Tag Archives: Musicians

It’s well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it’s a great activity for the brain – it can enhance our fine motor skills, language acquisition, speech, and memory – and it can even help to keep our brains younger. After years of working with musicians and witnessing how they …

Bands like Xiu Xiu (left) and Hotline TNT (right) recently pulled their music off Spotify, the world’s largest streaming service. Eva Luise Hoppe; Graham Tolbert hide caption toggle caption Eva Luise Hoppe; Graham Tolbert Over the summer, a slew of bands began to make similar announcements on social media: They’d be pulling their music off Spotify, the largest streaming service …

17 Musicians Whose Careers Were Ruined 1. Natalia Kills was slowly rising in fame over the early 2010s, opening for acts like Kesha, the Black-Eyed Peas, and Katy Perry, as well as featuring on an LMFAO song. 2. Willy Moon was similarly rising in the music scene after going viral for his hit “Yeah Yeah.” The two, who were married, …

Black Sabbath, members of Metallica and a handful of other rockers paid their respects to the legendary Ozzy Osbourne at his funeral yesterday (July 30). Fans all over the world were able to watch as the funeral procession made its way through Birmingham yesterday, both in person and via livestream. The vehicles transporting Ozzy’s family members stopped at the iconic Black …