A reunion can often be a poignant event, filled with old friends, happy introductions to new faces, and revisions to relational habits; it can also lead to ossification. Rural Renewal exhibits most of ...

Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May. Classical singer Karim Sulayman adores Western European music from the 16th and ...

“In black music, you come down on the one. You’re putting the accent on the wrong beat,” Sample says from behind an upright piano. The members of the student-centric Joe Sample Jazz Orchestra, crammed ...

Japan’s min’yo is an example of how vibrant folk music can ossify into formal ritual, transformed from its original role as workers’ songs, there for distraction and complaint, into art music ...

Excerpted from the magazine for Billboard.com. By Billboard Staff “They’re back.” That slogan heralds the Crusaders’ first new album in 20 years, “Rural Renewal.” Set for release worldwide March 4, ...

Classical singer Karim Sulayman adores Western European music from the 16th and 17th centuries. But this Lebanese American tenor is aware that much of this music demonizes and stereotypes Arabs and ...