His Music Saw Our Age of Information Overload Coming

Luciano Berio, who would have turned 100 this year, anticipated an overwhelming media culture in his classic “Sinfonia.” ...

The songs Billy Joel wishes he could delete from history: “I’ve written some real stinkers”

With such a heaving catalogue, one would expect Billy Joel not to like a few of them. But he revealed he dislikes around "25% ...

“In the hands of lesser musicians, this would simply sound sloppy”: A music professor breaks down the genius of D'Angelo

"He only recorded three albums and a handful of guest vocals, but those recordings possess extraordinary musical depth" ...

Coheed and Cambria on going it alone to make a signature guitar, channeling Joe Walsh –and the prospect of their swan song

The Father of Make Believe is another immersive long-form trip into the world of Coheed and Cambria’s fictional world.
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The Towering Musical Integrity of Christoph von Dohnányi

In September, 1943, a thirteen-year-old German boy named Christoph von Dohnányi wrote an innocuous-seeming letter to his ...