Porchlight Music Theatre added an exciting bit Broadway style to its standing in the musical theater world with the announcement Thursday that Tony Award-winning actor Ben Vereen would be joining its artistic advisory board. In the volunteer position, Vereen will offer feedback on the theater’s vision and plans and in many ways function as an…

Auto-Tune turns 25 Cher’s ‘Believe’ was the first hit song ever to use Auto-Tune, something that’s now used constantly in all different kinds of music across the globe. FOX 5 NY’s Kendall Green takes a closer look at how this pivotal moment revolutionized the music industry. <!–> In the 60s and 70s. iconic singer and…

Ukulele players strum for cruise ship visitors in Sitka on a sunny day in September. (Meredith Redick/KCAW) In cities like Austin, Nashville and Seattle, music is a key driver of the economy. Alaska isn’t a music destination like those places — but a group of independent musicians wants to change that. They launched Alaska’s first…

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – For Morehouse College graduate and professional pianist Marcus Blackwell, math and music make a harmonious pair. “Math was something that was just tricky, you know. I needed some extra help, and it wasn’t clicking,” said Blackwell. Blackwell has always loved music but says math was a challenge. It wasn’t…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame hosts its annual induction ceremony Thursday in Mooresville. The ceremony honors music legends with roots in the state. Six inductees make up the 2023 class. Of those six, four are Triangle natives. Their music span a variety of genres and generations. Bill Curtis From…

“Intimacy of the space is perhaps the biggest plus of the whole building,” he says Williams Center for the Arts By Bryan Hay  The marching band rehearsed in Alumni Gym, the jazz band in Colton Chapel, and other instrumental ensembles set up to practice wherever space allowed. Life for students and faculty involved in Lafayette’s…

Contact: Bethany Shipp MSU will host the prestigious Mississippi Music Teachers Association state conference in the university’s state-of-the-art Music Building on Oct. 27-28. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Music will host the prestigious Mississippi Music Teachers Association state conference on Oct. 27-28. The state affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association,…

Britney Spears writes in her new memoir, “The Woman in Me,” that the media fallout ignited by Justin Timberlake‘s 2002 music video for “Cry Me a River” turned her into a “harlot” (via The New York Times). The song, the second single from Timberlake’s solo album debut “Justified,” was reportedly inspired by his relationship and…

Britney Spears is looking back on her partying phase. The “Hold Me Closer” singer, 41, became friendly with Paris Hilton around the time she and ex-husband Kevin Federline’s marriage began to crumble in 2006 and writes in her new memoir The Woman in Me that her outings with the heiress around that time were actually…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize October 25 as Public Radio Music Day and highlight the positive impact of public radio music stations for artists, musicians, and communities across all states and territories. U.S. Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), Mark Amodei…