The Sound of Musicals

Taylor Swift’s Breakup Plans: Writing New Music And Hanging With The Squad

Edit Inquisitr 13 Nov 2016

For the most part, Taylor Swift has been laying low amid her extended hiatus from making music. The singer has been back in the studio making new music for her forthcoming sixth album, according to her friends Gigi Hadid and Martha Hunt ... The former country music star is exploring a new urban sound on her next album, according to a new report via The Sun ... It’s a real mix of edgier hip-hop and R&B; sounds.”....

The 20 Best Daft Punk Songs

Edit Billboard 13 Nov 2016

It is the pop sound of the day, and Daft Punk has most certainly played a heavy hand in that sonic domination ... It's the sound of rainbow pastel confetti in a ticker-tape parade ... It was a big departure from the heavily electronic sounds of earlier work, and some fans were indeed alienated, but historically speaking, Daft Punk has been anything but predictable or a la mode....

Sting reopens Paris' Bataclan hall on anniversary of militant attack

Edit AOL 13 Nov 2016

PARIS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rock star Sting headlined a concert in Paris' Bataclan music hall on Saturday to mark the venue's reopening a year after three Islamist militants gunned down 90 revelers in France's bloodiest terror attack ... 13, 2015, the assailants burst through the music hall's main entrance and sprayed automatic gunfire into the crowd as the Californian rock band the Eagles of Death Metal played on stage....

Dusty The Musical review: Songs the main attraction in Springfield tribute

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 13 Nov 2016

THE MUSICAL ★★★ ... Based on the life of Dusty Springfield, this jukebox musical has its share of flaws and triumphs ... An icon of '60s glamour and soul, Dusty Springfield's look and sound are the stuff of legend ... Dusty was born Mary O'Brien, and one of the show's successful conceits has Mary, the red-haired Catholic schoolgirl from Ealing, haunting the ......

Marching bands seek perfection in Chula Vista competition

Edit The San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Nov 2016

Rich Kellis, director of the Castle Park High School marching band, stood and listened to his squad Saturday morning with an ear for “blended balance,” that state of musical transcendence where the sounds of individual instruments merge into one unified whole. It wasn’t quite there, so the veteran ... ....

Old rockers never die - they just keep clinging onto the past

Edit Irish Independent 13 Nov 2016

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Give us filmmakers like Yash Chopra and we'll still do films: Pt Shivkumar Sharma and ...

Edit DNA India 13 Nov 2016

They spoke to Yogesh Pawar on their music, partnership and the state of classical music in the country ... The whole world knows of his superlative understanding of music ... On the other hand, thanks to the Internet, people have access to some of the music of the stalwarts of the yesteryears and can learn so much ... This was a good way of taking our music to the man on the street....

Leonard and his Indian healing

Edit DNA India 13 Nov 2016

Balsekar’s quotidian approach to spirituality, where some of the most complex philosophical conundrums were explained against the background sound of an ordinary middle class household waking up and the noise of the traffic on a busy Mumbai thoroughfare outside was tantalizing ... And thus he had departed India and had gone on to create some of his finest music in the years that followed....

Indian Navy strikes a musical note

Edit The Hindu 13 Nov 2016

The Indian Navy struck a chord with the audience at Pondicherry University as a band of sailors provided a musical treat as part of the Navy Week – 2016 celebrations here on Saturday. The Navy Band Concert of Military Music, comprising 30 sailors under band director Lieutenant Commander Satish K Champion, left the audience spellbound with their wide-ranging musical performance....

Lulu joins judging panel in search to find stars for Take That show

Edit Belfast Telegraph 13 Nov 2016

... night series Let It Shine, a search for the lead cast of a show based on Take That's music ... Her role will involve whittling down the groups to five bands who will go on to compete in the live finals of the show, with the winning group landing jobs with the cast of a touring musical featuring the music of Take That....

Miles Davis is number one in top 50 greatest jazz albums

Edit Belfast Telegraph 13 Nov 2016

Miles Davis' album Kind Of Blue has topped a list of the the best jazz albums of all time. The American trumpeter's record beat John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Charles Mingus' Ah Um for the number one spot in a countdown of the 50 greatest jazz albums airing on the BBC Music Jazz 'pop up' radio station ... The ranking of the albums was ......

Digital noise suppression, other tech lets carmakers tweak interior auto sounds

Edit Digital Trends 13 Nov 2016

If you like quiet when you're cruising but a hearty rumble and roar when you hit the gas, active noise cancellation and digital sound can deliver. Automakers select signature sound profiles for various models based on typical owner preferences. The post Digital noise suppression, other tech lets carmakers tweak interior auto sounds appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

Five-year coffee development strategy in offing

Edit The Himalayan 13 Nov 2016

Focusing on quality and enhancing the productivity of the coffee sector, the National Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB) has proposed a five-year strategic plan (2016-21). The strategic plan has been submitted to the board committee of NTCDB, which is led by the minister for agricultural development, for approval ... Currently, Korea, Japan, China and Germany are the major export markets of Nepali coffee....