The two-hour Smashing Pumpkins extravaganza features 57 musicians, at least 40 vocalists and more rock ethos than classical, ...

Arts & Culture Staff Writer Amelie Galbraith argues that sad music offers connection, comfort, and emotional honesty in a culture obsessed with constant positivity.

"When I wrote it, the feeling of the music was sad, but yet there was this beautiful melody that sat on top," Masterson says. Written for a string orchestra, the piece observes the conventions of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Metropolitan Opera returned with its first work by a Black composer, the repertory slowly got richer, and other highlights of the year. By Anthony ...

From love songs to lullabies, rock 'n' roll to heart and soul, it's almost impossible to live a life untouched by music. We've all got our go-to tunes, for good times, bad times and everything in ...

Naxos of America's long tail continues to grow. Earlier this month, the classical music behemoth, headquartered in Franklin, began distribution of Cantaloupe Music, a feisty independent label out of ...

I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning organizing nearly every ...

Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience , Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my ...

A host of livestreamed concerts, the sounds of silence, time-hopping quartets and at-home divas were among the highlights. By Anthony Tommasini Zachary Woolfe Joshua BaroneCorinna da ...

It seems like New Yorkers’ desire to hear chamber music and opera performed in city crypts and catacombs is at an all-time high. Death of Classical has been putting on concerts in unexpected corners ...