My favorite artists are the restless ones — those who enjoy, even thrive on, working outside their comfort zones, refusing to be confined to any convenient pigeonhole. Banjo magus Béla Fleck might be the poster boy for such musical curiosity. The 18-time ... See more
I told myself I wasn't going to tear up at this Tiny Desk by The War and Treaty. So much for willpower. When a performance is this strong, there's no holding back. For more than a decade, Michael and Tanya Trotter, a husband-and-wife duo based in Nashvill... See more
I told myself I wasn't going to tear up at this Tiny Desk by The War and Treaty. So much for willpower. When a performance is this strong, there's no holding back. For more than a decade, Michael and Tanya Trotter, a husband-and-wife duo based in Nashvill... See more
I told myself I wasn't going to tear up at this Tiny Desk by The War and Treaty. So much for willpower. When a performance is this strong, there's no holding back. For more than a decade, Michael and Tanya Trotter, a husband-and-wife duo based in Nashvill... See more
It was 1969, at the Paris Conservatoire, when everything changed for a pair of strong-willed, piano-playing sisters from France named Katia and Marielle Labèque. They were practicing a thorny two-piano work, Visions de l'Amen, by Olivier Messiaen, one of ... See more
