Meeting the Dancing Devils
How Vik Sohonie discovered and recorded the first internationally-released Djiboutian albums
Monteverdi’s Venetian Years: The “Real Sun” of Opera
Josquin des Prez: musical brand name.
The life and career of superstar Franco-Flemish composer, Josquin des Prez.
All that glitters is gold: “All Star”and the fading glory of 1990s America.
The PMRC vs. Music: How the “Parental Advisory” Sticker Came to Be, and Why it’s Still Important
Rock and the Regime: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Cambodian Subculture
In the mid-1950s, violin-backed syrupy ballads like “Violon Sneha” made a young Sinn Sisamouth a household name across westernizing Cambodia. By the late 1970s, he was dead.
Crises in Classical Music: Heinrich Schütz and COVID-Era Concerts
What impact has COVID-19 had on the classical music industry?
Experimentalism Under Duress: Tropicália, Brazil, and the 1960s
When the military dictatorship of Brazil threatened freedom of expression, a group of outcasts managed to make vivid, creative, timeless music.