"This marks the first such all-encompassing renovation since the iconic park, with its Prairie School architecture and sprawling lawn/picnic areas, opened in 1904 as a summertime 'high-end amusement park' and music-venue escape from the congestion of Chicago at the turn of the century." - WBEZ (Chicago)
You may not agree with Mood Machine that Spotify’s mixes are an existential threat to the way people discover music, but you may marvel at how much effort goes into recommending a song that sounds like a different song you liked three months ago. - The Atlantic
Roan gets respect and true appreciation for her artistry and gumption but is far too green and too uninformed to be the agent of change she aspires to be today. - The Hollywood Reporter
KUSC in Los Angeles and KDFC in California, both owned (as of 2011) by the University of Southern California, are merging their organizations into a single entity called Classical California with a single programming feed. Current on-air staff will be retained, as will the two broadcast studios. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“It’s very strange, because one day we were honourable, respectable people of our city,” he said. “Then just one day later we became victims and as if we should be punished, because we were musicians. It was very painful and very difficult.” - Index on Censorship
"The Sarasota Orchestra has announced a $60 million donation toward the planning and construction of its new music center. The donor wants to remain anonymous, and the gift does not include naming rights for the new facility, which the orchestra plans to build on a 31-acre site it purchased in 2023." - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For the second consecutive season, Los Angeles Opera has cut costs by canceling a planned world premiere. After withdrawing Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay from this season, the company is abandoning the planned February 2026 debut of Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo. - AP
AI is, obviously, kind of cool. But in their insistence on sameness and comfort, these tools remind us of the value of good old-fashioned music discovery. The process of finding new music is work, and it should be. - LA Review of Books
Was this the political subversion America needed? A protest performance force-fed to no one as influential as the reinstalled aspiring dictator, Donald Trump, who attended the Super Bowl to root for his beloved Kansas City Chiefs? - The New Yorker
"A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by (the singer,) who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct. … He was fired in 2020 after an investigation found that he had solicited at least three students and shared a sexually explicit video with one." - AP
Sotheby's said it could not share information about the identity of the buyer. The auction house had expected the instrument to sell for $12 to $18 million. - NPR
The team's first discovery was that classical music has always been more complex than modern pop. However, they also discovered that all of the music genres they analysed have become less complex – that's classical, jazz, hip hop, electronic, rock, and pop. - Music Radar
“The mistake that I’ve seen a lot of jazz stations make is that they’re too close to the music to be broadcasters. When we talk about broadcasting, we talk about casting a wide net and trying to find a lot of people.” - Oregon ArtsWatch
Irish Eurosong winner Emmy says that Laika’s story “is really sad, so I wanted to create a scenario where she doesn’t die, but is having her own party in the sky.” - Irish Times
“Celebrating his new job over pints in a Cologne Irish pub, orchestra members told Brophy that his confident versatility was why they chose him.” - Irish Times
