The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades ...

Mark O'Connor is a versatile and innovative American musician, known for blending bluegrass, jazz, classical, and folk music into a unique style. His compositions often reflect his deep connection to ...

The Old South Jamboree building in Walker may not be standing much longer, but the spirit of the classic country shows presented there since the 1960s is getting new life. A Friday night concert, the ...

At 104, Charlie Burrell is no longer playing music, but he still listens to it, from an old CD player in his room at a senior home in Denver. Along with the CD player, the small room is adorned with ...

Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In ...

Pass by a 7-Eleven in the city, and you might hear classical music pouring from the speakers outside — a tactic deployed by some store franchisees to shoo away loiterers. A former 7-Eleven at ...