"Adventurous music is just a way of describing the spirit in all the music," explained Matt McBane, founder and director of the festival. "There are musicians from different genres, but they’re all ...

It’s a dilemma facing many arts presenters. If classical music seems to be suffering in ticket sales and general attendance, do you cater to the public with known pieces and composers and let ...

“One of the presidential candidates was talking about defunding the National Endowment for the Arts.” Matt McBane, founder and director of the Carlsbad Music Festival, doesn’t have to say which ...

Shirley Manson has elaborated on the announcement she made last month that Garbage were to “curtail” their “headline touring business.” ...

If you love animals and adventurous music, the place to be Sunday is Medusa`s, where Ministry, Lene Lovich and Luc Van Acker share the bill as part of a record-release party for ”Animal Liberation.” ...

This is a big anniversary year for me. In addition to this being my 30 th season working as an artist in Iowa, it is my 25 th season as conductor of the Iowa City Community String Orchestra.

One of the most challenging periods in the development of any musician is known as “the plateau.” It’s when the musician’s initial approach to his instrument leads to a dead end, a dearth of ...

Clearly, some members of BTS were more interested in the puppies than others. In a fifth-floor meeting room at the sleek InterContinental hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the seven young men who make up ...

The opening concert of the 68th annual Ojai Music Festival, held in cool conditions on a moonlit Thursday night in Libbey Bowl, was typical of this atypically adventurous event in many ways. As a ...