*Disclaimer – I know nothing about music – just embrace the metaphor. The musicians filed into the auditorium and took their places on stage. One week till the opening performance and the conductor ...

WASHINGTON — America is a creedal nation and the creed is, as Robert Penn Warren wrote, the "burr under the metaphysical saddle of America." It is a recurring source of national introspection, ...

BESIDES having a good ear, James (“Jimmy”) Levine must rejoice in a thick skin. As one of the world's leading conductors, he hardly needs to tie himself to the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra—a good ...

Tormentor (Attila Csihar, etc) are back, playing first US reunion show at Maryland Deathfest Tormentor (Attila Csihar, etc) are back, playing first US reunion show at Maryland Deathfest Tormentor, the ...