In California, music-and-dance celebrations of the Persian New Year are going into full swing this week.
The young player brought a distinctly millennial sensibility to her SF Performances date, even before she pulled out her Stratocaster electric.
The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley.
Musicians both real-life and fictional played starring roles in several of this year’s nominated films.
The saxophonist/composer, a key figure in the Afrofuturist movement, celebrates 50 years of his band as he moves into new creative territory.