The genre-defying, gospel-tinged piano accompaniment lent sincerity and a strikingly emotional tone to the baroque piece. It ...

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony, enthusiastically led by Stephen Alltop, swung open the gates to the musical holiday season in a joyous concert entitled “Good Tidings.” The Foellinger Great Hall stage w ...

Last week Iceland became the fifth nation to boycott Eurovision 2026 due to Israel’s participation.

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

Yet when it comes to that perennial Christmas favourite, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, the words ‘pot and kettle’ spring to mind. A ...

Fake artists are landing on Billboard charts and racking up millions of streams. But we don’t even know if streams are real ...

There’s something uniquely tragic about artists who never live to see how profoundly their work would change music. They ...

It’s hard to imagine creating something beautiful and never knowing how deeply it touched people. Yet throughout musical ...

Reading the work​ that Susan Howe has produced over the past half century, one marvels at the consistency and depth ...

Forget Christmas and New Year’s Eve - the real highlight of the season is the arrival of End-of-Year Lists. Laura Dean takes a look back at her favourite songs of the year.

The lighting of Advent wreath candles is a cherished Christian tradition. Each candle represents a different value with the ...

Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.