Music Reviews & Criticism

No Future. Punk is Dead. That is what was sung and said. Yet as we approach 50 years of punk rock, it still endures, and sometime thrives. From 'Wh...

The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehensive study of two closely re...

In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's ...

HOWLING TO THE MOONLIGHT ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT: THE TALE OF THE STRAY CATS

Honorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & MusicHonorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition​ Popular musi...

The violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) is considered among the most influential performers in history and still maintains a strong following amon...

Treatments of synesthesia in the arts and humanities generally assume a clear distinction between the neurological condition and the literary devic...

This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, guides to prayer that were the most popular and widespre...

When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record ...

American composer Louise Talma (1906-1996) was the first female winner of two back-to-back Guggenheim Awards (1946, 1947), the first American woman...

Ewan MacColl is widely recognized as a key figure in the English folk revival, who tried to convey traditional music to a mass audience. Dominant i...

The metaphor of marriage often describes the relationship between poetry and music in both medieval and modern writing. While the troubadours stand...