Music

Escovedo's upcoming album, due out this fall, is a suite of songs about identity recorded in Italy and the U.S.

John Prine takes us around Nashville for his "Knockin' on Your Screen Door" video, featuring friends like Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires and Dan Auerbach.

Roy Montgomery's music is like swimming through phantoms. The New Zealand guitarist enlists Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr, Julianna Barwick and others to sing on Suffuse, out Aug. 17.

The Russian electronic musician's oddly meditative music is set to the domestic comforts of the mundane.

The '50s heartthrob who lived a closeted life during the peak of popularity survived the end of the Hollywood studio system by refusing to make many of the compromises his fellow gay actors did.

Knussen, who wrote symphonies, chamber music and operas, is likely best known for his collaborations with children's author Maurice Sendak on adaptions like 1979's Where The Wild Things Are.

Truly a rose grown out of the concrete, Tonina's artistry is a glaring reflection of her tumultuous journey told through unblemished vocal range and the sounds of intermingling cultures.

Songwriting and musicianship aside, one of the things fans latch on to is that this band feels like a good hang.

Yonnet is a magician on the harmonica. You'll see why he's performed with Stevie Wonder, Prince and Ed Sheeran.

David Bazan brings the downcast indie-rock banger to its raging crisis. In the process, he resurrects the sonic sphere of Pedro the Lion.