Music Genres

Brian Wilson himself called 'Love You' the Beach Boys’ best album, and though many other people would probably put 'Pet Sounds' at the top of the list, this record is pretty darn great.

There's always more to discover in the annals of 20th-century American music. Violist Jonathan Bagg makes valuable contributions to our awareness of some worthy viola repertoire – and of some neglected American composers.

Dane Lam is the only conductor to simultaneously hold leadership positions at major institutions in the U.S. Australia, and Asia. His new recording of music by Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye seemed a good opportunity to find out what the globe-trotting conductor has been up to.

A job interview in music form? Skillful interplay among the instruments and the contrasting moods of the responses show once again a sensibility deeply rooted in the human.

How on earth (or elsewhere!) did Talking Heads' sound originate, and how did it evolve? 'Tentative Decisions' doesn't quite answer the question, but it's fun to hear these early live tracks.

Ginsburg and Scalia weren't the only music-loving Justices. In a previously unreleased song, Michaels adapted and set the text of a letter from Justice David H. Souter praising a classical album.

Percussionist Bala Skandan's arrangements, performed by his fluid cast of musicians, mingle classical ragas with elements of Western music to create a decidedly unique listening experience.

Ueno's percussion music reminds us that as long as there's a musician and a listener, there is real physical interplay between the the sound and the auditor's biology.

The Dream Syndicate, Long Ryders, the Rain Parade, and, of course, the Bangles are here, along with groups you've probably never heard.

The full choir filled the large church with waves of glorious sound, especially in the psalm settings with their complex choral writing and in the finale, a massive "Magnificat."