This year Gene Kelly would have turned 100. Was he the greatest dancer and innovator in American movie musical history, or was Fred Astaire – who was 13 years older than Kelly?

When Leonard Cohen recorded his song “Hallelujah” in 1984, his record label rejected it. When it finally came out, it didn’t get any attention. Since then, it’s become one of the most familiar songs in the world.

Shankar died Tuesday at age 92. A statement on his website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home with his wife and a daughter by his side.

Martin and company — Edie Brickell and the Steep Canyon Ranchers — cancelled because of “unforeseen circumstances.”

In May 2013, composer Igor Stravinsky’s landmark work “The Rite of Spring” turns a century old. Already, there have been conferences and performances all over the world to celebrate.

BOSTON — Mean Creak, David Wax Museum, Cam Meekins also take home prizes.

BOSTON — The Emerson String Quartet performs its final concert in Boston with cellist David Finckel.

Filled with history, gardens and rolling hills, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass., turns out to be the perfect place for an unusual musical concert.

Sid Caesar from the 1950s.

BOSTON — The Chucho Valdés Quintet range from the classical to full-thrash Afro-Cuban jazz in a concert at Berklee Performance Center.

Public Enemy, the pioneering hip hop group that was nominated in October for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performs in Boston on Dec. 2.

The Boston Pops announces its spring lineup of concerts.

At the age of 86, legendary singer Tony Bennett carries a full concert schedule, just released a new album and published a new book, “Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett.”

Mona Golabek plays her mother, who escaped Vienna in World War II and became “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” in London.