Gene Autry, known as the Singing Cowboy, epitomized the western star, performing in movies, television and radio for more than three decades. © Sunset Boulevard ...

Green wrote a book on singing cowboys and is featured in Ken Burns' new PBS series about country music. He says he fell in love with Western music from an early age: "It completely entranced me." This ...

Ravi Shankar's arrival in Western music has widely been ascribed to his association with the Beatles, particularly George Harrison, and his stunning performance at the 1967 Monterey International Po… ...

In the summer of 1981 when I was sixteen my grandfather came visiting and found a copy of Donald J. Grout’s A History of Western Music sitting on the desk in my room. “Don Grout!” he exclaimed. “I ...

There's nothing more noble than joining hands over a long-standing cultural divide. If only it was that simple, says Ivan Hewett Param Vir's latest concerto is about "improvised moments and rhythmic ...

Works by two Austrian composers who experienced starkly contrasting levels of fame during their short lives – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the little-known Hans Rott – feature in Sunday’s concert by ...