Campbell’s slow exit should be heard Glen Campbell “Ghost on the Canvas” (Surfdog) Given the circumstances of its release, it would be wonderful to say how Glen Campbell’s presumably final album is an unmitigated triumph. Not quite, though it came closer than anyone had a right to expect. An in-demand studio pro in the 1960s and country-rock superstar in the 1970s, Campbell’s career faded wi...

NEW YORK (AP) ― Whether it is being encased in an egg or wearing slabs of meat, there never is a question whether Lady Gaga will make a spectacle of herself at an awards show; the only question is just what kind. So when the MTV Video Music Awards came around this year, Gaga did not disappoint. Although she dressed somewhat conservatively in short black hair, a dingy white T-shirt, a black blaze...

Indie music helps Lee Ja-ram create new form of pansori Pansori prodigy and indie musician Lee Ja-ram is to hold a pansori gala show, staging highlights of Korea’s four representative traditional pansori and her own contemporary pansori creations in Seoul on Sept. 16. Pansori is a traditional form of narrative music, performed by a solo singer, who plays all the characters of a story, and a “go...

Maestro talks about the importance of on-going support after successful European tour Following a successful European tour, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra hopes for more fundraising programs and sponsorship, SPO music director Chung Myung-whun and its president Kim Joo-ho said Friday. “Orchestras in foreign countries have about 30 to 50 fundraising experts working for them,” said Kim. “We are...

Jessica Simpson is planning to take breast reduction surgery, a U.S. entertainment magazine reported. According to the magazine, the U.S. TV star and singer does not want her double D breasts, reportedly telling her friends that they make her look bigger than she really is. The 31-year-old celebrity reportedly wants to look slender again ahead of her wedding to American footballer Eric Johnson....

Sumi Jo “Libera” Universal Music Marking the 25th anniversary of her international debut, soprano Sumi Jo has released “Libera,” an album which encompasses musical genres from opera arias to musical numbers. In an interview, Jo said the title, meaning “free” in Italian, represents her 25 years of free spirit, expressing all kinds of music she wanted to express. Among the 13 tracks, Jo picked t...

Since coloratura soprano Sumi Jo made her international operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in Italy in 1986, the 25 years of world tours and musical explorations have made her musical life “free.” Such a free-spirited and gypsy-like image is the core concept of Jo’s latest album “Libera,” or liberty in Italian, which marks the soprano’s 25th anniversary of her international debut, Jo...

K-pop groups will fly to New York to hold the SM Town Live World Tour at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 23, after holding a series of concerts in Seoul, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo. Joint concerts by K-pop groups affiliated with the entertainment agency have played a significant role in creating a new Korean Wave, prompting international fans to demand concerts through flash mob protests. The u...

Singer-songwriter holds month-long concert to celebrate his third album While idol-centered K-pop has been heavily covered by the media, the Korean indie scene has received relatively little attention. This is the eighth installment of a series of interviews shedding light on the scene. ― Ed. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Yi Sung-yol, 41, has been far from clear about his direction in life, a...

The Korea Tourism Organization said it will hold a K-pop concert on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Alpensia Sky Jumping Special Stage in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, to promote tourism there. The city has been attracting growing attention from international travelers after winning the bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The KTO has collaborated with Gangwon Province, concert organizer Seoul Cheong...

S.M. Entertainment said Sooyoung, a member of the girl group Girls’ Generation, was injured in a car accident on Sunday morning and will not be able to participate in the upcoming SM Town Live Concerst in Tokyo. The singer was heading to Cheonan for a volunteer work for the visually impared when the car she was in was hit by a car coming in the opposite direction. Sooyoung suffered a sacral fra...

Taiwanese orchestra, the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, will hold a Korea tour in September to introduce a wide range of world folk music to the Korean audience. The ESO, led by conductor and music director Gernot Schumalfuss, is to hold a concert on Sept. 4 at the Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hall and another on Sept. 5 at the Busan Citizen Hall, the concert organizer said. The program will star...

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s offspring doesn’t even have a name yet, but it was the indisputable breakout star of Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, upstaging everyone, even Katy Perry’s win for video of the year. Perry, who had the most nominations coming into the show with 10, came away with three moonman trophies, including video of the year for the inspirational clip “Firework.” “I feel like I’m doing...

‘Day Break at Changgyeong Palace’ presents unique cultural experience It is 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and Changgyeonggung, one of the five grand palaces of the Joseon Dynasty, is enveloped in haze and dewy air. In spite of the early hour, the gallery behind Myeongjeongjeon hall of the palace is completely packed with people. Some skipped breakfast, and some left their homes in the countrysi...