DEAR READERS:Here is this week's sound off, about loud music in restaurants and stores: "Why do almost all stores and restaurants have music that is so loud that you cannot think straight? How do you ...

Dear Heloise: My pet peeve is TV shows where the background music is so loud that you cannot hear the dialogue being spoken. I am not deaf, and it’s very irritating to lose what is going on in the ...

Héloïse Werner’s new piece, for mira, is in memory of the experimental musician who was her friend and collaborator. It is meditative and yet full of life, she writes The Guardian’s journalism is ...

A rich line-up for 3 July: Kit Downes, Colin Alexander and Héloïse Werner feature music by Shiva Feshareki, Love Ssega, Errollyn Wallen, Jonathan Cole and Jasmin Kent Rodgman Kit and I are also ...

Today's sound off: Background noise. Dear Heloise: Why must so many television programs and movies have loud background music? This makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to hear what is being ...

Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about loud music in restaurants and stores: “Why do almost all stores and restaurants have music that is so loud that you cannot think straight? How do you ...