L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The inventive artist's 26th studio album is the kind of record you hope for out of Bowie: versatile and magnetic.Almost 40 years ago, David Bowie performed two sold-out concerts in Southern California, at the Long Beach Arena and the Hollywood Pallad... more info

Mercury News, California — Van Cliburn gold medalist Haochen Zhang also shined as a soloist on the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto. more info

USA Today Music — 10 intriguing tracks found during the week's listening. more info

Popdose — Hearing the stories behind how the new Camper Van Beethoven album came together, we’re not surprised to find out that God is a CVB fan. And as you listen to La Costa Perdita, the new Camper album which landed in stores on January 22nd via the f... more info

Mercury News, California — Richard Danielpour's setting of poems by Maya Angelou in the song cycle 'A Woman's Life' provided the central theme for a Friday program conducted by Michael Morgan and dedicated to femininity. Also featured were Beethoven's 'Leonore' Overture No. 3 ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Still an easy band to love. more info

Topix — REVIEW: Edo de Waart led locked-out Minnesota Orchestra musicians in Beethoven's Ninth, music that often has been hitched to a cause. more info

Guardian Music — Your editorial (In praise of... 5/4 time, 7 December) suggests that classical music had to wait for Bartók and Stravinsky before it got pieces in a rhythm of 5/4. Leaving aside Tchaikovsky's one contribution, may I put in a word for Antoine Reicha (1... more info

Guardian Music — The Philharmonia Orchestra's impressive new app blends music, video and interactive instrument guide into an instant classicThe orchestra. There's an app for that. No, there really is: the Philharmonia Orchestra app, released on Thursday, is one of t... more info

Mercury News, California — And in the San Francisco Symphony program repeating through Saturday, piano soloist Yefim Bronfman gave an imperial performance of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto. more info