ContactMusic — Actress Cynthia Nixon has signed up to play Emily Dickinson in new biopic A Quiet Passion British director Terence Davies reveals he wrote the script with Nixon in mind and is thrilled she has agreed to portray the reclusive poet in his film He te... more info

ContactMusic — Cynthia Nixon is to star as poet Emily Dickinson in biopic A Quiet Passion The Sex and the City actress has been cast as the late US writer - who died at the age of 55 in 1886 - in the movie by British director Terence Davies who is over the m... more info

Guardian Music — (Proprius)The crossover fanbase that turned Jan Garbarek's collaborations with the Hilliard Ensemble into hits might be the target for these painterly soundscapes by composer Siobhan Lamb – with their solemn choral textures, subtle tonal blends, re... more info

Guardian Music — Aldeburgh festivalOliver Knussen, being properly feted in the week of his 60th birthday, and Elliott Carter at 103, no less, were the focus of this remarkable Aldeburgh festival concert. For this collaboration with the Birmingham Contemporary Music G... more info

Guardian Music — HubroTore Brunborg is Tord Gustavsen's gifted sax disciple, while Kirsti Huke is an unhurried, flawlessly controlled, multi-genre vocalist who sketches graceful shapes somewhat in the manner of Susanna Wallumrod. They sound made for each other on th... more info

Impose Magazine — We met with Damon McMahon, the progenitor of the enigmatic and sparse genre-transcending project Amen Dunes, in preparation for his new full-length, Through Donkey Jaw, which due out September 18 on Sacred Bones. Also discussed were Emily Dickinson,... more info

Guardian Music — Stotijn/Royal Concertgebouw O/Spanjaard/Asko-Schonberg/Tausk/Freiburg Baroque O/Von der Goltz(Disquiet)Michel van der Aa trained as a recording engineer before studying composition, so it's not surprising to find that the 40-year-old Dutchman has fou... more info

Guardian Music — Regularly playing an instrument takes you out of yourself and is deeply connected with love. It is a spiritual exercise for agnosticsIn the first discussion in the Uncertain Minds series, the Guardian's editor, Alan Rusbridger, spoke with Karen Armst... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonReceiving its European premiere in this BBC Symphony programme under Oliver Knussen was Wanderlust by the 31-year-old American Sean Shepherd. It's a triptych, each panel describing a place – the windy deserts of the composer's nativ... more info

Guardian Music — (Jazzland)Solveig Slettahjell, the beguiling Norwegian singer, has been moving from the stealthy makeovers of classics that launched her towards an original repertoire; apart from an Emily Dickinson poem, Tarpan Seasons is all new material. Though it... more info