Guardian Music — Classical musician who achieved unlikely fame with Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, composed in memory of the HolocaustThe Polish composer Henryk Górecki, whose desolate Symphony of Sorrowful Songs became an unlikely crossover hit, has died in Katowice,... more info

All About Jazz — Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet... more info

Guardian Music — From Bach to Björk, and Mozart to metal, the cello's dark, majestic undertow runs through popular musicWhat is it? The most resonant voice in the strings section, the cello has been described as the instrument that most closely corresponds to the hu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Jonsi @ Terminal 5 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The previously-mentioned Wordless Music show featuring Jonsi and Kjartan Sigur Ros, along with Alex Somers Of Riceboy Sleeps, The Hilliard Ensemble, Latvian National Choir and Word... more info

All About Jazz — By Mark Saleski If you want to really scare yourself, wait until everybody else in the house has gone to bed, turn out all of the lights, and put the Kronos Quartet's Black Angels on the stereo. You will be assaulted with George Crumb's terrifying "... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, London; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Queen's Hall, EdinburghDriven and obsessive, drawing on 1970s jazz funk, soul and gospel, Mark-Anthony Turnage's new BBC Proms commission Hammered Out burst noisily upon the world at Thursday's world ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Wedding Present @ Bowery in 2008 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Baye Kouyate @ Zebulon * Kronos Quartet @ Damrosch Park * Mumiy Troll @ Irving Plaza * Javelin, Warpaint @ Whitney Museum * Deer Tick,... more info

Mercury News, California — A sextet founded in 1996, eighth blackbird (piano, flute, clarinet, cello, violin and percussion) emerges from the Kronos lineage with the same kind of devotion to overhauling classical music's repertory and presentation. Still, once Kronos, founded ... more info

All About Jazz — 500 Legendary Jazz Icons, Classic Collaborations and Multi-Cultural and International Artists on 8 Stages for 3 Days of Nonstop Entertainment, September 17㬏, 2010 headliners on the arena/lyons stage include dianne reeves, freedom band with m: ... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, London"No, it wasn't scary at all," the girl said as she chatted to her friend on her mobile. "The old horror films are so funny." Much of the packed house at Hackney Empire thought the same of Tod Browning's 1931 movie Dracula, scree... more info