David Thomas, the singer and songwriter who led Pere Ubu and other bands that stretched the parameters of punk and art-rock, died on Wednesday in Brighton...
Think of English folk music and maybe thoughts come to mind of villagers lamenting lost loves or sailors bellowing tales of adventure at sea. But when...
Many professional writers and artists dream of being chosen for a prestigious residency like Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., or MacDowell in Peterborough, N.H. But even...
“Yes,” he said. The next Sunday, after the final hymn, his eyes found mine from the back row, uncertain and searching. I nodded, encouraging him. He...
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In the decades since the first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival took place in Southern California in 1999, its cultural footprint has grown to encompass...
African music lost one of its titans last week with the death of Amadou Bagayoko, a guitarist who recorded with American rock stars, performed at the...
On a brisk morning a few weeks ago on the roof terrace of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the artist Jennie C. Jones was previewing “Ensemble,”...
Alice Tan Ridley, who rose to fame after decades singing for tips in the New York City subway with an unexpected run in the television show...
Michael Hurley, a singer and songwriter whose music — an idiosyncratic kind of folk mixed with a variety of other styles — made him a revered...
