Arguably the least musical US national anthem

The US jazz bassist Barre Phillips, resident in France for more than half a century, died in Mexico at the weekend at the age of 90. Founder of the European Improvisation Centre, he was a […]

From the Doyle sale catalogue: NEW YORK, NY — Following the success of his 1948 debut novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, and the publication of his 1949 first collection of short stories, A Tree of […]

A wealthy businessman has hired the Toronto Symphony and the Amadeus Chorus for a public performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony on Wednesday at Roy Thomson Hall. Musicians are said to be uneasy but none will […]