Arguably the least musical US national anthem

The New Yorker critic goes to town on a Los Angeles piano recital. … a number of people find themselves distracted. “She’d fit much better in a night club” is one of the politer complaints […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, WTF? Making news in just the last week. Enough is enough. We have been patient, working hard against a wall of male privilege, getting passed over for jobs, […]

Music director Thomas Søndergård had scheduled a program of Ethel Smyth and Tchaikovsky. When he fell ill, Chad Goodman jumped in. The concert was included a fascinating interval discussion between members of the orchestra and […]