News about music

Pussy Riot aim at US police in first English song Pussy Riot, the Russian band jailed after mocking the Kremlin, has released a first English-language song that takes aim not at Vladimir Putin but at US police brutality.

20 February 2015

Drake hits number one with surprise album The rapper Drake cruised to number one on the US charts with his new album, even though he released it only digitally and with no prior publicity.

19 February 2015

Astana Opera celebrates Victory Day with series of charity concerts starting Feb 19 The first concert featured music of French composers and took place at the Astana Art Gallery on February 19.

19 February 2015

Triple G knows how to move: Mexican style dance from Gennady Golovkin Gennady Golovkin met media reps during his training session at Big Bear in California.

15 February 2015

Golovkin's Good Boy Killa video released: Mario Ruiz and Omar Cruz Mario Ruiz and Omar Cruz has released the second video dedicated to the WBA Super, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan.

13 February 2015

Italian classical masterpieces to be performed in Almaty Masterpieces of Italian classical music will be performed on the stage of a young theater in Almaty.

11 February 2015

Ricky Martin plans arena tour for new album The Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin announced a tour of arenas around North America to accompany his first studio album in four years.

10 February 2015

Eminem wins record sixth Best Rap Album Grammy Eminem won the Grammy Sunday for Best Rap Album for "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," beating out newcomers to cement his role.

10 February 2015

Open your heart for love songs in Astana Opera on February 13 The Astana Opera has dedicated the Vsyo o Lubvy (Everything about Love) concert to the Valentine’s Day.

06 February 2015

Kazakh duo to present classical concert for Valentine's Day Violinist Amir Bisengaliyev and pianist Akmaral Kazhgaliyeva will be presenting their concert of selected love pieces for St. Valentine's Day.

05 February 2015

French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini dies aged 89 Italian-born French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini died overnight at his home in the Paris area after a long illness.

02 February 2015

Katy Perry dazzles at Super Bowl halftime show Singer Katy Perry dazzled at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show in a spectacular performance featuring dancing sharks.

02 February 2015

Jay Z to acquire Wimp music service US rap star Jay Z made a $56-million foray into the music streaming business, buying Norway's Wimp in a bid to compete with giants like Spotify and Apple.

31 January 2015

Michael Jackson's mother loses appeal against US promoter The concert promoter AEG was in no way responsible for Michael Jackson's death, a California court ruled as it rejected an appeal brought by the singer's mother.

31 January 2015

Tom Petty says no hard feelings on Sam Smith song Rocker Tom Petty says he never threatened to sue Sam Smith over his smash hit "Stay With Me" and agreed that similarities to his own "I Won't Back Down" were coincidence.

30 January 2015

Bob Dylan, 'wise' at 73, gives album free to seniors Bob Dylan is giving away his latest album for free to select seniors as the 73-year-old rock legend says he is at peace with getting older.

24 January 2015

Linkin Park cancels tour after injury Linkin Park has canceled nearly a month of concerts around North America after the arena-packing hard rockers' lead vocalist Chester Bennington injured his leg.

22 January 2015

Yerkesh Shakeyev and Marat Bisengaliev present Kazakh neoclassical music in London Marat Bisengaliev played neoclassical music for symphony orchestra and solo violin of Kazakh composer Yerkesh Shakeyev.

19 January 2015