About a year ago, a former girlfriend asked me why this town seemed so culture-less. She’s from Los Angeles and is the sort of girl who likes to dress up and go to the ballet. “In L.A., people our age ...

As cellist Jody Redhage gathered her instrument and quickly shuffled to another class of eager schoolchildren in Park Slope, she couldn’t help but think back to when she was their age. “I was really ...

The new millennium is bringing us a new appreciation of craft, from small-batch beer to artisanal chocolates, to lovingly smoked cold-cuts. Add to the list a back-to-basics appreciation for the music ...

Bach Flower Remedies come in tiny, dark brown bottles with names such as "honeysuckle", "clematis" or "crab apple". These, combined with the pretty labels, bring to mind English meadows and gardens ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Building a banjo to heaven: Bla Fleck’s sound goes higher than 11. Like a picking and grinning Doctor Livingston, Béla Fleck is a musical missionary on a constant journey through undiscovered banjo ...

For two weeks every December, the oldest FM radio station in the country, Columbia University’s WKCR, dedicates two continuous weeks to playing the sounds of J.S. Bach. Pretty rad, huh? Well, Phoenix ...