Born with a rare genetic disorder, the multi-instrumentalist felt like a permanent outsider as a child. He now wields those lessons as one of music’s most coveted collaborators.
Category: Music
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Diagnosed With Tourette’s, Lewis Capaldi Takes a Break From Touring
After performing at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend, Capaldi, the popular Scottish singer-songwriter, said he would stop touring “for the foreseeable future.”
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‘Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Review: Wish You Were There
Only 650 people got to experience one of the 21st century’s artistic feats, until this documentary. Unfortunately, it misses some of the performance’s key aspects.
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Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Chemistry’ Draws on Familiar Formulas
With a big voice and big personal changes to sing about, Clarkson ends up with arrangements that don’t match the power and rawness of the emotions fueling them.
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Jesse McReynolds, Lead Singer in Long-Running Bluegrass Duo, Dies at 93
He also played mandolin in the act, Jim & Jesse, performing with his brother for 55 years.
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A Séance With Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Shed
“Kagami,” a new mixed-reality presentation, features a virtual likeness of the late composer. It becomes, mostly despite itself, an affecting meditation on grief.
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Meredith Monk’s ‘Indra’s Net’ Takes the Stage in Amsterdam
The staged premiere of her new work “Indra’s Net” in Amsterdam comes as a set of recordings offers a retrospective of one of our most humane artists.
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‘Hava Nagila,’ the Jewish Folk Song, is a Hit at Clubs, Bars and Even Mets Games
The beloved Jewish folk song, which is about a century old, is appearing more and more at sporting events, private parties and trendy bars.
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John Williams on ‘Indiana Jones’ and His Favorite Scores
In a long career making music for the movies, the composer has made an indelible contribution to cinema. Williams shares his thoughts on some landmark works.
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Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker
In lyrics of rare humor, elegance and compassion, the man who put words to “Fiddler on the Roof” and “She Loves Me” explored the complex emotional architecture of love.
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Review: A Composer’s ‘Lear’ Freshens a Shakespeare Evening
The Met Orchestra’s season-ending concert at Carnegie Hall featured the premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s “Heath (‘King Lear’ Sketches).”
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Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99
His collaborations with the composer Jerry Bock also included “Fiorello!” — which, like “Fiddler,” was a Tony winner — and “She Loves Me.”