Allusions

When Bart Chilton was 13, he played piano in a band called Shades. Read More

The last few months has seen an explosion of exceptional music documentaries. Read More

Rachael Sage is not your run of the mill June/moon singer/ songwriter. Read More

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Read More

"Pop and thought don't go together," a BBC controller once said, resisting the introduction of pop music to his schedules. Read More

Most of the Philip Glass and Stephin Merritt music I've heard. Read More

On April 3, New York City-based musician Natalie LeBrecht -- under the auspices of her solo project Greenpot Bluepot -- released the album Ascend at the Dead End , a concise yet sprawling 32 minutes of kaleidoscopic sounds and complex textures. Read More

Throat cancer claimed a true musical icon last week. Read More

In an era where synths and sequencers dominate what's often labeled as "cool" music, there's something endearing about a band that sticks to the classic guitar-and-organ formula forged by '70s and '80s soft rock. Read More

When he burst onto the scene in the early '70s, he was pegged as one of the most incendiary of the swarm of young post-John Coltrane saxophonists that was then sweeping through jazz. Read More