Music

OSNY performed feats of strength at Carnegie Hall with its first 'Samson' in decades, with soloists including Nola Richardson and Lawrence Jones.

Great music from the under-appreciated Cryin' Shames, plus reviews of reggae CDs, a Dr. John anthology, and more.

Concerts like this tribute to classical music's fun side are just what's needed to perpetuate love and support for the tradition.

'Loeffler was ultimately too American for the European musical establishment and too European for the maverick sound of the New World—a predicament that effectively wrote him out of both musical histories.'

Reviews of the effusive latest Chip Taylor CD, plus jazz greats Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Crow and Gazelle.

Riverside Choral Society sang music of John Luther Adams and Alberto Grau and the New York premiere of 'The End of Rain' by Scott Ordway, an impassioned response to the California wildfires.

Steve Conte's 'Concrete Jangle,' with an assist from Andy Partridge, is pure listening pleasure that can't help but bring a smile to your face and a thought to your brain.

The French ensemble played a muscular concert of Piano Trios by Schumann and Ravel, along with Liszt's weird and wily "Tristia – La Vallée d'Obermann" and an invigorating encore by Lili Boulanger.

The Doors' 'Live at the Matrix, 1967' captures the then-little-known group as it experimented with early versions of the material that would soon bring it fame.

What might seem a strange composer pairing proves, in Asal's thoughtful conception, to sound most natural.