Hip-hop gets a classical makeover from The Illharmonic at Shubert Theatre

Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...
Miami Herald

Dranoff2’s PIANO SLAM fuses classical, hip hop

Miami is turning up the heat just a notch at the Adrienne Arsht Center with 16 hot young poets and professional classical artists at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. This year marks the 15th annual PIANO SLAM ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Andre 3000, half of hip-hop duo OutKast, releases surprise piano improvisation album

ANDRE 3000: (Rapping) On the oak tree, I hope we feel like this forever. Forever, forever ever? Forever ever? Forever never seems that long until you're grown. MARTÍNEZ: As half of the duo OutKast, he ...
KWQC on MSN

Dueling piano bar set to open in downtown Davenport

Nov. 21, Collette’s, a brand-new dueling piano bar, located at 317 West 3rd Street, is set to have its grand opening, a spokesperson for the bar said. Collette’s promises the Quad Cities a unique, ...