- Next Jazz Legacy’s Fifth Cohort Takes the Stage at DC JazzFest 7 August 2026 19:24 The Washington Informer Next Jazz Legacy (NJL), the national apprenticeship and mentorship program from New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, will present its fifth cohort of emerging artists at the DC Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 5, 2026, …
- Magnus Ferrell on His Viral Hit ‘Asleep Talking’ and Dad Will Ferrell Showing Michelle Obama His Music: ‘I Finally Felt Ready to Have a Spotlight on It’ 7 August 2026 19:06 Variety Not every up-and-coming artist can say they watched Michelle Obama jam out to their music before landing on the charts. But two weeks after Will Ferrell proudly played his son Magnus Ferrell’s single “Asleep Talking” on the former first lady’s “IMO” …
- Denver’s dueling music festivals share success, high numbers on the same weekend 7 August 2026 18:43 Westword - Colorado A battle waged throughout Denver last month between the indestructible punks and the mystifying Blucifer. Everyone won. Over 400 bands took up multiple stages in the city on the last weekend of July as, deliberately or not, the Underground Music Showcase ( …
- CD Spotlight: ‘Blue Soul’ and ‘Viñao’ by Eastman Percussion Ensemble 7 August 2026 18:16 WXXI Classical - New York Blue makes Michael Burritt think “of hope and good things.” He has assigned that color to a few of his pieces, including one just recorded by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble: “Blue Soul.” Burritt takes on a journey through overlapping musical worlds, over …
- Mari Grug and Joe Allen given Gorsedd honour 7 August 2026 19:18 Cambrian News A POPULAR TV presenter who has recorded her brave battle against cancer, an international footballer and a reggae singer were honoured by Gorsedd Cymru at the National Eisteddfod which is being held this week in Llantwd. Blue skies and warm sun were …
- A Minnesota reggae band gave this Midwestern Jewish teenager the greatest gift of all 7 August 2026 19:03 Jewish Post and News A terrible mutation afflicts American politics. What began as fury over Israel’s conduct of the Gaza war has evolved, in significant parts of the progressive left, into a pathological hostility toward Israel that has become a driver of political identity …
- Smash-hit musical Hadestown coming to Nottingham on first ever UK tour 7 August 2026 19:10 Chad And it will be at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from the end of March until early April next year. Hadestown takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, …
- Magnus Ferrell on His Viral Hit ‘Asleep Talking’ and Dad Will Ferrell Showing Michelle Obama His Music: ‘I Finally Felt Ready to Have a Spotlight on It’ 7 August 2026 19:06 Variety Not every up-and-coming artist can say they watched Michelle Obama jam out to their music before landing on the charts. But two weeks after Will Ferrell proudly played his son Magnus Ferrell’s single “Asleep Talking” on the former first lady’s “IMO” …