Music

Reviews: CDs from Dickey Betts, Amanda Anne Platt, & Teni Rane, plus a rock & rockabilly anthology.

Shabaka Hutchings focuses on the flute and related instruments such as the shakuhachi on these meditative, jazz-inflected tracks, while Timo Andres offers impactful concertos for piano and cello.

Folk singer Amy Annelle delivers the excellent 'The Toll' and bluesman Mike Schermer turns to country.

The guest conductor delivered focused and insightful readings of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Stravinsky's 'Pulcinella,' and Ballard's 'Incident at Wounded Knee.'

The title cut is not the only gem on the record, which also includes two other numbers that became singles and deserved to sell more copies than they did.

Heyward led the Festival Orchestra in classical and contemporary music inspired by the outdoors.

Reviews of a documentary about Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, plus music from Melissa Carper, Gene Clark, and AJ Lee.

A brilliant fusion of superb singing and acting, studiously traditional instrumentation, and glowing modern dance made this 'Fairy Queen' a summer dream to remember.

John Lennon's 'Mind Games' reappears as an eight-disc box set. Plus bluegrass artists tackle rock, and reviews of CDs from Sammy Walker and the Magnolia Janes.

The 2024 Azrieli Music Prizes will be celebrated at a gala concert in October, including Mexican composer Juan Trigos, the inaugural winner of the newest Azrieli prize, the Commission for International Music.