Philip Glass turns 80 on January 31. 40 years after he broke onto the scene, he’s still trying to live down the labels his early critics gave him.
A cache of letters written by Tchaikovsky reveals some startling bigotry. But were his views as offensive as Richard Wagner’s?
11Soprano Roberta Peters has died at 86. We remember the high points (and high notes) of her illustrious career.
3Meyer’s Hardware on Chicago’s South Side was once the site of one of America’s most prominent jazz clubs.
From lamb stew and boeuf Bourguignon to chicken tagine and vegetarian cholent, these hearty, cozy, delicious dishes are perfect for the cold winter weeks ahead.
Critic, gadfly and columnist Nat Hentoff has died at 91. We remember his contradictions and his prescient vision of Bob Dylan’s klezmer roots.
3“Strange Fruit,” the classic Billie Holiday song about lynching, is in the headlines. Rebecca Ferguson says she’d like to sing it at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Phil Spector and Herb Alpert might have made the all-time best Jewish Christmas albums. But Mel Torme and the Moog Machine aren’t far behind.
A new music program juxtaposes klezmer with the music of Richard Wagner. Artistic director Jessica Gould explains what they do (and don’t) have in common.
Sure, Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift for You” is the best Jewish Christmas album all time. But let’s not forget Herb Alpert’s “Christmas Album” either.
The music of a pioneering Jewish label was destroyed on Kristallnacht. Now, the Semer Ensemble is trying to revive it.