Carnegie Hall

Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars

2013-05-17 06:00:00

� If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...

2013 TV Upfronts: First-place CBS isn't afraid to be 'smug'

2013-05-15 19:26:00

At ABC’s upfront presentation Tuesday in New York City, Jimmy Kimmel slammed the perennial first-place finisher CBS as a bunch of “smug” jerks (though he opted for a more a colorful epithet that isn’t fit to be repeated here)....

Arlo Guthrie is performing to honor dad Woody Guthrie's legacy

2013-04-12 17:13:00

When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him "This Land Is Your Land." The verses decrying hunger and espousing equality didn't strike Arlo as political...

George Beverly Shea dies at 104; Grammy-winning gospel singer

2013-04-16 21:46:00

George Beverly Shea, a gospel singer and songwriter who was a featured part of the Billy Graham crusades for more than 50 years, died Tuesday. He was 104. Shea, who received a lifetime achievement award at the 2011 Grammy Awards, died in Asheville, N.C....

Pulitzer Prize for music goes to composer Caroline Shaw

2013-04-15 13:18:00

Composer�Caroline Shaw has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for music for her a cappella composition "Partita for 8 Voices." The two finalists in the category this year were Aaron Jay Kernis for "Pieces of Winter Sky" and�Wadada Leo Smith for "Ten Freedom...

Striking San Francisco Symphony players explain absence to fans

2013-03-23 08:00:00

Country music great George Jones earned the dubious nickname “No Show Jones” because he was often otherwise engaged when it was time to go on stage. His way of apologizing, �sort of, was to write a song that humorously admitted he wasn&...

San Francisco Symphony cancels East Coast tour as strike continues

2013-03-18 08:00:00

The San Francisco Symphony said on Sunday that it has canceled its upcoming East Coast tour�as its musicians continue to strike over compensation. The orchestra's tour was scheduled to kick off Wednesday at Carnegie Hall in New York, with two concerts....

Live review: Alicia Keys at Staples Center

2013-03-13 12:04:00

When Alicia Keys performed her spare 2009 single “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” at her Staples Center headlining set on Tuesday, she had some unhappy company onstage. The song, one of her best, is about giving into impulsive love and its...

San Francisco Symphony musicians go out on strike

2013-03-13 16:14:25

They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too

2013-01-05 05:00:00

Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...

See YA author John Green hang out with President Obama

2013-02-15 14:35:00

Following his State of the Union address, President Obama did a Google+ hangout with five engaged citizens -- including writer John Green. Green is the bestselling author of the young adult books "The Fault in Our Stars," "Will Grayson Will Grayson,"...

Review: Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding aim high at Disney Hall

2013-02-10 11:42:00

With Los Angeles steadily filling with music royalty for this weekend's Grammy Awards and the many parties and performances in its orbit, Wayne Shorter led a show that served as a celebration of its own at Disney Hall on Saturday night. Featuring the...

Conductor James Levine, with members of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, at a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Carnegie Hall during Spring For Music festival

2013-05-08 10:05:00

BSO at Carnegie Hall opening Spring For Music festival

2013-05-06 00:00:00