Sardinian arist Pinuccio Sciola built a life on the claim that stones can sing. Ten years after his death, visitors to his stone garden can listen for themselves.
If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for a music lover who enjoys English history, this well-written, thoroughly researched history of Handel's 'Messiah' might be the choice.
Has the United States learned anything from Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan? The same assumptions that led us into those conflicts have now led us to Ukraine.
A new book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken,’ a groundbreaking crossover album that revealed marvelous sonic vistas.
Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Three Small Liturgies’ debuted as war raged in Europe. Now we listen to his masterpiece in a new context—Christmas during a pandemic.
Stephen Hough, one of the world’s greatest musical performers, speaks with us about bioethics, sacramentality, and the challenges of living as a gay Catholic.
The collection ‘Oblivion Banjo’ is a major work of American poetry by a poet who draws the reader into the inner workings of his imagination as few others do.
Famed documentarian Ken Burns traces the long and complex history of country music, revealing old American tensions between personal and collective freedom.
