Daniel Bachman is an acclaimed musician, known for his unique blend of Appalachian-inspired folk music and meditative drones. But, for his latest album, titled Almanac Behind, he wanted to try ...

The musicians of GoldenOak turns floods, forest loss and climate anxiety into folk songs rooted in Maine and shaped by ...

Musicians have used poignant lyrics to make political statements for decades, particularly regarding environmental issues and climate change. No one can forget Joni Mitchell’s haunting voice and ...

A South Korean climate activist at COP27. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images) This story is part of “Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review ...

Sometimes things come together in ways that are unexpected and yet remarkably natural. This happened to me this weekend when I went to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra play Vespers of the Blessed Earth ...

In the first three parts of this exclusive interview series with singer/songwriter Don McLean, 76, we covered a lot of ground, including his biggest hits “American Pie” and “Vincent,” fear, his views ...

Concern over his family members' safety during the California wildfires a couple of years ago sparked Fairfield, Connecticut composer Brian Field's initial solo piano piece Fire, which he then ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- On April 2, a blockbuster concert took place at The Fillmore on Geary Street in San Francisco. On stage: Green Day. The four-time Grammy Award winners can sell-out huge stadiums in ...

A cellist has composed a haunting song that turns charted data of climate change into an ominous serenade. Daniel Crawford, an undergraduate studying geography and environmental science at the ...

Jake Blount is a singer, songwriter, musician and academic who has written about the folk traditions of Black and indigenous Americans. He’ll release his latest album, The New Faith, on Sept. 23, and ...

I have been trying for years to write today’s story, but it was begging to be told with sound. So for Column One, the Times’ signature series in creative storytelling, I’m switching it up today: My ...

PIKINE, Senegal — On Senegal's peninsula, just west of Dakar, is a neighborhood that attracts hundreds of the country's most gifted musicians, artists and creatives. They all meet at Africulturban, a ...