Music
Look at a photograph of Death From Above 1979 — or, better yet, take in one of its reliably rowdy concerts — and you’ll feel confident in saying the band consists of two members: drummer Sebastien Grainger, who also sings, and bassist Jesse F.
Sept. 12, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
What’s happening this summer: * “The Peony Pavilion” ran into problems with Shanghai censors, but the three-week Lincoln Center Festival of cutting-edge arts events goes on through July 26 with a new production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” by the Tony Award-winning team of Nicholas Hytner and Bob Crowley (“Carousel”), early music group Sequentia’s production of Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum” (arguably the world’s first opera) and the Hamburg Ballet’s “Bernstein Dances” with costumes by Giorgio Armani.
July 9, 1998
Musical version of ‘Thriller’ is on hold
June 29, 2009
Singer-songwriter Terry Kirkman of the 1960s folk-rock group the Association has died. Kirkman wrote the popular song ‘Cherish,’ among others.
Sept. 25, 2023
Neville Marriner, the first music director of the L.A.
Oct. 2, 2016
Don Alias, 66, a leading percussionist who was a highly sought-after sideman for an array of A-list jazz and pop music figures, died March 28 at his home in New York City.
April 7, 2006
Pop & Hiss
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April 17, 2011
Kurt Cobain, who with his band Nirvana shaped modern rock music from the restless alienation of today’s youth, was found dead Friday, an apparent suicide from a shotgun blast to the head.
April 9, 1994
Joni Sledge, who belonged to the four-sister disco-era group Sister Sledge, best known for its No. 1 hit “We Are Family,” died Friday at her home in Phoenix, a spokeswoman for the group announced.
March 11, 2017
Lou Reed, “Metal Machine Music” (1975).
April 19, 1992