"I wanted to capture the experience of the migration both from the perspective of composers who lived it and also from the viewpoint of a young composer who's experiencing a completely different ...

Buried in last week’s announcement of the Coachella lineup was the revelation that, for the first time in years, not one electronic act is headlining the music festival. It’s a bold move for promoters ...

Lara Downes, whose series Rising Sun Music re-centers compositions from historically marginalized composers. "I wanted to capture the experience of the migration both from the perspective of composers ...

Pianist Lara Downes' latest mini-album traces the story of the Great Migration of Black Americans from the south in the early to mid-20th century,... Pianist Lara Downes re-centers the music of the ...