Guardian Music — Bath AbbeyFor the opening of Bath MusicFest, its artistic director, Joanna MacGregor, put herself centre stage with the Britten Sinfonia. Their concert has toured other venues, but MacGregor added the bells and whistles here. Bagpipes and drums, actu... more info

Guardian Music — This ambient artist cites the 'asymptotic quantification of memory' among her influences. A Wire cover star is born ...Hometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Ina Cube (music, production).The background: Friday's new artist featured in this column because she... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIt hardly seems five years since the Barbican celebrated Steve Reich's 70th birthday with a weekend of his finest works. To mark his 75th, rather than concentrating exclusively on Reich's music, these two days aimed to show the extent... more info

The Telegraph — It was the innocence and shy ecstasy of Reich's own music that left the deepest impression. Rating: * * * * * more info

Impose Magazine — If there were a Holy Trinity of living minimalist composers, it would be made up of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich. The first two have flirted with the mainstream (Pete Townshend citing Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air as an influence on s... more info

Guardian Music — Sufjan Stevens, On tourWhen Sufjan Stevens was last here, his live shows were fantastical affairs with troupes of 50s-style cheerleaders and orchestras wearing butterfly wings. Back then his stock-in-trade was turning the civic histories of unfashion... more info

Guardian Music — Beastie Boys described the convoluted making of their new album, Wild Beasts let us play you theirs, and there's no one more patriotic than Beyoncé ...Five things we learned this weekBeastie Boys aren't moping about Adam Yauch's struggle against can... more info

Guardian Music — Steve Reich is a major influence on today's musicians, artists and film-makers. As the Barbican pays tribute, we ask some of them why – and the man himself talks about his heroesDavid Lang Composer, Bang on a Can All-StarsI worked in a record store... more info

DrownedInSound — Evan Ziporyn of Bang on a Can All-Stars shares an insight into how Balinese music influenced Steve Reich... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — Todd Reynolds is a long-time member of The Steve Reich Ensemble and Bang on a Can, and a fixture on the international creative music scene for over twenty years.  A founder of the string quartet, ETHEL, he is also one of the founding fathers of the ... more info