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The Gershwin Hotel Updates Facade and Renames to 'The Evelyn,' Remembers Art and Music Past

The changing face of New York City normally turns into a debacle, but seemingly the Gershwin Hotel changed its name and not many seemed to notice. The prominent hotel named after the famous composer will from now on be known as the "Evelyn."The Evelyn derives it names from a "sexy chorus girl from the early 1900s — Evelyn Nesbit," and is meant to represent the changing landscape of New York but more specifically the neighborhood it is located in.But the name change is a strategy of a much larger plan to upgrade most of the historic buildings in the Triumph Hotel portfolio.
By Ian Holubiak

  • Seven-Time Platinum New Zealand's Sol3 Mio Announces New Album in May via Capitol Records, Tour in Spring

    Hit New Zealand musical trio Sol3 Mio have announced they will be releasing a full-length, self-titled album through Capitol Records this May, followed by a North American tour in late spring.Sol3 Mio — pronounced "Sole Mio" — consist of classically trained and contemporary-influenced tenor brothers Amitai and Pene Pati as well as their baritone cousin Moses Mackay. This musical family is of Samoan heritage and became international starts after a breakthrough performance on New Zealand television in 2012. Their self-titled debut album featuring opera classics and modern favorites, has been No. 1 for 16 non-consecutive weeks and has been certified seven-times platinum, making them the best-selling album of 2013 in New Zealand, selling more copies than Lorde. It has landed at No. 6 in Australia and cracked the top 50 in the U.K.At first, the trio formed for a party trick.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • Earliest Form of Polyphonic Notation Discovered on Accident on the Bottom of a Religious Portrait in the U.K.

    If musical practice etymology is your penchant then a new discovery has left some scholars floored. A few lines of music scribed on an old painting has revealed, possibly, the earliest example of polyphonic choral music, where voices sing different melodies combining to make a singular composition.
    By Ian Holubiak