WASHINGTON – The orgasm heard around the world was reported by Magnus Fiennes, a composer and music producer who is the brother of Ralph Fiennes. After going to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in April, ...

There is a scourge infesting your music with its awfulness, and you probably don't even know. It's called compression, and it's compacting your music into a muddled mess. What started as a useful tool ...

Here are some of the top moments of 2025 in the Seattle area's arts, culture, outdoors and food scenes. It’s been a year of major shake-ups for Seattle’s art scene, the biggest of which came from ...

Gateways Radio is the concert series celebrating the artistry of musicians of African descent. This week brings a dynamic mix: Rhiannon Giddens, Duke Ellington, Michael Abels, and Edvard Grieg. Listen ...

This concert, of Beethoven, Elgar and Mahler, demonstrated an impressive ability to energise and enliven familiar repertoire, the Mahler in particular delivering a visceral impact. The concert also ...

The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly ...

Few art forms on earth are more indebted to class privilege than Western classical music. For most of its history, it has relied on monarchs, aristocrats, and wealthy patrons even to exist. We have ...

Gateways Radio is the concert series celebrating the artistry of musicians of African descent. This week brings a dynamic mix: Rhiannon Giddens, Duke Ellington, Michael Abels, and Edvard Grieg. Listen ...