Rasgueado is a game-changing flamenco strumming technique – and it will give your picking hand a huge turbo boost
Flamenco has many luminaries but none are as famous as Francisco Sanchez Gomez, known the world over as Paco de Lucía. His ...
Billy Zoom on the making of X’s stone-cold L.A. punk classic, Under the Big Black Sun
In X guitarist Billy Zoom's mind, the band could have been Eddie Cochran meets the Ramones, but they ended up being much more ...
Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is More Than Just a Return to Her Pop Roots
Instead, she’s made one of her most sonically challenging and uniform albums yet: a mix of Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, ...
Review: A clarinet concerto 35 years in the making crowns CSO’s Ravel concert
Christopher Theofanidis’s “Indigo Heaven” was well worth the wait. And between the Theofanidis and Ravel works, Thursday’s ...
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The Rock Lottery Hat Is Never Wrong
They say the five most stressful life events are death, divorce, moving, major illness, and job loss. I told my husband if he ...
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to Glenn Gould and a program of songs by Schubert and Kurtag are among the highlights.
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Will Harvard Bend or Break?
Free-speech battles and pressure from Washington threaten America’s oldest university—and the soul of higher education.
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The Story Behind Every Song On The Tubs’ New Album Cotton Crown
It’s been a good year for power pop. It’s been a shit year for… uh… everything else, but, from Montreal newcomers Prism Shores shimmering their way through sophomore album Out From Underneath to heavy ...
How Maneuverable Is The US Army UH-60 Black Hawk?
This article delves into the UH-60 Blackhawk's maneuverability and agility and whether the midair pax jet collision was ...