Music

Americans and the Arts

Featuring Sunil Iyengar on current trends in Americans’ engagement with the arts. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2018

Songs of Faith and Yearning

A recommendation for the folk duo Lowland Hum. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2018

Toscanini: Musician of Conscience by harvey sachs liveright, 944 pages, $39.95 When the first instruction manual for leaders of orchestras—Johann Mattheson’s Der vollkommene Capellmeister—appeared in 1739, it was a sign that the size of orchestral ensembles and the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

The Fate of Classical Music

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Andrew Balio, principal trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, on the state of classical music in America today. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2018

The Man Who Stole the World

by John Waters

Bowie was a canary in the coal mine of post-1960s culture, plumbing its depths and soaring above almost everyone else. Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2018

Ring, Catholic Bells!

by Terence Sweeney

Perhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells. Continue Reading »

17 May 2018

How U2 Betrayed Rock ’n’ Roll

by John Waters

The band U2 has announced it supports the pro-abortion side in Ireland’s upcoming referendum on abortion. Continue Reading »

7 May 2018

Taylor Swift, Nazi Barbie?

by Dominic Green

January is Taylor Swift month in the Green household. If, like me, you have three young daughters, then every month for the last ten years has been Taylor Swift month. Still, Swift’s new album, Reputation, has driven the Swiftometer to an all-time high. Three copies arrived by courier on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2018

Bluegrass Preaching

by C. C. Pecknold

After nearly four years of performing, The Hillbilly Thomists have released their first album, and it is a veritable feast of Bluegrass banjo bliss. Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017

The Heart of the Psalms

by Nathaniel Peters

The Psalms Experience—twelve concerts by some of the world's great choirs, performing a capella settings of all 150 psalms—was recently featured in Manhattan. Continue Reading »