Saturday, July 4

Shifting the silver screen music scene

We love watching movies about musicians. Or at least Hollywood thinks so. From “Ray” to “Walk the Line” to the recent “Control,” which follows post-punk Joy Division throughout the band members’ truncated careers, there has been an influx of films tracing the personal dramas behind immortalized sounds. Read more...


Voice professor plays dual roles

A typical day for Linda Kerns starts with teaching a singing lesson at Macgowan Hall at 9 a.m. and ends at 11:30 p.m. with signing autographs outside the Pantages Theatre. Read more...


Soundbite: Jay Z

Countless rappers have been inspired by the 1983 gangster epic "Scarface," pilfering the themes of lavish living and outlandish buying from the film about the excesses of the Cuban drug lord, but Jay-Z has taken cinematic inspiration one step further: He based an entire album on a film that hadn't even come out yet. Read more...