Adele: Live from the Artists Den

“I’ve never been more normal than I am now,” says the humble British singer-songwriter, Adele. Despite her modesty, the 24-year-old idol is undoubtedly far from ordinary. At the young age of 19, she released her debut album which won her two Grammy Awards – including Best New Artist. With the release of her second album only two years later, Adele’s impressive achievements surpassed even her own expectations when she became the first living artist since the Beatles to have two singles simultaneously in the top 5 of both UK album and singles charts.

In a diminutive yet elegant ballroom in Santa Monica, Adele’s distinctly stunning voice resonates in the ears and in the hearts of a lucky group of adoring fans. Her breathtakingly passionate and moving performance yields the perfect combination of laughter, heartbreak, inspiration and tears of both joy and sorrow. In short, make sure you’re “rolling in the deep” with Adele; this performance is not one to be missed.

Watch “Adele: Live from the Artists Den” Friday June 8th at 8PM(ET) on HIFI.

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Kraftwerk performs “The Robots,” complete with 3D projections, live at the Museum of Modern Art at the second night of the pioneering German electronic group’s eight-night retrospective.

Why Maynard James Keenan Turned to Wine Making

Maynard James Keenan is known as the front man for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. In the mid-1990’s, on a whim, the reclusive rock star left Los Angeles and moved to an Arizona to start his own winery.

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In 1967, 17-year-old Alanna Nash won a radio contest to hang out with  Monkees singer Davy Jones. In this essay for Rolling Stone, Nash looks back on her date with the rocker, who died last week at the age of 66.

The Real Story Behind “The Wizard of Oz”

Regina Silveira’s Magnificent Illusions

Renowned Brazilian artist Regina Silveira creates incredible illusions that play with our senses and messes with our minds. She invites the viewer see huge shadows or watch as toy cars make their messy track marks on a gallery’s white walls. In Lodz, Polland, she created an installation called “Depth” where she incorporated the gallery’s architecture, particularly its windows, to show a never-ending abyss one could actually walk on.

 Currently, there’s a selection of Silveira’s work on display at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut (the only museum in Connecticut devoted to contemporary art). There, she presents In Absentia, a series of absent artworks on empty pedestals. She does this by creating gigantic and distorted vinyl shadows of objects that don’t actually exist.

Opera returns to HIFI!

Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, an extraordinary world exists. Cirque du Soleil presents Varekai™.

Ross Porter introduces the wonderful Louis Armstrong concert entitled: “Good Evening Ev’rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong” . Are you a Louis Armstrong fan?