Of the Earth

The jazz polymath wrote, played, produced, and mixed everything on his new solo album, weaving overlapping loops and knotty counterpoints into a dynamic suite of interconnected pieces.
Lise Davidsen’s recital at the Met Opera, Gustavo Dudamel leading “Romeo and Juliet,” and a violinist’s personal program are among our selections.
“The very act of sensing is one of the pillars of life,” says Tian Xue, professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Evolving from the School of Life Sciences and its first ...
In 1996, Phish’s Trey Anastasio formed a free-form jazz ensemble that came and went without much fanfare. 30 years later, their only album opens a door to a world of improvisational music that goes ...
Jessie Buckley returns to the big screen to play one of horror’s most iconic characters – The Bride! But her creation in 1935 birthed something far more ...
Brian Wilson is tearing his hair out in his mansion on the hills of Laurel Canyon. He’s gone to the effort of filling his living room with sand, plonking his grand piano in the middle of it, and ...
Nick Mohammed traces the first British encounters with Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.
Music in film isn’t just an auditory layer: it’s an emotional compass. In neo-noir thrillers, late-night character dramas and ...
Life begins at 72 as Sonic Youth icon Kim Gordon deconstructs these doom-scrolling times via a trip-hop driven nightmare on 'Play Me'.
Beauty is an odd but real issue. Philadelphia has one of the most beautiful orchestral sounds, but it still doesn’t quite have a Mahler sound—though it got much closer Tuesday night than previously.