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Maurizio Pollini’s complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon have been gathered in one place, allowing listeners to trace ...

Award-winning composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman embraces his self-proclaimed pessimism despite a successful career.

I really don’t feel that it’s all necessary anymore,” Morton Feldman told an interviewer in 1972. “And so what I try to bring ...

If you’re a music fan who hasn’t thought much about drumming (I’m guilty on both counts), “Backbeats” will be a revelation.

"Listening rooms are so important for many different reasons," says Erica Holtus, organizer of the Shine Through Listening Room series. "A lot of music venues kind of cater to like a party with lots ...

Read a book without reading ...

If you’ve got a holiday season gift card burning a hole in your pocket and would like some new (or new-ish) music books to read, here are some potential choices for your reading list. While visiting ...

This winter ushers in an avalanche of new music, from the debut of jazz-funk artist Emma Blanc to the return of The Grownup ...

Punk pioneer Tom Verlaine’s archives — including a trove of unreleased recordings — are now available to artists, researchers and fans at the New York Public Library. The library ...

If you’re a music fan who hasn’t thought much about drumming (I’m guilty on both counts), “Backbeats” will be a revelation. Amateur drummer John Lingan divides his book into 15 chapters about 15 ...

Our favorite books this year (in no particular order) included definitive memoirs by music figures as varied as Ozzy Osbourne, Lionel Richie, and Cameron Crowe; chronicles of bands long gone and those ...