At first glance, Philip Glass and J.S. Bach might seem like strange bedfellows. But their keyboard concertos, separated by some 285 years, end up complementing, rather than contradicting each ...

Saint Etienne’s 2012 music video I’ve Got Your Music, where fans pose with squared-circle mementos that carry personal meaning for them is the most affectionate testament to the art form we ...

Director (and rock photographer) Anton Corbijn convincingly argues the importance of the British design team Hipgnosis, whose clients included Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel.

The filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s documentary “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” tells the tale of the London design company devoted to crafting the perfect LP sleeve.

Feisty Bette Davis was memorably photographed by Roddy McDowall in 1981, holding a cushion inscribed, "Old Age Ain't No Place for Sissies". In music, Bach's The Art of Fugue holds similar terrors ...

The first publisher of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Hans Georg Nägeli, called it the “greatest musical work of art of all times and peoples”. Assembled from a variety of sources, eclectic in its ...

A world premiere recording of a new piano concerto by Philip Glass sits comfortably beside a Bach classic. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can ...