Your Blind Date with Beethoven
Janet Jackson lifts Satie. Elvis sings Martini. The Stones raided the Renaissance. And let’s not even get started with the Beatles, who regularly tapped the classical music well.
Who Are the Rock Stars of Opera?
The young stars of opera like Angel Blue and Lawrence Brownlee are picking up where Leontyne Price and Enrico Caruso left off.
The Mystery Behind Lewis Taylor’s “Lost” Album
Lewis Taylor ping-ponged between Al Green grooves and ’90s psychedelia. Then he dropped out of the music scene. No one knows what he’s currently doing, but “The Lost Album” makes you wish he’d come back.
The ‘90s: Pop Music’s Most Eclectic Decade
Recording artist Solomon Peck believes that ’90s hit radio showcased true diversity (while Mariah Carey essentially pioneered the art of “hip hop remixing”).
A Flock of Seagulls Have Their Own Orchestral Maneuvers Now
The Beach Boys, Foreigner, the Indigo Girls – now 80s group A Flock of Seagulls give their hits a musical makeover with the help of a symphony orchestra.