A group of Chinese people saying they work for a TV network told YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh to take down their likenesses from his channel.Brendan Kavanagh/YouTube A pianist’s live stream went viral after a group of Chinese people insisted he obscure their faces. The confrontation escalated into shouting as the pianist protested and the group grew … Read more
The lasting influence of McCann was apparent in real time, but especially in the 1990s and 2000s when countless artists began sampling his songs in their own music. While bands like Massive Attack, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and H2O included portions of his tracks in their own, McCann’s pulse imprinted most effortlessly and noticeably … Read more
Michel Petrucciani overcame severe physical disabilities – he was born, on December 28, 1962, with osteogenesis imperfecta, known as “glass bone disease” – to earn wide renown as a pianist and composer. “Sometimes I think someone upstairs saved me from being ordinary,” he said. Petrucciani was born to Italian parents in Montpellier, France. He could … Read more
George Winston, the pianist and guitarist identified for foundational solo piano recordings on the daybreak of New Age, died Sunday (June 4) after a decade-long battle with most cancers. Over a profession spanning greater than 50 years, Winston launched 16 solo piano albums—together with the Grammy-winning 1994 album Forest—in addition to information from various Hawaiian … Read more