Cowbells have been around for thousands of years, so no surprise they appear in music. In 1904, Gustav Mahler used cowbells ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Throughout his musical career Toby McAllister has played a lot of stages. From small sets in Maine to touring on the Warped Tour, but still for this Maine musician one stage has ...

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...