WASHINGTON: The United States initially cheered on the Arab Spring but as fresh popular uprisings sweep through Sudan and Algeria, U.S. President Donald Trump...
WASHINGTON: As a shy, studious teenager in Alabama, Hoda Muthana rarely made waves. After her abrupt transformation into a fiery supporter of Daesh (ISIS)...
WARSAW: The United States is seeking this week in Warsaw to rally the world behind a vision of the Middle East that includes maximum pressure on Iran and...
NEW YORK: Whether by brazenly injecting sex in the public sphere, adopting gay subculture for mainstream audiences or becoming the top-selling female musician...
ASPEN, Colo.: The music teachers spending the summer in the mountain air of Aspen can tell you all about that most famous instructor of them all, Nadia...
WESTPORT, Conn.: Deciding how to tell his story as one of fashion’s edgiest designers, Jean Paul Gaultier knew there had to be music. And he knew it had to...
INDIO, Calif.: Coachella became one of the world’s premier music festivals not only for the A-list performers. The two-weekend party in the California...
NEW YORK: Swinging with the karaoke microphone, Lucas Meachem belted out an “I Believe I Can Fly” that would instantly put to shame any unsuspecting amateur...
NEW YORK: Bruno Mars, who revived retro funk and R&B for a new generation, swept the Grammy Awards Sunday in a surprise snub to the hip-hop world, which had...
NEW YORK: The Grammys – often derided as a tone-deaf music industry lovefest – will take on new relevance this year, as hip-hop artists for the...
MONTREAL, Canada: Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has been covered hundreds of times, so often that the legendary singer-songwriter once...
NEW YORK: As a multilingual pop star, Carla Bruni intimately feels each language. In her native Italian, she explains, reading a simple menu sounds like...
YORK: The frontwoman of Russian punk provocateurs Pussy Riot is planning to recreate her prison ordeal through an immersive theatrical piece with a message to...
NEW YORK: When the universe was born, what did it sound like? The question underlies an inventive and challenging new exhibition in New York that explores the...
NEW YORK: Rap has been called a universal language – but it can also be a tool to preserve languages at risk. In small communities around the world,...
NEW YORK: Ten years ago, most vinyl records sold for a few dollars – dusty old albums with dog-eared covers that had been thrown out as useless relics...
NEW YORK: Rock’n’roll pioneer Chuck Berry, who helped shape modern youth culture with his dance-ready rhythms while struggling with institutional racism, died...
NEW YORK: To Mohammad Fairouz, a leading U.S. composer whose work seeks the universal in the present day, policy experts have it wrong when it comes to...
LOS ANGELES: Craving a new outlet despite his growing success, the indie rocker Hanni El Khatib took his cues from a perhaps unexpected source – the rap...
LOS ANGELES: Adele triumphed once again at the Grammys Sunday, with five awards for her latest blockbuster album of ballads. She used her moment in the sun to...
NEW YORK: Bearing flowers, lipstick and glitter, fans around the world paid tribute to rock icon David Bowie Tuesday, a year after his shocking death....
NEW YORK: Lars von Trier’s bleak, erotic 1996 film “Breaking the Waves” has become a modern film classic partly because it gives viewers wide freedom to...
NEW YORK: Among the crop of septuagenarian star rockers, Neil Young stands out for the earnestness of his beliefs and his prolific output. For his 40th solo...
NEW YORK: Rap superstar Eminem has re-emerged, launching a loaded, lyrical attack on Donald Trump in the form of an eight-minute song. The top-selling rapper...
NEW YORK: When Bruce Springsteen’s first marriage fell apart, the rock legend – a multimillionaire about to turn 40 – received a surprise offer. His father...