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The National brings an abundance of energy for a brooding, middle-aged indie rock band, as evidenced on their new live album, “Rome.” Music Review: The National bring a burst of energy to their brooding music on live album, 'Rome' The 21-track, two-LP album — recorded in concert at the Parco della Musica auditorium in Italy's capital in June — is …

The National brings an abundance of energy for a brooding, middle-aged indie rock band, as evidenced on their new live album, “Rome.” The 21-track, two-LP album — recorded in concert at the Parco della Musica auditorium in Italy’s capital in June — is a fan-friendly sing-along that strings together some of the best sounds of their 25-year career. Eight of …

Musica Viva Tasmania: Orava Quartet

Presented by Musica Viva Tasmania, the Australian Orava Quartet perform three string quartets that traverse two centuries of the repertoire. Composed in 1797 Franz Joseph Haydn's Haydn's String Quartet in D minor Op. Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No.2 was composed in 1881 as a tribute to his twentieth wedding anniversary. 9 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.2 Artists Orava Quartet Daniel …

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The dilapidated East Perth power station, which has stood abandoned on the banks of the Swan River since it was decommissioned more than 40 years ago, is about to get a new lease of life, as the Perth Festival prepares to reinvent it as an arts and entertainment venue over the next four years. Casa Musica will take place on …

Musica Viva: Choir of King's College, Cambridge: Concert 2

Musica Viva Australia presents a unique concert featuring the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, with director Daniel Hyde at the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall. Now, of course, I’m flattered to actually be about to do it.” Hyde is only too aware of this musical institution’s storied history, one which was founded by King Henry IV in 1441, by presenting as encore …

The sound of air raid sirens in Ukraine have been turned into music A Ukrainian singer's video of her voice harmonizing to an air raid siren has become a social media symbol of defiance. GREG MYRE, BYLINE: The air raid sirens warning of a Russian assault can go off any time or any place in Ukraine. MYRE: In addition to …

Octavio Cuadras is making musica Mexicana more upbeat with ‘Corridos Felices’

Rudy Mancuso’s Musica rom-com on Amazon Prime is an unconventional trip through his musical mind.

Música, Prime’s new rom-com about a young Brazilian man whose life is complicated by distracting music-based synesthesia, is unconventional in nearly every sense. While some of these easily fit into the narrative context of the action—like one brief but lively samba number that Rudy imagines breaking out during a neighborhood fair—some are less conventional but still charming, like a musical …

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On a sweltering afternoon in El Monte, the Red Pears paid a visit to the Valley Mall. Members of the Red Pears from left, Patrick Juarez, Henry Vargas, and Jose Corona inside Musica Latina, a musical instrument store in El Monte. “I remember being in the car with my dad playing Jack FM and hearing rock music, and I was …

Adele's new album, "30," is finally available. Feeling Adele's pain, or recalling our own, may cause such chemical changes within us. Yet, other studies have hinted at a role for prolactin and oxytocin in making sad music feel good. The psychology of sad music A key reason we enjoy sad songs is because they profoundly "move" us. A related suggestion …