John Cale didn’t come to popular music from the usual places. His muse was born in the classical avant-garde, and when the young Welsh musician first arrived in New York in the early 1960s, he was ...

In 1968, Lennon wrote the avant-garde song “What’s the New Mary Jane?” He wrote the song with engineer Alex Mardas, who Lennon called “Magic Alex.” “This was a thing I wrote half with our electronic ...

He managed Sarah Vaughan, discovered Bill Withers and advised countless people in the industry and beyond: "He’s been the silent architect of so many deals, it would make your head spin." By Mike ...

Rohan de Saram in 1955, the year he won the first Guilhermina Suggia Award - ANL/Shutterstock Elsewhere he championed the iconoclastic music of Iannis Xenakis, took part in the first performance of ...

I’m willing to listen to arguments that Stereolab’s Tuesday night concert at the Miami Beach Bandshell wasn’t the best local concert of 2025. I’d disagree, but I’d listen. However, I will not stand ...

Plus: Bitchin Bajas play a rare set of their Sun Ra material at a screening of Space Is the Place, and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson supports a new single (and headliner KeiyaA) at Sleeping Village.