You have probably heard "Number nine... number nine... " looping in that unsettling, hypnotic way. Maybe it made you uneasy. Maybe you skipped it. Or maybe, like millions of curious listeners, you ...

When music provocateur John Zorn opened The Stone in New York's East Village in 2005, he laid the cornerstone for a downtown temple of avant-garde music. Everything about the tiny, simply furnished ...

Plus: Bitchin Bajas play a rare set of their Sun Ra material at a screening of Space Is the Place, and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson supports a new single (and headliner KeiyaA) at Sleeping Village.

The news of avant-garde pop producer Sophie’s death on Saturday morning came as a shock to fans around the globe. In the artist’s too-short career, the 34-year-old Glasgow-born musician had ...

For about 30 years, a small group of dedicated musicians and bookers have fostered a space for experimental jazz in Columbia.