The 10 Greatest Classic Rock Ballads of All Time, Ranked

The best rock ballads of all time are also some of the best ballads period, from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Dust in the ...
American Songwriter

How Laura Branigan Took an Italian Classic and Turned It Into an 80s Post-Disco Hit

Laura Branigan needed a memorable hit single. To get one, she went all the way to Italy to reimagine "Gloria".

Princess Caroline’s First Husband, Whose Playboy Reputation Alarmed Monaco's Royal Family, Dies at 85

Princess Caroline of Monaco's first husband, French businessman Philippe Junot, died at age 85. All about their controversial ...
The Arts Desk

First Person: mezzo-soprano Katie Bray on the chameleonic songs of Kurt Weill

Lotte Lenya, Ute Lemper, Marianne Faithful, Teresa Stratas, Cathy Berberian, Dawn Upshaw, Brigitte Fassbaender, Louis ...

‘The Notebook: The Musical’ isn’t transcendent, but it locates some wisdom in its transformation to the stage

The musical adaptation of "The Notebook," Nicholas Sparks' romantic novel that was turned into a 2004 film starring Ryan ...

A Fairy Tale Opera Trades the Moral for the Mysterious

Matthias Pintscher’s first opera in 20 years invites audiences to find their own meaning in a macabre 19th-century tale.
American Songwriter

How an Emergency Mechanic Helped Create One of the Sappiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s

Part of the movie’s allure is that it is as quintessentially 1980s in its sound as in its appearance and dialogue. Heavy ...

CELLIST MISHA QUINT & PIANIST ALEXEI VOLODIN PERFORM IN SONGS WITHOUT WORDS AT CARNEGIE HALL ON JAN 23 AT 8PM

InterHarmony® Concert Series returns to Carnegie Hall on January 23 with Songs Without Words, featuring cellist Misha Quint and pianist Alexei Volodin. There is so much talk about music, and yet so ...