Beloved country music star Loretta Lynn dies aged 90
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music,…
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Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva condemns Putin’s war on Ukraine
The superstar musician denounces Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ‘death of our boys for illusory goals.’Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, denounced President…
Singer Nayyara Noor, ‘Nightingale of Pakistan’, dies at age 71
Noor became one of Pakistan’s most iconic singers, known for her renditions of work by the revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.One of Pakistan’s greatest singers, Nayyara Noor, has…
‘Beja Power!’: Music as resistance on Sudan’s Red Sea coast
As a young musician growing up in Port Sudan in the early 1990s, Noori Jaber fortuitously stumbled across the neck of a well-preserved guitar near a junkyard.
After being gifted a…
R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes
R&B star R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.
The singer and…
Turkey’s ‘culture war’: Anger grows as string of events cancelled
Istanbul, Turkey – It is the height of spring in Turkey, and with that comes a flurry of concerts and outdoor festivals to complement the pleasant weather.
But in recent weeks, a…
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision amid Russia’s invasion
Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins the Eurovision Song Contest in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond musicUkraine’s Kalush Orchestra won…
Pressed on Ukraine war, Bolshoi conductor Tugan Sokhiev resigns
Bolshoi Theatre’s music director says he felt under pressure to take a stand on Russia’s war in Ukraine.The Bolshoi Theatre’s music director and principal conductor Tugan Sokhiev…