AP - British musician Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu on Tuesday were named the winners of the 2009 Polar Music Prize. -- read full article
Tue, 12 May 2009 08:29:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - With a wry nod to his problems with American immigration authorities, British folk singer Yusuf Islam performed his first U.S. concert in 33 years on Monday, treating 400 fans to classics from his youthful days when he was known as Cat Stevens.
AP - Country music artists Charley Pride and Marty Stuart and bluesman Pinetop Perkins will headline the third annual Mississippi Grammy gala. -- read full article
Mon, 11 May 2009 10:36:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Country artists Brooks & Dunn and Dierks Bentley have been honored by the Country Music Association for promoting the genre overseas. -- read full article
Mon, 11 May 2009 11:24:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Pop singer Kylie Minogue is not bothered that the music stardom she enjoys in Britain and Australia has eluded her in the United States but says she fantasizes about a credible film career. -- read full article
Mon, 11 May 2009 11:48:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - The Rhine overflowed its banks, Valhalla went up in flames, and the world according to Otto Schenk came crashing down one final time as the Metropolitan Opera retired its venerable production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.
AP - The New York Philharmonic played Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary on Monday, recreating the piece that Leonard Bernstein conducted at the arts complex's 1959 groundbreaking.
AP - The Rhine overflowed its banks, Valhalla went up in flames, and the world according to Otto Schenk came crashing down one final time as the Metropolitan Opera retired its venerable production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.