American music took shape and went global thanks to the country’s melting pot of influences. Yet one of the most important sources of the sound often goes forgotten — American Indians. A new documentary, “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” shines a new light on the history and traces how indigenous people’s rhythms, singing … Read more
After a long career shocking audiences, even Alice Cooper has surprises. The glam rocker has discovered an Andy Warhol work that had been rolled up in storage for decades. The red silkscreen piece, easily worth millions of dollars, adapts a printed image of an electric chair as part of the pop artist’s “Death and Disaster” … Read more
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praised Budapest for “standing up for” the Jewish state, at talks with Hungarian premier Viktor Orban who is under fire at home for allegedly stoking anti-Semitism. “I want to thank you for standing up for Israel in international forums, you have done this again and again,” Netanyahu said at … Read more
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is in Budapest Tuesday for talks with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who hopes the visit will silence critics accusing him of leading an anti-Semitic crusade against US billionaire George Soros. It brings together two rightwingers enamoured of US President Donald Trump and with a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order … Read more
Hungary welcomes Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday on a landmark visit that Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes will bolster him in his battle with George Soros and deflect charges of stoking anti-Semitism. It brings together two right-wingers enamoured of US President Donald Trump and with a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order bankrolled, … Read more
The EU launched legal action against Hungary on Thursday over a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups that critics say targets US billionaire George Soros. The move came hours after the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban said it would end a poster campaign attacking Soros that has been accused of anti-Semitism. Brussels also announced … Read more
Israel has backtracked after calling on Hungary to halt a poster campaign targeting George Soros, saying it stands against anti-Semitism but that criticism of the US billionaire is also legitimate. On Saturday, Israel’s ambassador in Budapest Yossi Amrani issued a statement criticising the poster campaign that Jewish leaders say stoked anti-Semitism. The posters show a … Read more
Israel’s ambassador in Budapest called on Hungary on Saturday to halt a nationwide poster campaign targeting US billionaire George Soros, which Jewish leaders say is stoking anti-Semitic feelings. The posters show a large picture of the Hungarian-born Jewish emigre laughing, alongside the text: “Let’s not leave Soros the last laugh”, a reference to government claims … Read more
Ringo Starr celebrated his 77th birthday Friday with a call for more love in the world on a song from a new album that will feature Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. The former Beatles drummer announced that “Peace and Love,” his 19th studio album, will come out on September 15 and include collaborations with McCartney as … Read more
Paul McCartney has reached a settlement over copyright to the Beatles catalog, avoiding a legal battle that could have had wide ramifications for the music business. McCartney filed a lawsuit in January in a US court to secure rights from Sony ATV Music Publishing in the wake of a British judicial ruling that shook up … Read more
Pop star Ed Sheeran has headlined Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, just six years after his debut at one of the festival’s smallest venues. In 2011, the star played the solar-powered Croissant Neuf stage, playing “to about 500 people”. On Sunday, he closed the festival, attracting a much younger audience than Friday and Saturday’s headliners, Radiohead and … Read more
A writer has charged that rock legend Bob Dylan lifted sections of his Nobel Prize lecture from SparkNotes, the free online study guide aimed at students. Dylan, the surprise winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, last week delivered a long-awaited lecture that was a requirement to receive the eight million kroner ($923,000) prize from … Read more
A writer has charged that rock legend Bob Dylan lifted sections of his Nobel Prize lecture from SparkNotes, the free online study guide aimed at students. Dylan, the surprise winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, last week delivered a long-awaited lecture that was a requirement to receive the eight million kroner ($923,000) prize from … Read more
Major Maxwell Mahama’s close family has paid moving tribute to their fallen husband, brother and son, at his burial service at the State House in Accra. Moving tributes came in from Major Mahama’s widow, his children, his parents and another stakeholder he crossed paths with in his lifetime. Major Mahama’s grief-stricken father, Rtd. Captain Dennis Mahama, notably … Read more
A group of 19 plucky pigs caused a five-kilometre (three mile) traffic jam on a Japanese motorway after making a bold dash for freedom while on the way to market. Police near Osaka, western Japan, scrambled to round up the porky rebels as they trotted cheerfully along the hard shoulder of the Hanshin Expressway on … Read more
On his first album in 25 years, Roger Waters has brought back the tense mood of isolation that characterized Pink Floyd. But this time the nemesis isn’t abstract — it’s Donald Trump. The rock legend Friday released “Is This the Life We Really Want?”, his first studio album since 1992, accompanied by an extensive tour … Read more
A guitar of Grateful Dead legend Jerry Garcia on Wednesday raised more than $3 million at an auction to support a leading civil rights group. Known as Wolf, the custom-made electric guitar was a constant concert companion of Garcia until the jam rock icon died in 1995. The original buyer put the guitar back on … Read more
One of Grateful Dead legend Jerry Garcia’s most famous guitars is going back on auction, where it could fetch more than $1 million to back a civil rights group. Known as Wolf, the electric guitar was custom-made by luthier Doug Irwin. Garcia debuted it at a 1973 concert in New York before the instrument — … Read more
Everton winger Aaron Lennon was detained under the Mental Health Act by police over concerns for his welfare. The 30-year-old was taken to hospital “for assessment” after police were called to Salford on Sunday. Lennon is now “receiving care and treatment for a stress-related illness”, his club has said. The England international, who joined Everton … Read more
Their once rocky relationship is closer than ever, but Michael Douglas has revealed dad Kirk still harbors one grudge — being snubbed for his son’s Oscar-winning “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The younger Douglas was just 29 when he earned his place among Hollywood’s elite as the producer behind the first movie in 40 … Read more