New Cajun music raises tempo on old French tunes
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The Pine Leaf Boys were singing in  French and pumping the accordion on a recent Sunday afternoon  as cowboys in boots and gals in flip-flop sandals trotted  across the floor.
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Composer Bharadwaj has come up with a foot-tapping album.
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Pierre-Laurent Aimardâs piano recital on Monday at Zankel Hall was a carefully planned, illuminating program that included the surprise premiere of âCatÃ©naires,â a new work by Elliott Carter.
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The music of the pianist and singer Barbara Carroll sustains an exquisite balance between classical refinement and a steady, understated jazz pulse.
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Ah, the sound of the Byrds: the jangly interplay of six- and 12-string guitars, the folk-tinged California vocal harmonies -- and the reverberations of Louvin Brothers murder ballads, Ravi Shankar ragas and John Coltrane's "Africa/Brass."
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Beaujolais Nouveau is seeing "la vie en rose."
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Far from the Carnival balls, parades and raucous crowds of New Orleans, Cajuns in St. Martinville held their last "bon temps" before Lent in a far different fashion: with a grand boucherie, or slaughtering of a pig.
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More than 50 years ago, rock and roll music developed in African-American communities as a hybrid of rhythm and blues and gospel styles.
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ItÂs not often that the background score of a film makes a lasting impact on music listeners of this country.
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After almost 50 years of teaching  folk traditions in Chicago, the Old Town School of Folk Music  is making a bigger move into the world of music retailing.
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During the past two years, old tunes have breathed new life into the careers of Rod Stewart and Michael McDonald. Both artists return to the musical well this month for a new round of classics.
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Introducing a certain je ne sais quoi into this weekend's club landscape is Paris-based DJ, Martin Solveig.
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Game makers need to spend time to make sure that music adds to the playing experience.
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Terrance Simien, a leading light among the younger generation of zydeco musicians, is raising the genre's profile at this year's Grammy awards.
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'Les Choristes,' a postwar reform-school drama about the power of song, is making choir cool in France.
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The old and the new go head to head in the music of Charles Ives, but conflict may not be the right word to describe it.
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A growing number of contemporary musicians and techno enthusiasts have reignited interest in the Moog, which can synthesize any sound imaginable.