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GAC Drives Global Ambitions at Canton Fair Music & Food Festival
GAC Group is putting its global ambitions in gear at the 138th Canton Fair Music & Food Festival, using the high-profile Guangzhou event to showcase its latest smart vehicles and reaffirm its 'Threefold Global Strategy'. As the official auto...
How to cancel your Spotify subscription
Spotify recently came under fire for running recruitment ads for ICE, which ask users to "join the mission to protect America" and to "fulfill [their] mission," in the US. Despite music labels calling on the streaming service to stop serving ICE...
On This Day in 1963, The Beatles Performed to a Tough Swedish Critic: “No Musical Importance Whatsoever”
There’s eating crow, and then there’s the Swedish music critic who once claimed The Beatles were a band of “no musical importance whatsoever” in 1963. A pop reviewer for Karlstad newspaper, Nya Wemlands Tidning, attended an early Fab Four concert...
An evening of rhythms, roots and musical dialogue
Visual Voices, Generation for Change, L’atelier des artistes en exil from France, and Savino Rock Bar host a musical event on October 29 with Ibrahim Kamara and Pilot Jones. Rhythms from West Africa, Cypriot tunes and powerful spoken word will...
The story of Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, is one of American ingenuity, cultural integrity and a century of free concerts.
The year is 1925. The Great Gatsby is published, the jazz age is swinging, and on October 28th, a new concert hall opens at an unlikely spot — the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. If only its cream-colored walls could talk. For 100 years,...
Music composer arrested for raping singer under false promise of work
MUMBAI: Sachin Sanghvi, a 45-year-old music composer, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old female singer after promising her work in a music album. Sanghvi, part of the famous composer duo Sachin-Jugar and best...
VSO trio to play concert in Ludlow
Jane Kittredge, Brooke Quiggins Saulnier, and John Dunlop will performa in the Heald Auditorium, on Nov. 2. Photo provided by Vermont Symphony Orchestra LUDLOW, Vt. – The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) comes to the Ludlow Auditorium for an...
SOULFLY Shares Music Video For 'No Pain = No Power' Featuring FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES
SOULFLY has released a music video for the song "No Pain = No Power", taken from the band's thirteenth album, "Chama", which came out on October 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. This punishing track captures the band in full battle mode — raw and...
Me & My Jazz (Episode 2): Did Wynton Marsalis save jazz?
By Yomi SOWER “Ma’am what would you like to order?” The handsomely-attired waiter asked as he handed me the menu. I received it and glanced up to see a sparkling set of dentition and his beaming smile while he waited for my order from the wine...
Music Scene: Upcoming concerts and musical performances around Tampa Bay
Ruth Eckerd Hall Brian Culbertson CLEARWATER — Brian Culbertson will perform on Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. Tickets start at $43.25. Call 727-791-7400 or visit www.rutheckerdhall.com....
Witches: The Original Girl Bosses Who Got a Very Bad Rap
Let’s talk about witches. Not the green-faced hags cackling over cauldrons (though we love that aesthetic for Halloween), but the real women throughout history who brewed herbal remedies, lived independently, and refused to play by the rules....
TWICE’s Chaeyoung unable to join Kuala Lumpur concert on 'THIS IS FOR' world tour due to health concerns
JYP Entertainment officially announced that Chaeyoung, a member of TWICE, will not be participating in the group’s upcoming concert in Kuala Lumpur as part of their ongoing World Tour. The performance is scheduled for October 25, 2025, at the...
The insanely beautiful European village with retro beer festival that feels ‘like you’re stepping back 30 years’
IF you miss the 1990s, then there is a place in Europe where you can feel like you are back there. Sitting on the shores of Lake Altausseer in Austria is a small village of Altaussee that’s home to less than 2,000 people. Sign up for the Travel...
Spotify is sponsor of Contemporary Black Music category at Music Business UK Awards
This year’s Music Business UK Awards are now just days away (11 to be precise), and Spotify has now been confirmed as returning sponsor of the Contemporary Black Music category. Preye Crooks of Robots + Humans triumphed last year, and he’s in the...
After 10 Years in France, I've Cracked the Code to Paris Evening Style—Here Are 5 Outfits Locals Actually Wear
Fall layers can make the season one of the trickiest to pack for, especially when you’re squeezing everything into a carry-on. After more than a decade living in France, I've picked up a few style hacks that have streamlined my wardrobe and made...
Italy: Meeting of Cuban Residents in Eur…
Details Written by PL Published: 24 October 2025 Hits: 125 The 17th Meeting of Cuban Residents in Europe (ECRE) opens in Italy with a patriotic march through the streets of Rome to the Cuban Embassy in this capital, where the opening ceremony of...
Video, music production Luminiscence to make U.S. debut at Minneapolis basilica
ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — A production that has captivated crowds in cathedrals across Europe — including in France, Germany and Spain — will make its United States debut at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis in late October. Held indoors,...
One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly
The Dalí Quartet, accompanied by Ricardo Morales on clarinet, performs during the Library of Congress' Stradivari concert in Coolidge Auditorium in 2023. The Library was given a rare set of Stradivarius instruments in 1935. Shawn Miller/Library of...
Has Britain become ungovernable (again)?
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to host ‘France-Atlanta Night’ concert event
Support local news in ATL Credit: Supplied image The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced that it will be hosting “France-Atlanta Night at the ASO” on Friday, Nov. 21, at Atlanta Symphony Hall. Led by renowned French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann,...