Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

A Rainbow in Curved Air and Shri Camel are equally enjoyable, the latter reflecting the composer’s fascination with North ...

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

Rather than feature a chorus, Bob Dylan opted to use short and repetitive refrains in the song “Tangled Up In Blue”. It was a wise choice, and it’s also not the first time Dylan has used this ...

A look at the most skipped songs from 40 of classic rock’s most famous albums makes one thing crystal clear: The music world is dominated by individual songs now. Streaming services such as Spotify ...

So many great classic rock songs still slap today, decades after they first hit the airwaves. Some songs, though, have aged poorly. And some of those songs didn’t age poorly because of their subject ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

But this has been a year above all for the best of festival planning, the sort where you feel enriched by connecting threads.