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France was the birthplace not only of cinema but also of horror tropes appearing in embryonic, pre-20th-century form. The French themselves prefer to regard horror as the fantastique, a broader ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. However, the tune's legendary status owes much to the ...

In 1968, folk singer Donovan was in India, studying transcendental meditation with The Beatles, when he finished writing a groundbreaking song that would become one of his biggest hits. He named it ...

Ritchie Blackmore's current music project, Blackmore's Night, has announced new concert dates this fall to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The six performances, all taking place on the East Coast and ...

Pt Mishra (89) had suffered a cardiac attack around a week back. Family members admitted him to the Ramakrishna Mission Sevasram Hospital in Ojhla in Mirzapur. His daughter, Namrata Mishra said that ...

When Ron Cook asked fellow Ohio State student Janice Baker on a date in the mid-1960s, she almost turned him down. "I thought I was going to have to tell him I had other plans because I wanted to go ...

Ron Cook, a Columbus lawyer and musician who championed early music, died on Aug.15 at age 80. He founded The Early Interval with his wife, Janice, and the Early Music in Columbus concert series. A ...

He sits squarely in front of us on the screen, a full-bodied man with a carefully trimmed white beard and a nearly bald head, his eyes looming behind dark-framed glasses—one eye glaring with cyclopean ...

For more than a decade, scientists have been investigating ways to develop a “quantum battery” that stores energy using photons rather than electrons or ions. While quantum batteries—thanks to ...

The Hurdy-Gurdy continues to worm its way into pole position as the hacker’s instrument. How else could you explain a medieval wheel fiddle being turned into a synthesizer? Move over, keytar — [Rory ...

Donovan is a Scottish singer-songwriter known for his unique blend of folk, pop, and psychedelic music. He rose to fame in the 1960s with songs that blended folk and a hint of rock. Known for his ...