Music

Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK’s rapid vaccine drive

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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has used her birthday honors list to celebrate those at the forefront of the U.K.'s rapid rollout of COVID-19...

Budapest orchestra performs live concert from moving truck

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Budapest Festival Orchestra wants its audience back. ...

Danny Elfman writes a solo album with ‘venom’ pouring out

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NEW YORK — When Danny Elfman started creating music during quarantine, what came out was a surprise even to him. ...

R. Kelly seeks to shake up defense team ahead of NYC trial

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NEW YORK — Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly wants to shake up his legal defense team two months before he is set to go...

Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic starts

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The Metropolitan Opera showed a tax return revealing it is $31 million in the black during the fiscal year that ended last July 31,...

‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

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NEW YORK — Color. Dance. Music. Joy. An all Latino cast! ...

CMT Awards to honor country stars as well as pop, R&B acts

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NEW YORK — The CMT Music Awards will honor acts in country music but will also share its stage with pop and R&B stars,...

CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell

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NEW YORK — Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at...

ASCAP to honor Timbaland, Swizz Beatz and D-Nice

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NEW YORK — Three acts who kept music alive during the worldwide pandemic will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and...

Carnegie Hall reopens in October after 19-month closure

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NEW YORK — Carnegie Hall will resume performances in October following a 1 1/2-year closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic but with a limited...