Examining a song’s lyrics shorn of the music can highlight the themes that a songwriter returns to over time.

Whenever I write this column, and most other times, I have music playing in the background. On this day it’s the Sonata in A ...

Ben Folds is the rare artist to bring a satisfying and original take on Christmas music, as he did on a December tour.

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...

Today marks nine years since George Michael passed away, leaving behind a legacy as one of the best-selling music icons ever.

Glad you asked! On that handy little website named after a South American river, you can find both blank CDs as well as ...

Archie T. Miller was passionate about family, world travel, writing and music, and helped pioneer a transformation of America’s TV and telecom landscape.

Barrett Kalellis, who founded multiple Michigan music ensembles, receives grand prize for "The Hill of Vision" at age 81.

This being the holiday season, it would be nice to look back and report that composer Leroy Anderson featured his popular Christmas song “Sleigh Ride” when he conducted the Rochester Symphony ...

Roger Waters helped Pink Floyd hit the heights of stardom. At least until he left the band and tried to take the name with ...

And while Mannheim sounds like the name of a German heavy equipment apparatus, it is actually the nom de plume of Chip Davis, an Omaha-based composer/producer who has been churning out neoclassical ...

The first time I heard Rahsaan Roland Kirk was in the winter of 1972. A friend was playing his newly-released record titled Blacknuss. It was a ...