Victoria Cook & Jess Warren BBC News BBC David Lopez Ibanez said the theft of his violin was “a musician’s worst nightmare” “An instrument to a musician is way more than an object, it’s more of a companion,” says classical violinist David Lopez Ibanez, whose 18th Century violin was stolen in February. The instrument, which...
Jill Sobule, a ground-breaking American songwriter whose hit I Kissed a Girl is widely considered the first song with openly-gay themes to crack the Billboard Top 20, has died in a house fire in the US city of Minneapolis, her publicist has said. Sobule, whose satirical anthem Supermodel featured in the 1995 coming-of-age film Clueless,...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Amadou Bagayoko learned guitar by studying British bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd Thousands of people gathered in Mali on Sunday for the funeral of musician Amadou Bagayoko, of the world-renowned duo Amadou & Mariam. Friends, relatives, fans and fellow artists flocked to the ceremony in the capital...