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The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) brings together three of the country's most powerful female vocalists for a special performance on 21 May to celebrate the music of the unforgettable Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

Last night, Alice Merton's The Voice of Germany contestant, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso won the season. This victory marks the first time in The Voice of Germany's nine seasons that a female coach had the winning contestant. Prior to her victory, Merton and Santoso sang an original single Alice had written for her entitled, 'Goodbye.'  Santoso won the contest with a whopping 46% of the vote against four other competitors. Santoso is the third international contestant to win in the show's history.

This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced the world premiere of The Lumineers' III (pronounced 'three'), a visual exploration of the band's third and latest album, on Sunday, September 8 at 3PM in Cinema 1 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (Reitman Square: 350 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3X5).

2018 Grammy Award-winning recording artist Lisa Loeb will cap off her string of summer tour dates throughout the U.S. with a special must-see show at Los Angeles' Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth Theatre, Thursday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m.

The Lumineers have released the music video for 'Leader Of The Landslide,' a song off their upcoming album III out September 13 on Dualtone (an Entertainment One Company) in the U.S. and Canada and Decca Records for the rest of the world. The upcoming album is a cinematic narrative told in three chapters, with songs from each chapter focusing on one primary character out of three generations of the fictional Sparks family. Each chapter is being released as an audio EP within the full-length album. Songs and videos from Chapter I, Gloria Sparks was released this past spring, and 'Leader Of The Landslide' marks the second song released from the second chapter Junior Sparks, the grandson of the aforementioned Gloria. Chapter III will revolve around Gloria's son Jimmy Sparks.

The Lumineers have released the music video for 'It Wasn't Easy To Be Happy For You,' a song off their upcoming album III out September 13 on Dualtone (an Entertainment One Company) in the U.S. and Canada and Decca Records for the rest of the world. The upcoming album is a cinematic narrative told in three chapters, with songs from each chapter focusing on one primary character out of three generations of the fictional Sparks family. Each chapter is being released as an audio EP within the full-length album. Songs and videos from Chapter I, Gloria Sparks were released this past spring, and 'It Wasn't Easy To Be Happy For You' marks the first release from the second chapter Junior Sparks, the grandson of the aforementioned Gloria. Chapter III will revolve around Gloria's son, 'Jimmy Sparks.'

Fantastic Negrito is marking the one year anniversary of his GRAMMY® Award-winning album, PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD, with the premiere of a powerful new companion video. 'The Suit That Won't Come Off' is streaming now at Fantastic Negrito's official YouTube channel HERE. A special closed captioned version of the video is also available to stream on Fantastic Negrito's official Facebook page with a donation link to the Braille Institute.

Morrissey hit Broadway for the first time in his career playing a retrospective show at New York City's hallowed Lunt-Fontanne Theater. The affair will run for seven days through May 11th and promises an intimate yet exciting exploration of Morrissey's expansive career from his early days to his upcoming new record 'California Son': a collection of 1960/70s classic covers out on May 24th via Etienne Records/BMG.

Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is proud to announce its Spring 2019 Program, featuring intimate conversations that pair Times journalists with today's most creative and influential voices in the fields of film, television, theater, dance, music, literature and politics.

Gary Clark Jr.'s universally acclaimed new album THIS LAND (Warner Bros. Records) has entered the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at the #6 position and marks his third consecutive album to enter into the Top 10. 

Today, Grammy Award winner Gary Clark Jr. releases his highly anticipated, third full-length studio album THIS LAND. Recorded in Clark's hometown of Austin, Texas and produced by Clark and Jacob Sciba, THIS LAND finds Clark revealing his most lyrically expressive and musically eclectic body of work to date that harnesses his explosive live energy into every song. Critics have instantly taken THIS LAND to heart. Click HERE to purchase or stream THIS LAND.

Paul McCartney has confirmed the release of the Egypt Station Traveller's Edition, out May 10 via Capitol Records.

St. Vincent joins the artist lineup for BREATHEWATCHLISTENTOUCH: The Work and Music of Yoko Ono at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, March 22. Throughout this exceptional evening, Ono's art and music will be performed by a diverse group of artists - whose work is informed by Ono's legacy - in a concert-length celebration of her 60-plus year career. The concert is part of the LA Phil's season-long Fluxus Festival.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter-performer-producer-actress-activist Janelle Monáe has unveiled a new Director's Cut of her remarkable DIRTY COMPUTER: AN EMOTION PICTURE BY JANELLE MONÁE. The narrative film – which of course accompanies Monáe's GRAMMY® Award-nominated third solo album project, DIRTY COMPUTER, available for streaming and download HERE – now features 13 additional minutes of never-before-seen interview footage with the star and creative team. The DIRTY COMPUTER Director's Cut is streaming now via Amazon and Qello HERE. It will be available via Google in March.

After years out of print, Rickie Lee Jones' first two albums are now available on LP. Her self-titled debut album and the lauded follow up Pirates were re-released digitally via AWAL Recordings in the latter half of 2018. Now they receive their long overdue vinyl reissues.

The Kitchen presents the late composer Robert Ashley's newly reconstructed 1985 opera Improvement (Don Leaves Linda).

After years out of print, Rickie Lee Jones' first two albums will be available on LP. Rickie's self-titled debut album and the lauded follow up Pirates were re-released digitally and on CD via AWAL Recordings in the latter half of 2018. Now they will receive their long overdue vinyl reissues on January 18. Pre-order Rickie Lee Jones HERE and Pirates HERE.