Violin Anne-Sophie Mutter Awarded $138,000 Japanese ‘Praemium Imperiale’ Awardtheviolinchannel.com - The Violin Channel The Japan Art Association has today announced the recipients of the annual Praemium Imperiale Awards – including German violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie …
Steve Jobs “We Could Say Anything to Each Other”: Bob Iger Remembers Steve Jobs, the Pixar Drama, and the Apple Merger That Wasn’tVanity Fair - Robert IgerAs he exits Apple’s board, the Disney chief reminisces about his unlikely friendship with its mercurial founder—and how their radical visions aligned to save two companies. In January 2006, I joined Steve
Apple Watch Apple has lost its third top executive this yearCNBC - Steve Kovach Apple's head of communications Steve Dowling is leaving the company, Recode first reported. CNBC has also confirmed Dowling's departure. Dowling is …
Mobile Technology Disney CEO Bob Iger: I believe if Steve Jobs were still alive, we might have combined with AppleCNBC - Alex Sherman Disney CEO Bob Iger believes he would have discussed combining Disney with Apple had Steve Jobs not died in 2011, according to a passage from his new …
Los Angeles, CA Column: A homeless musician changed my life; I wish I could do more to change hisLos Angeles Times - Steve LopezWhen we met, in 2005, I wouldn’t have guessed we’d still be in each other’s lives this far down the road. He was playing a violin near the Beethoven statue in downtown L.A.’s Pershing Square. The violin
Play button1980s Ric Ocasek, Cars Singer Who Fused Pop and New Wave, Dead at 75Rolling Stone - Kory Grow Ric Ocasek, the idiosyncratic singer and guitarist for the Cars and hitmaking album producer, died on Sunday in his New York City apartment. He was …
Jeff Goldblum ‘I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This,’ But Jeff Goldblum Just Announced a New Albumhighsnobiety.com - Sarah Osei Resident style godfather, sometime actor and musician, Jeff Goldblum has announced a new album, I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This. The new record will …
Netflix Netflix co-founder: 'Blockbuster laughed at us … Now there's one left'The Guardian - Sam LevinIt was a fluke that the Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph changed the history of television. It almost didn’t happen. In 1997, the Santa Cruz businessman was spending his carpool rides to work brainstorming
Apple Arcade Tim Cook Used a Specific Communication Strategy in Apple's iPhone Keynote. Here's Why Every Public Speaker Should TooInc Magazine - Carmine GalloApple puts a lot of work into explaining the new iPhone 11 in as few words as possible. Apple's press release for the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro runs about 2,000 words. At the end of Tuesday's keynote,
Tony Bennett Tony Bennett, at 93: 'I just want to keep learning and expressing the truth' - The San Diego Union-Tribunesandiegouniontribune.com Serving pizza and pasta to diners while singing in an Italian restaurant is not part of the typical career path for future music legends. But Tony …
Sonny Rollins “I Was Always Trying To Get Better”: Sonny Rollins On A Life In Jazzudiscovermusic.com - Charles Waring 1957 was a significant year in the life and career of 89-year-old Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins. An outstanding tenor saxophonist noted for his …
Jeff Goldblum Disney announces new original series ‘The World According To Jeff Goldblum’NME - Will Richards Disney have announced details of a new series based on Jeff Goldblum. The actor and musician, who has played Glastonbury among a host of shows this …
Play buttonViolin John Williams And Anne-Sophie Mutter, 2 Geniuses For The Price Of OneNPR - Tim Greiving"I once said to Fred Astaire, 'Isn't it wonderful what the Gershwin brothers did for you at RKO?' " John Williams recalls. Astaire answered. "Yes. But Irving Berlin did more." Williams has more American
Classical Music The wondrous power of Martha ArgerichThe Economist Her performances are at once thunderous and skilful, transcendent and human WHEN MY father died, suddenly and unexpectedly, I found there were several …
Classical Music Blackface Scandal Divides The World Of OperaForbes - Oisin LunnyI write about great music, mobile-centric tech and related trends. It is difficult to imagine the Bregenz Festival being criticized for its modern approach. However, other modern sensibilities are finding
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston And Reese Witherspoon Star In 'The Morning Show' On Apple TV+Elle - By Becky BurgumAre you missing Big Little Lies? Have you been wondering where Jen An is lately? Fear not, Apple's new streaming service has you covered (and Netflix quaking in their boots). Jennifer Aniston and Reese
Blues Music How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular MusicNPR - Maureen MahonSinger Bessie Smith's recording career lasted only 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that helped shape the sound of the 20th century. Her first single, "Downhearted Blues" — written
Bill Frisell in Harmony with Blue Notejazzwise.com Grammy-nominated guitarist Bill Frisell has signed on the dotted line with Blue Note Records. Though his association with the imprint dates back nearly …
Meet Lise Davidsen, the Norwegian soprano described as having “a voice in a million”classicfm.com - Rosie Pentreath She has been described as having “a voice in a million”, has already released her debut recording, and has been selected to perform at the Bavarian …
Alfred Hitchcock: every film dissected in new appreciation of director’s genius by Taschenscmp.com - Adam Wright Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films, edited by Paul Duncan, Taschen, 4.5/5 starsAlfred Hitchcock may be best known as “the master of suspense”, but …
Play buttonMobile Technology French inventor successfully crosses the English Channel on a hoverboardThe Verge - Andrew LiptakAfter a failed attempt at the end of July, French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crossed the English Channel early this morning on his Flyboard Air, a jet-powered hoverboard. Zapata departed from
Camilleri, author of Montalbano detective series, dies at 93Associated Press - By FRANCES D'EMILIOROME (AP) — Author Andrea Camilleri, creator of the best-selling Commissario Montalbano series about a likable, though oft-brooding small-town Sicilian police chief who mixes humanity with pragmatism solve
Play button Herbie Hancock Is Still Breaking RulesThe New York Times - By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLOIf jazz for you means tradition and inheritance, maybe Herbie Hancock can change your mind. At the very least, he’d like to make you think twice about what “tradition” means. The pianist and composer never
| Shabaka Hutchings Interviewsfjazz.org Shabaka Hutchings has three bands, a recording contract with a prestige label, and he seems never to not be touring. Off stage, the saxophonist is …
Exclusive video interview: Don Was talks about Blue Note Recordsjazzwise.com Jazzwise sat down with the President of Blue Note Records, Don Was, to look back at the label's history and to talk about the label's 80th …
Gregory Porter interview: 'The protest music of jazz is still there' | London Evening Standardstandard.co.uk - Samuel fishwick There’s more to life than image, says Gregory Porter, a hulking, 6ft 4in jazz titan whose pastel shorts nicely offset the balaclava he always wears …
The Marvel Phase 4 thirst is already super powerfulMashable - Caitlin WelshEver since Iron Man reminded us that Robert Downey Jr is handsome enough to pull off that beard and playboy smarm and still be fine, audiences have been thirsty for superheroes. (I hear there were occasionally
Bloomberg: Jeff Williams is Second-Most Important Person at Apple, Operates Similar to Tim CookMacRumors - Joe RossignolLast month, Apple announced that Jony Ive will be leaving Apple later this year to form an independent design company, with Apple among its primary clients. In turn, Apple indicated that its operations
Apple Hires Former Tesla Engineering VP With Expertise in Car InteriorsMacRumors - Juli CloverApple recently hired Steve MacManus, a former Tesla executive in charge of engineering for car exteriors and interiors, reports Bloomberg. MacManus joined Tesla at 2015 and has also worked at Jaguar Land
