Axl Rose , frontman of rock legend Guns N’ Roses , has penned an open letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, declining his induction to the Hall and refusing to join his former bandmates at the induction ceremony on Sunday in Cleveland. Read full article > >

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Axl Rose declines induction to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music hardly exists in a vacuum. Like an interconnected web, each tune, each track released to the world both came from somewhere and leads to something else. At Aslan Media, we recognize that very few albums come to us without influence, and it’s those artists that it’s those artists that walked the road before who helped shape the styles and expressions of the music artists we profile in this website today.

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Monday Mixtape: Choreographer Parijat Desai

The White Stripes singer, virtuoso guitarist and music producer is “trying to get somewhere.”

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Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time

Canadian singer Michael Buble is in the running for a Sony Radio Academy Award for his music show on Magic 105.4.

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Buble nominated for radio honour

Europe’s economic problems, and the austerity programs meant to address them, are forcing arts institutions there to curtail programs, tours and grants.

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The Euro Crisis Is Hurting Cultural Groups

A few New York theaters and concert halls are experimenting with orchestras playing not from the traditional pit, but from a distant room or even a separate building.

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Moving Orchestras Out of Sight, Maybe Even Out of the Theater

Figures from the music industry indicate that earnings from Scotland’s music festivals have almost trebled in the past six years.

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Music festivals show rapid growth

The British group One Direction is one of several that are showing that boy bands are popular again.

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One Direction and the Wanted: Boy Bands Return

The role of Harold Hill in Arena Stage’s upcoming production of “The Music Man” will be played by Burke Moses. In the grand tradition of dishonest men who are beloved by audiences in spite of their lies (see also: Sky Masterson , Butch Cassidy , Don Draper , Aladdin ), Harold Hill “is a con man who’s a likable character,” said Artistic Director Molly Smith. Moses “is an actor who can play the lightness and the darkness.” Read full article > >

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Backstage: Arena casts ‘Music Man’; Improv smackdown; Signature’s 2012-13 season

Mr. Sherman and his brother, Richard M. Sherman, wrote the scores for “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” and won two Academy Awards for their music.

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Robert B. Sherman, Songwriter for Disney, Dies at 86

Van Halen satiated the audience Tuesday night by sticking with the classics in their catalog and not dwelling too deeply on their new album, “A Different Kind of Truth.”

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Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden

Three years after Chris Brown’s guilty plea to assaulting Rihanna, the two are appearing on each other’s songs in an attempt to change the narrative around their careers.

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Critic’s Notebook: Rihanna and Chris Brown Appear on Each Other’s Songs

Rihanna and Chris Brown have both released remixes of their songs, “Birthday Cake” and “Turn Up the Music” respectively, confirming that they did in fact collaborate. While this partnership may seem insane to some — Brown was convicted of assaulting Rihanna in 2009, leading many to object to his recent Grammy performances — neither seems to care what the public thinks. She tweeted, “They can say whatever, Ima do whatever… No pain is forever >

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Rihanna and Chris Brown really did collaborate; Bethenny Frankel reveals miscarriage

The United States military has not controlled Okinawa since 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, but at some places it is still possible to find a taste of the old times.

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Naha Journal: In Okinawa, Some Still Toast Era of U.S. Control

Ireland’s Chieftains have been breathing fresh life into traditional Anglo Celtic airs, ballads, jigs and reels for 50 years, and their aptly titled new album, “Voice of Ages,” is no exception. Teaming up with a rising generation of country, indie and pop artists, the Dublin quartet again prove just how durable, elastic, even universal, the music of their storied island republic is. Read full article > >

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Chieftans go the distance with ‘Voice of Ages’