music: Renée Fleming’s Crossover to Rock, ‘Dark Hope’
Renée Fleming’s rock foray, “Dark Hope,” is classical crossover, even if she won’t admit it. feeds.nytimes.com |
Neil Young's Greendale Turns Graphic Novel
Neil Young created the fictional town of Greendale on his 2003 album. Now he’s visiting again in the form of a graphic novel. feeds.nytimes.com |
Welsh Jay-Z video spoof scores hits online
An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof says. cbc.ca |
Music Review | American String Quartet : A 1988 Commission, Revisited on an Anniversary
The American String Quartet is celebrating its 35th anniversary this season, and the Manhattan School of Music, where it has been in residence for 26 of those years, is giving a party. feeds.nytimes.com |
Playlist | Mark Ronson: An Admirer Of Tight Production, But of Sludge, Too
Mark Ronson, a British musician, has a new album, “Record Collection.” feeds.nytimes.com |