Kendrick Lamar breaks sound barrier with Pulitzer Prize for music

Hip-hop artist’s win is first time award has not gone to a classical or jazz musician

Murray, Allen & Carrington - Perfection album review: Not perfect, but not far off

Simon Toldam Orkester – Stork: Bells of Sunday

Paul Bley: Play Blue

Howard Shore knows the score, from Cronenberg to Middle Earth

From his early work on TV’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ and David Cronenberg’s film ‘The Brood’, through to the daunting task of scoring the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, the composer looks back on his eclectic career to date

How Madrid lost its mojo

A great capital with fine museums and a lively vibe is grippedby an identity crisis

This Is How We Fly: a gravity-defying Irish-Swedish adventure

This Is How We Fly fuse traditional music from Ireland and Sweden with elements of Appalachian clog dancing, jazz and electronica. They look set to take off

Billy Bang: Da Bang!