Is pop music really being dumbed down? A music professor explains what the science really says
Scientific studies claim that modern music is growing simpler than ever before - both lyrically and musically. But are they ...
Scene Calendar: Sun Country's 'Hansel & Gretel,' live music and new art at the Harn Museum
Local music lovers are invited to an immersive multimedia experience presented by Niyaz. Iranian-born Azam Ali and Loga Torkian’s Fourth Light Project is an immersive, trance-inducing multimedia ...
Celebrating 200 years of the waltz king
Austria’s waltz king Johann Strauss II - revered like a modern-day pop star during his lifetime - his music has lost none of ...
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Austria celebrates 200 years of 'waltz king' Johann Strauss II
Even 200 years after the birth of Austria's world-famous "waltz king" Johann Strauss II -- widely revered like a modern-day ...
The Best Musical Performances From All 50 Seasons Of ‘SNL’
Ahead of SNL ’s 50th anniversary special, which airs on Sunday, February 16, on NBC and Peacock, I dug deep to find the best ...
How the Village People Went From ‘Y.M.C.A.’ to MAGA
The Village People used to be a disco punchline; now they're the favorite band of Trump and his MAGA movement.
Scene calendar: Valentine's Day dance, theater at The Hipp, and the Czech National Orchestra
This year’s Valentine’s Swing Dance, an annual event put on by Santa Fe College, begins at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the lobby of ...
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
House music’s innovators turned to the drum machine to create the genre’s foundational four-on-the-floor dance rhythm. That rhythm, foreshadowed by Eddy Grant’s 1977 production of “Time ...
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DJ Unk’s cause of death confirmed by wife after ‘Walk It Out’ rapper dies at 43
Rapper DJ Unk, who was best known for the bouncy early-2000s crunk hit “Walk It Out,” has died. The musician’s wife Sherkita Long-Platt announced his death Friday morning on Facebook.
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DJ Unk’s cause of death revealed
DJ Unk (Anthony Platt) on September 17, 2006 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) The artist, real name Anthony Leonard Platt, has had a history of heart attacks ...
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DJ Unk's Cause of Death Revealed by His Wife Days After 'Walk It Out' Rapper Died at 43: Report
DJ Unk's Big Oomp Records label and his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed he died on Jan. 24 Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Brenton's ...
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The cause of death of DJ Unk revealed
The widow of legendary turntable titan and rapper DJ Unk wanted to clear up misconceptions that her husband died from a drug overdose. Sherkita Long-Platt said DJ Unk, whose real name was Anthony ...