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The Patti Smith Quartet will be playing the intimate venue on June 27th and 28th next year

Did stoic singer/songwriter Joe Henry find himself shivering in mortality-minded fear when the coronavirus clamped down on humanity in March of 2020? Sorry, the triple-Grammy-winning folk-rock veteran sighs—been there, done that. To the point where, at 62, he had nothing left to fear but fear itself.

Between 2019 and 2021, Stephan Crasneanscki and Patti Smith collaborated on the creation of Perfect Vision: a triptych of albums which take their insp

From "A Remote Wilderness" concert film previously seen only by Roadburn Redux viewers

From "A Remote Wilderness" concert film previously seen only by Roadburn Redux viewers

Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes (Knopf) A collection of lyrics from the first half of Stephen Sondheims career, along with insights into the art of…

It’s time to celebrate the writers who illuminate, investigate, and make sense of the world we live in.

American Theatre icon and innovator, Stephen Sondheim, has died at the age of 91. The composer and lyricist had a creative hand in shows like "West Side Story," "Gypsy," "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum," "Company," "Follies," "A Little Night Music," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," and "Assassins." This interview ...

Sondheim was the author of several landmark musicals including Sunday in the Park With George and Company.