NEW YORK (AP) ― Since its beginnings in the 1970s, rap music has transformed from an underground, street-based sound to a definitive part of pop culture, transcending race and becoming one of the strongest ― and most prolific ― voices of today’s generation. But at the Grammy Awards, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in the top categories.The hip-hop sound ― first recognized at the 1989 Grammys ― has seen numerous prestigious nominations over the years, and rap acts have either led or tied

NEW YORK (AP) ― Opera superstar Placido Domingo is getting ready to conduct 35 New York City schoolchildren who are studying music five days a week under a program inspired by Venezuela’s acclaimed youth orchestra program, El Sistema.Domingo will conduct the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders from Public School 129 in Harlem and Public School 152 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, at a fundraiser Wednesday for their after-school music program, called Harmony.The children will play Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus

LOS ANGELES ― Everywhere you look, people are going about their lives to the tunes of their own personal soundtrack. They sweat through “YMCA” at the gym, pound out programming code to Rammstein’s brutal beats and nurse broken hearts with a mournful Bach cello concerto.In the last few decades, technology has transformed music from a social gathering experience to an intensely solitary one in which donning a pair of headphones in public is equivalent to shouting, “Leave me alone!”But in a move th

DENTON, Texas (AP) ― Arnold Greissle-Schoenberg can still picture his grandfather, composer Arnold Schoenberg, raising his finger to command attention.“Whenever Schoenberg wanted to say something he would raise his finger and everybody would fall silent and then he would have his say,’’ said Greissle-Schoenberg, whose childhood memories include watching his grandfather holding court with other musical luminaries.The 88-year-old grandson of the famous 20th century composer remembers a side of Sch

PASADENA, California (AP) ― Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were together again on Saturday ― at least to promote their new project.The stars, who announced last summer they were ending their marriage after seven years, appeared on a stage Saturday to talk briefly about a new music series they are doing together. “Q’Viva! The Chosen’’ premieres on Univision on Jan. 28.Anthony reached down to offer his hand and help Lopez climb three stairs to the stage, and later admired the four sparkling rings

Korea’s English-language radio station Arirang Radio will this week begin airing its programs in all U.S. areas, the company said Tuesday.The English-language radio service will begin at midnight Thursday (U.S. eastern time) for listeners in all 50 U.S. states through SiriusXM Radio, America’s satellite radio company, said the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation, the operator of the Arirang radio station, in a statement.The radio’s seven regular programs on Korean culture and tourism wil