Music Lyrics

Black men are statistically over-represented among gun victims. Is this due to cultural influences, especially hip hop and rap music lyrics and images which have been accused of glamorising guns?

ADMITTEDLY, IT CAN be overwhelming: A singer in a wheelchair scats while her quintet jams behind her; a sign-language interpreter translates music and lyrics into body language while an LED screen scrolls the lyrics and dialogue; an artist paints the music onto a huge canvas; and an audio describer attempts to explain it all.

Stephen Sondheims lyrics about the complexities of long-term relationships is heartfelt in Kelsey Theatres Follies.

To understand how close Kanye West and his mother, Donda, were, one only needs to listen to his music.

The lyrics came to her in the warmth of a morning shower, hours after the tragic death of her girlfriend’s teenage son.

U2 ’s The Joshua Tree will be re-released on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, in a set remastered from the original analog master tapes. The album will be available in four formats: A standard CD featuring liner notes from Bill Flanagan , lyrics, and unseen photographs from Anton Corbijn ; a double 12″ gatefold vinyl format, with the original album pressed across two 180-gram audiophile …

New musicals have been in short supply on and off-Broadway this fall. But Second Stage Theatre, which had a hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” has found one: “Next to Normal,” which opens Feb. 13.

(PR) JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford has contributed lyrics and vocals to Metal Mike Chlasciaks theme music for the Talking Metal on Fuse TV show, which debut Friday, November 9 on Fuse. Also directly involved in creating the theme music were producer Roy Z. and Halford manager John Baxter.

As an organ played at Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton yesterday, friends and relatives tried to describe a teenager named Donte Segar. His parents, aunts and uncles cried and sang for him, while teenagers from his school honored their friend the best way they knew — with mournful rap lyrics,…

It’s a rare and wonderful gift for any band to be able to reach and captivate an audience that can’t understand a word of its lyrics. Iceland’s Sigur Rs transcends language with a sound so unique it can’t be ignored. Hvarf-Heim breaks the band’s two-year silence to bring back the minimalist, orchestral style that has been Sigur Rs’s signature for the past decade.