Music
A Record Find
How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris
March 2008 |
By Michael Walsh
Q at the Castle
Why the Smithsonian Institution can't get enough of American music's top artist-entrepreneur, Quincy Jones
March 01, 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Lifting their Voices
Paying tribute to America's first black opera
January 30, 2008 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
One Man Band
The next Bob Dylan? Maybe. Sufjan Stevens' honest sound and stark lyrics speak volumes to a new generation. And he plays all the instruments
October 2007 |
By Nic Harcourt
Russian Idol
Moscow-born Regina Spektor draws on classical music roots to create and perform pop songs of rare originality
October 2007 |
By Caryn Ganz
Keeper of the Keys
Pianist Jason Moran laces his strikingly original music with the soulful sounds of jazz greats
October 2007 |
By Jamie Katz
Portugal's Soulful Sound
Often compared to American blues, fado is gaining global appeal
June 01, 2007 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
Black Woodstock
Harlem 1969: Jesse Jackson, Nina Simone, B.B. King and 100,000 spectators gather for a concert worth remembering
February 01, 2007 |
By Richard Morgan
35 Who Made a Difference: Renée Fleming
The soprano is renowned for her beguiling voice and presence
November 01, 2005 |
By Stephen Hastings
Jazz Man
Louis Armstrong before he was Satchmo? A youthful Ella? For photographs of musicians great or obscure, just about everyone turns to Frank Driggs
September 2005 |
By Jerry Adler
Going for the Gold
A pop-music confection known as The Village People belted out disco hits in the 1970s that morphed into American standards
July 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Hearing Aid
A trove of recorded sounds preserves everything from tree frog calls to murmurs of the heart
April 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
What is This Thing Called Love?
A new movie explores composer Cole Porter's consummate musical gifts and his remarkable, unorthodox marriage
July 2004 |
By Robert F. Howe
Magic Wand
Clarinetist Artie Shaw's recordings recall the nostalgic power of the big-band sound
March 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
