Music
Langston Hughes’ jazz “Ask Your Mama” launches national tour
January 5, 2017Jazz was a universal metaphor for Hughes, a convergence of the arts beyond the reach of words or the limits of any one language.
Read more“El Niño”: John Adams’ radically updated Latino Christmas oratorio
December 20, 2016The work had its world premiere in Paris in December 2000. Los Angeles brought it back in grand style this season.
Read more“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” breaks out across America this season
November 22, 2016This loosely reconstructed version of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet is simply astounding.
Read moreLeonard Cohen, 82: Singer, songwriter and poet
November 17, 2016“I never had the sense that there was an end, that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.”
Read moreDylan’s revolutionary lyrics celebrate play, protest
October 28, 2016Dylan gave us permission—and courage--to resist creatively within an imprisoning world.
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