About a year after rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, Bruce Hornsby received a parcel in the mail. It was from the foundation bearing Shakur’s name. “And so obviously, I’m opening this up, curious,” ...

When young people are told by their parents to practice the piano, rarely do any of them think they might be playing in the hippest rock group ever in a few short years. Most of the time, we think of ...

Billy Joel may have been a brilliant musician behind a piano, but he admitted that this pianist was miles above anything he ...

One of the most startling moments at the sometimes baffling Paris Olympics closing ceremony came when a ‘floating’ grand piano appeared above the Stade de France stage. And, just to add to the drama, ...

Ninety-two years ago today, one of the key figures in the development of the Nashville Sound was born in Louisiana.

SCHENECTADY — There really isn’t much new to say about Bob Dylan in the year 2023. His voice has long been an acquired taste, and time and cigarettes have only exacerbated that preference. His song ...

Maestro, which is now streaming on Netflix, tells the story of one the most celebrated composers of modern times: Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein—who is played in the movie by heavily prosthetic-ized ...

The Piano Guys learned a lesson in 2020: Be careful what you wish for. “True story: In 2019, we told our booking agent we wanted to take a year off touring in 2020 to focus on music production,” Jon ...

LENOX, MASS. — The Shakespeare & Company production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” proves why the play, first produced on Broadway in 1990, deserved winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama as well ...