Music

Somewhere in the course of our phone conversation, I ask Robert Earl Keen how he planned to use his degree in English literature after...

It could be argued that Los Lobos is American music’s Statue of Liberty—a genuine melting pot of rock ‘n’ roll, folk, traditional Mexican music...

About a week into the deeply unsettling military disquiet unfolding in Ukraine, I caught Al Di Meola on an off day at his New...

When the iconic, multi-talented Peaches (born Merrill Nisker) answered our recent Zoom call, she was lounging in a sunny Los Angeles backyard, playing with...

Sometimes a cliché is true. For example, for women entering the field of classical music, there’s some good news and some bad news. First the...

Guitar great Joe Satriani remembers a random encounter he had with the late comedian Robin Williams that illustrates, at least to an extent, a...

Goose’s Peter Anspach on the raw magic of improvisational live music

If you’re into psych-rock, you may be wondering what’s in the water in Perth, Australia. Home to Tame Impala and Pond, the city isn’t...

Equipment failures can bring all DJs to the same level. In the case of rising electro producer Porter Robinson, 18, a decade of experience could not have fixed his busted sound card during his first Colorado performance at Snow Ball Music Festival in Vail. That was “...

In its decade-plus of annual (save for 2020) performances at the 20,000-capacity Dick’s Sporting Goods Park outside Denver, the Vermont-jamrock band Phish has provided...

For those prog fans who may not have known, Rick Wakeman, arguably the most accomplished of the classic generation of prog keyboardists (still drawing...

Borgore wears YouTube trolling like a fat gold chain around his neck...