal,

Before he was an outlaw-country pioneer and a movie star, and after he was a Rhodes scholar and a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army, the jarringly handsome young man was a janitor in Nashville, for Columbia Records, where he picked up Bob Dylan's empty coffee cups. (He avoided chatter with the superstar for fear of losing his job.) After that, in the employ of Petroleum Helicopters International, he flew workers to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Responding to "exploding" demand, a college in Denver now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mariachi music. Students learn music and culture, but also business skills to build viable careers. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Mariachi, the traditional Mexican folk music, is growing in popularity in the United States. In the last decade, at least 10 universities and colleges have started offering degrees in mariachi. The latest is Denver's Metro State University.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Alyssa Villarreal is making her mark in the world of Norteño music, a genre that is typically male-dominated.

The British star's upcoming tour first begins with an extensive UK and European leg in winter 2026. She'll make her way stateside for the tour's opening North American date in Sacramento on March 31st, followed by shows in cities like Vancouver, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Toronto, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and many more. Along the way, RAYE will play some of her largest venues in the US yet, including stops at New York's Radio City Music Hall and Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Less than a month after January's Southern California wildfires destroyed his Altadena studio and musical instruments, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes stood on the Grammy Awards stage to sing a revised version of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." At the Feb. 2 ceremony, Goldsmith and his brother, Griffin - Dawes' drummer who lost his home in the fires - led an all-star band that included John Legend on piano.

Miley Cyrus is a great secretkeeper. On Sept. 19, the singer released the deluxe edition of her new album Something Beautiful, which contains two new songs featuring rock legends, including the 14-minute-long "Lockdown" with David Byrne. However, her newest single, "Secrets," has a very special meaning, as it's a soothing message of love to her famous dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.