The Stranger6h
Dear Hendrix
Every month for The Stranger, Eva Walker writes a letter to her daughter, Hendrix, to share wisdom learned from her ...
Western Pennsylvania musicians strive to preserve polka tradition
Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were raised ...
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
Philadelphia Tribune11h
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
In 1887, a composer completed the greatest work of his life: a grand opera, 545 pages long, telling a story of epic ...
CNET23h
Best Stores for Buying Digital Music You Can Keep Forever
Ensure you can keep your favorite music forever with our list of the best places to buy MP3s and FLAC files. Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes ...
Boston College Heights8h
Dancing Through Darkness: Circa Waves Transform Mortality into Triumph on ‘Death and Love, Pt. 1’
Liverpool indie rockers Circa Waves transform a brush with mortality into nine tracks of exhilarating guitar-pop catharsis.