Gene McDaniels dies at 76; pop singer and songwriter

Gene McDaniels, who emerged as a pop singing star in the early 1960s with hits such as "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and "Tower of Strength"...

Bombino's guitar takes him from revolution in Niger to Pasadena

When the Tuareg people of northern Niger once again decided to take up arms in the face of government neglect and repression in 2007,...

Dan Peek dies at 60; founding member of the band America

Dan Peek, a founding member of soft-rock trio America, which shot to the top of the...

Critic's Notebook: Julie Taymor's tangled web

Times Square on a warm recent Friday night had the character of an amusement park. The streets were thick with tourists in shorts,...

A curious task, however you slice it

Fortunately, requests to preserve clothing made out of raw meat are rare, Sergio Vigilato admits.

Pianist Alan Broadbent contemplates his next song

Before he moves his family to New York this fall, pianist and composer-arranger Alan Broadbent will play a final recital as a local resident...

For Christine Brewer, the diva act stays onstage

It's hard to imagine one of the world's greatest dramatic sopranos singing out of tune.

The 5 Browns' sibling wizardry

For the 5 Browns, a quintet of sibling piano virtuosos who will play Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Mussorgsky in Irvine, classical music...