General Augusto Pinochet’s authoritarian regime, in Chile from 1973 to 1990, was known for its kidnappings, imprisonments and torture. One prisoner remembers it all too well. One night, by her own ...

“This is music for shootin’ people in the face,” jokes Jake Duzsik, lead singer of the experimental L.A.-based rock band Health as he listens to the single “Tears,” which the band recorded as part of ...

UCLA ethnomusicology students from the 1920s to the 1950s could only study foreign instruments in textbooks before the arrival of the Javanese gamelan. In 1958, American ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood ...

The Oscar-winning composer and Zurich Festival career honoree reflects on subtlety, sexism, and creating the signature sound behind 'Joker', 'Tár', and 'Hedda.' By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

According to many Metallica devotees, the official version of the band’s 2008 record Death Magnetic is not the one worth listening to. Upon the album’s release, fan forums exploded in disgust, choked ...