Annette Morreau, who has died aged 80, was a tireless champion of new music; in 1970 she founded the Arts Council’s Contemporary Music Network to take performances of the avant-garde to venues around ...

First up, we have an alternative R&B classic, “Thinkin Bout You.” The bridge sees Frank Ocean up the tempo, spouting off lyrics at double the pace of the rest of the song. This new rhythm allows Ocean ...

Just as contemporary Christian music has been critical in disseminating conservative Christian ideals, Nashville is a key exporter of contemporary Christian music. The story of contemporary Christian ...

Not everyone looks at the long-vacant husk of a former convenience store and gets visions of string quartets and piano recitals. But that’s exactly how it happened for Seth Boustead, the head of ...

The Contemporary Music Ensemble performed two captivating pieces Saturday evening in the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, pairing chaotic sound and fluctuating light for a concert that was both visually ...

Hailed for its "artistic courage and technical accomplishment (The New York Times)," the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by conductor Gil Rose releases Paul Dooley: Masks & Machines (#1101) ...

In 2024, Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary was released in homage to a genre of late ’70s, early ’80s easy listening pop music. The term “Yacht Rock” was actually coined as part of a web series joking that ...

Conductor Leopold Stokowski is driven by a double urge: to play contemporary music, and to get it heard by as many people as possible. After a quarter-century with the Philadelphia Orchestra, he ...

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Bob George is packing up his record collection and moving out of a former piggery and cow barn in Staatsburg, which local law deems more suitable for livestock than LPs. It’s a task of biblical ...