Swedish dance-pop maven Robyn is on the road with British rockers Coldplay, but her nights won’t end when she finishes her opening-act sets. Instead, she’ll just be gettin...

You might not recognize Matisyahu in the photo at left. Last year, the Hasidic reggae-rapper not only doffed his traditional yarmulke and bekishe, but he shaved his beard, too...

Storms both figurative and literal inspired “Raise Hell,” a barreling rocker off Brandi Carlile’s fourth album, “Bear Creek.” Two years ago, the Washington State sin...

In 2008, Laura Burhenn — then a D.C.-based musician playing in the indie-pop duo Georgie James — visited the Corcoran Gallery of Art to see an exhibition of Richard Avedon...

A tree’s rings don’t merely reveal the age of the plant — they can also recount a country’s history. In "American Canopy: Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation," a...

Peter Carey isn’t sure, but he thinks his new novel, “The Chemistry of Tears,” might fall under the subgenre of “steampunk.” “The notion, as I understand it, is ol...

Paris, San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin — French composer Yann Tiersen traveled the world to record with various producers and musicians for his latest album, “Skyl...

The three members of the New York City-based buzz band Fun. are only in their mid-20s, but they’re already rock ’n’ roll veterans. “My first tour was when I was 15, i...

The guys in Miike Snow have created a monster. And they bring it on tour. The tight-knit trio — two Swedes and an American — makes music that slyly skirts the edges of dan...

New York City–based roots-rockers Punch Brothers are well-known for doing adventurous covers that cross genres in surprising ways. The title track from Radiohead’s 2000 al...

Michael Lind sees politics and economics not as right vs. left, but as pro-business Hamiltonians vs. overly regulatory Jeffersonians. In his new book, “Land of Promise: An E...

Most artists work at a desk or in a studio, scribbling in an old notebook or noodling on a guitar. But Eleanor Friedberger — half of the brother-sister indie act the Fiery F...

A few years ago, Richard Edwards relocated from Indianapolis a couple hundred miles north to Chicago — a short move that had a huge impact on the music he makes with Margot ...

Starting a long U.S. tour for a new record can be a nerve-wracking venture for even the most seasoned act. The U.K.-based Ting Tings faced an additional obstacle in March as t...

Before she became a full-time musician, Frankie Rose was a bike messenger. For six years she rode through the streets of New York delivering packages and visiting art gallerie...