L.A. Times - Entertainment — U2, Paul McCartney and Mary J. Blige are among those who miss out on the short list. By most criteria, Paul McCartney and U2 have little reason to regard Frenc... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Damon Dash will officially jump into the art world this week, when he opens his Dash Gallery, which is located in the Tribeca section of Manhattan. The art gallery is housed inside of Dame Dash’s DD172 building and is slated t... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival HallIf the first of Daniel Barenboim's Festival Hall concerts juxtaposing Beethoven's five piano concertos with orchestral ­music by Schoenberg was ­memorable, then the second was even more ­remarkable. The pairing was the str... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonWigmore Hall, LondonBirmingham Town HallSibelius embarked on his symphonic journey in a blaze of confidence. However tentative he felt about writing it, his First Symphony opens with a shock, not the expected cry but a desp... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAfter the huge success of Daniel Barenboim's cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas two years ago, his return for the five piano concertos was the natural sequel. Yet while it was natural he would be keen to play and conduct ... more info

Guardian Music — The Beeb and ITV each want to sing opera's praises – the former with a full season celebration, the latter with a reality show. Who do you think will do a better job?Only the most heartless curmudgeon could possibly fail to be moved, uplifted ... more info

DrownedInSound — It’s unlikely to be coincidence that Jaga Jazzist’s third album ends with the noise of helicopters. This is, after all, a record that mainman Lars Horntveth has claimed was inspired by Wagner, a composer who – in many peopleâ€... more info

Guardian Music — Daniel Barenboim's imminent concerts will partner Beethoven with the atonal genius of Schoenberg. Marshall Marcus on the pianist's passion for a 20th-century visionaryThis week Daniel Barenboim – pianist, conductor, polymath and one-man Middle... more info

Daniel Barenboim's imminent concerts will partner Beethoven with the atonal genius of Schoenberg. Marshall Marcus on the pianist's passion for a 20th-century visionaryThis week Daniel Barenboim – pianist, conductor, polymath and one-man Middle... more info

Guardian Music — City Halls, GlasgowDonald Runnicles cemented his relation-ship with the BBCSSO at successive ­Edinburgh festivals with a repertoire largely consisting of epic concert works, so it is no coincidence that his first ­season as chief conductor of t... more info