This year’s Frequency Festival lineup is characteristically difficult to sum up. Generally speaking, curator and music journalist Peter Margasak says the festival’s programming continues to reflect ...

Jakob Bro’s Bill Frisell collaboration finally saw the light, Cécile McLorin Salvant drew on her teenage pop memories and Anthony Braxton looked back to 1985 The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the ...

I’d previously encountered pianist Alexandre Kantorow via his exuberant set of Saint-Saëns piano concertos, sparky, lovable performances conducted by his father Jean-Jacques. This solo disc contains ...

There are performances that rewire your brain chemistry, forcing you to listen to music and sound in different ways. Roscoe Mitchell’s solo set at the Jeff Mangum curated All Tomorrow’s Parties ...

Yet more Rachmaninov, but I’m not complaining, and comparing pianists Lukáš Vondráček and Yuja Wang in the composer’s five concertante works has been an enjoyable experience. Vondráček’s set was ...

Alongside more familiar sounds, Bellamy weaves four instruments invented by Harry Partch to create a strikingly original album Arcane musical instruments feature prominently in Mary Bellamy’s music, ...

Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died aged 81 Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who pushed the boundaries of ...

He first gained wide recognition for his work with John Coltrane. He went on to a fertile, prolific career, releasing dozens of albums as a leader. The saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in performance in ...

In the 1840s, Adolphe Sax revolutionized music with a new instrument — just not in the way he expected. Somewhere between brass and woodwind, his saxophone was designed for symphonic playing. But when ...

If you fancy dipping your toe in the modular domain, this is an excellent, cost effective way to start, and sounds superb. Best synthesizers 2026: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths "This ...