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- How Simon & Garfunkel created music history, but couldn’t survive success November 6, 2026 5:00 pm Simon & Garfunkel were an iconic American folk-rock duo formed in Queens, New York, by singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel, whose close vocal harmonies and poetic lyricism defined the sound of the 1960s counterculture. After meeting …
- The 27 Club: The music stars who died too young November 6, 2026 4:54 pm Sixteen days after Hendrix, Janis Joplin died. Nine months later came Jim Morrison. Four giants of rock music, gone in almost exactly two years. Every one of them was just 27. It was an extraordinary sequence of deaths that would eventually become part of …
- Where bluegrass got its name, and 11 other music genre names explained November 6, 2026 4:47 pm Bluegrass music is named after a band. Bill Monroe, a mandolinist from Kentucky, led a group called the Blue Grass Boys, and its name pointed to his home state's nickname, the Bluegrass State. Monroe gave the band that name in the late 1930s. At that …
- Daine’s Jungian Pop Music November 6, 2026 4:32 pm The glockenspiel makes it sound sweet. But the unease that Melbourne alt-pop musician Daine contemplates on their debut album In Endless Awe & Agony — the flattening of culture, class competition’s chokehold on creativity, battling subconscious desires …
- New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (11/06) November 6, 2026 4:31 pm Happy New Music Friday everyone! This week leans pretty heavy, if I’m being honest. There is something metal, or metal adjacent, about each track, and I promise I didn’t do it on purpose. That’s just where the vibes led me. “Wounds I’ve made” by Burn …
- Music therapy programme launches to help more Bedford communities live well in winter November 6, 2026 4:29 pm An innovative new online music therapy programme is aiming to help more people with Parkinson’s live well in autumn, winter and beyond. Delivered as part of a national partnership between Chiltern Music Therapy and Parkinson’s UK, the new programme offers …
- Loud music could have caused second Pero's Bridge collapse November 6, 2026 4:27 pm Peros Bridge in Bristol as it has further collapsed into the floating harbour(Image: PAUL GILLIS / Reach Plc) Loud music could have caused a broken footbridge in Bristol city centre to collapse further, the chair of the Harbour Committee has said. Part …
- John Cameron Mitchell celebrates 25th anniversary of ‘Hedwig’ with screening, music, a costume contest and more November 6, 2026 4:25 pm John Cameron Mitchell has had plenty of success with “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” the award-winning rock musical and film he created with Stephen Trask. Hedwig is an aspiring singer who undergoes a botched sexual reassignment surgery in order to immigrate …
- How to use music and art with a loved one living with dementia November 6, 2026 4:13 pm (Aging Untold) — Music, dance, poetry, storytelling and art can still tap into emotion and long-held experiences for someone with dementia. While they do not cure dementia, they can support mood, dignity and connection. Start by looking locally Amy O’ …
- Kings of Leon set to play Cincinnati’s new Farmer Music Center next year November 6, 2026 4:11 pm CINCINNATI —Mark your calendars! Another artist has been announced for the new Farmer Music Center. Multi-platinum-selling rock band Kings of Leon is going on tour and will be making a stop at the new music venue next year. The band released their 10th …