Leonard Albert Kravitz was born in 1964, the only child of Black actress Roxie Roker and Jewish NBC news producer Sy Kravitz.

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. ...

Kluge Interactive has announced futuristic music action game Synth Riders: Overdrive for Switch. It will launch this holiday with 40 tracks in the base game, 54 tracks in thee Deluxe edition, and 64 ...

Cherry Audio has added another software emulation of a vintage synth to its rapidly expanding stable of virtual instruments. After previously taking on Korg's ultra-rare semi-modular PS-3300 synth and ...

We reported on the arrival of The Orchid, the first product from Kevin Parker’s new venture Telepathic Instruments, back in November 2024. Since then, the compact composition synth has garnered cult ...

The $149 instrument was made in collaboration with viral musician Modern Biology. The $149 instrument was made in collaboration with viral musician Modern Biology. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He ...

It’s not easy to be a convincing humorist in pop music. By design, lyrics are always meant to be a little quirky but few pop stars have mastered the art of hamming it up quite like Sabrina Carpenter.

After teasing both synthesizers at NAMM earlier this year, Kurzweil has finally announced that the KR2061 and K2088 – a modern update to the classic K2000 – are available to order. Released in 1991, ...

It was October 2020 when Timothy Olyphant proved he's the ideal guest star for your late-night talk show. Not using "seasons" to describe "installments" of a limited drama series was one such talking ...