Liberated Dissonance

Ace Atkins has written a fourth novel in his continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser franchise. This one is called Kickback  , and it...

Taking part in the Salon Extraordinaire in Gladwynne Sunday are, from left, Qin Qian, erhu; Rollin Wilber, piano; Tom Kozumplik, perciussi...

Andrea Clearfield Here is a link to my article on the Salon Extrordinaire , a public but informal get-together organized on occasion by...

I've said in the past that Christmas isn't Christmas until I've heard Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," and on the...

With apologies to Emma Lazarus: The Woman with the torch looks out to sea And tells the world, "I'm changing my criteria. Send...

I've long loved Madeline Kahn, and so I was pleased to come across a copy of William Madison's new biography during a recent trip to...

Kile Smith The Choristers, under the direction of David Spitko, will perform Kile Smith's "Vespers" in Lansdale Nov. 21. I...

Every few years, I fall in love with a female vocal act. First it was Janis Joplin, whose brassy blues and childlike vulnerability on The D...

Allan Krantz, Robyn Novello and Steve Kramer perform Handel's Cantata Spagnuola Sunday in Norristown. The cellist Steve Kramer and ...

Today, June 9, is Carl Nielsen's 150th birthday, an important anniversary, to my mind, that is going unnoticed in this country. (I won...