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Mar 16, 2012

The Decemberists‘ live CD a mixed bag The Decemberists “We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)” (EMI) If anyone ever needed proof that live albums have worth, they should check the marketplace: The Who’s ``Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)" now fetches $300 on the Internet. Still, despite the many classic live albums that have been released, they‘re often a mixed bag, ...
Bobbi Kristina dating 'adopted' brother

Mar 16, 2012

Bobbi Kristina Brown's maternal grandmother, Cissy Houston, is upset the teen is romantically involved with a man her mother, Whitney, helped raise, TMZ said. Brown has been making headlines since Whitney Houston died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel room last month at age 48. The singer's only child with ex-husband Bobby Brown was hospitalized twice for anxiety after Houston died of a possible...
Rihanna says collaboration with Brown ‘made sense’

Mar 16, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― People have been scratching their heads over Rihanna’s musical collaboration with Chris Brown, but she says it “made sense” and it’s “innocent.” Brown appears on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake,” and she appears on a remix of his “Turn up the Music.” Their music union is noteworthy because Brown beat up Rihanna three years ago and is still on probation for the assault. Rihann...
No Rolling Stones tour yet despite 50th anniversary

Mar 15, 2012

NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Rolling Stones are staying put this year, Rolling Stone reported Wednesday, leaving fans to look forward instead to a major documentary marking the rock band’s 50th anniversary. “Basically, we’re just not ready” for a fresh concert tour, guitarist Keith Richards told the pop culture magazine, adding that 2013 was the group’s “more realistic” target for hitting the road. Quo...
Jane Birkin to sing ‘miracle songs’ by Serge Gainsbourg

Mar 15, 2012

French singer, actress and activist calls her daughter Charlotte a greater actress Jane Birkin said the Serge Gainsbourg songs she will sing at her Seoul concert scheduled on March 22 were “miracles.” “In this show, I do sing a great many of the songs from ‘Babe Alone in Babylone,’ I think Serge wrote miracles for me,” she said in an e-mail interview. At her concert, the 66-year-old singer and...
Musical harmony: NKorean, French orchestras play

Mar 15, 2012

PARIS (AP) _ A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to longstanding tensions between the isolated nation and the West. Under the baton of noted South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun, North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra and Radio France Philharmonic played to a packed house at Paris' Salle Pleyel music hall. ``We are witnessing a hi...
Korea Foundation spring concert to feature music of Norway

Mar 14, 2012

The Korea Foundation and the Norwegian Embassy are co-hosting a spring concert at LG Arts Center on April 17. “Korea Foundation Spring Concert 2012: The Lyricism of Norway” will feature the husband-and-wife team of conductor and violinist Stephan Barratt-Due and violist Chung Soon-mi, as well as Korean pianist Chong Park. Barratt-Due is also the artistic director of the Barratt-Due Institute of...
Year of Bach at Seoul Arts Center

Mar 14, 2012

A chamber orchestra will hold a series of concerts featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach throughout the year, Seoul Arts Center said. Since 2010, the center has been holding “The Great 3B Series” which explores the music of three great composers: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. This year the focus is on Bach ― his concertos and symphonies ― with the Korean Chamber Orchestra led by its artistic di...
Slash mum on Guns N’ Roses reunion

Mar 14, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Will Guns N’ Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, the group’s former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject. The million-selling hard rock group enters the Rock Hall in Cleveland on April 14, an event at which honored acts often perform as part of the celebration. But the group’s original ...
Buzz bands seek to stand out at SXSW

Mar 14, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Members of the ascendant rock band Alabama Shakes can tell you all about buzz in the 21st century. They first read about themselves on the Internet about nine months ago. They began playing in packed houses for enthusiastic fans after putting out a hastily released EP just six months ago. And this week the foursome will reach the pinnacle of their exposure ― so far ― with a ...
Mexico group banned for playing drug songs

Mar 14, 2012

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AFP) ― Authorities in the capital of Mexico’s most violent state, Chihuahua, have indefinitely banned popular music group Los Tigres del Norte for playing drug ballads at a concert. Songs glorifying drug traffickers, known as narcocorridos, have attracted a growing following in recent years from Mexico City to Los Angeles. Los Tigres del Norte, a successful mainstream gro...
Black Keys rock Madison Square Garden like pros

Mar 14, 2012

There were few flashing lights, the backdrop wasn’t overloaded with visuals or videos, and the band rarely spoke, if it wasn‘t in song. The Black Keys are rock stars, and their traditional rock sound electrified Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The duo performed more than 20 songs in a 90-minute show that was exhilarating, bluesy and loud. Singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach was top-notch ...
N. Koreans, French prepare for major Paris concert

Mar 14, 2012

PARIS (AP) ― A North Korean and a French orchestra held a daylong rehearsal on Tuesday ahead of a landmark concert in Paris, a sign of warming ties between Pyongyang and the West following years of tensions. Pyongyang’s Unhasu Orchestra and Radio France Philharmonic make their debut together on Wednesday ― under the baton of renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, who organized the eve...
2AM returns with new album on painful but endless love

Mar 13, 2012

Idol group takes motif from American classic ‘The Great Gatsby’ Idol group 2AM returned to its fans on Tuesday with a new mini album, breaking its one-and-a-half-year absence from the country’s entertainment scene. With the new album titled “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Way of Love,” the group attempts to turn its image from young and fragile into one that is more mature and manly. Taking motifs from...
SPO to hold first North American tour in April

Mar 13, 2012

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, led by music director and chief conductor Chung Myung-whun, will hold its first North American tour April 15-19. Starting in Vancouver, Canada, the orchestra will also perform in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Seattle. The North America tour, sponsored by Hyundai Motor, is part of maestro Chung’s efforts to create a world-class orchestra. Chung said last year t...