MUSIC

No Doubt's Sphere residency delivered more than a concert. From immersive visuals and vibrating seats to Gwen Stefani's magnetic stage presence, the evening became a celebration of music, friendship, and the nostalgia that united an entire generation.

An evening of classical music, visual art, and mentorship came together at the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum as Desert Roots Rising Stars presented Parisian Excursion, an immersive cultural experience celebrating the connection between music, creativity, and community.

For Yasmin Levy, music is not simply inherited tradition; it is living memory. Over the course of her international career, the acclaimed singer-songwriter has become one of the most important contemporary voices preserving Ladino, the centuries-old Judeo-Spanish language now considered endangered by UNESCO. Yet Yasmin’s artistry extends far beyond preservation alone. Through a deeply personal fusion of flamenco, Sephardic melodies, Persian and Middle Eastern influences, and

In a city often celebrated for spectacle and entertainment, the Desert Roots Rising Stars Music Festival is quietly building something far more enduring: a cultural ecosystem where mentorship, artistic excellence, and creative identity are nurtured with extraordinary care. Founded by Shakeh Ghoukasian, the festival has become one of the most compelling emerging artistic initiatives in the American Southwest, bringing together amazing young musicians, internationally accomplis

Your biography describes you as a singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, TV host, producer, and founder of Biscroma Records LLC. How do you see your multiple artistic roles as contributing to a singular musical voice or mission? Nelia Ross: Each role I’ve embraced, whether as singer, composer, producer, or founder, has deepened my understanding of music as a complete language. Performing allows me to connect emotionally with audiences in real time, while composing and songw

There is something almost radical, in today’s maximalist jazz landscape, about choosing less. For Samuel Torres—a musician whose résumé stretches from symphonic works to big band arrangements—the decision to strip everything down to three instruments on Trio Libre feels less like an aesthetic experiment than a philosophical pivot. After years of expanding outward, he turns inward, reducing his palette to piano, vibraphone, and congas, and asking a deceptively simple question:

As Christmas settles in and the year exhales toward its close, Jonathan Karrant moves through the holiday season with a mixture of joy, reflection, and quiet introspection. For the acclaimed vocalist—whose career spans grand opera houses, intimate jazz clubs, and some of America’s most respected concert halls—Christmas is not merely a season of performances. It is a return. “Christmas has a way of bringing us back to our beginnings,” Karrant says thoughtfully. Growing up in F

Paris at Christmas does not shout for attention. It lowers its voice. While the grands magasins sparkle and the boulevards hum with shoppers, another Paris opens quietly at dusk — behind heavy wooden doors, beneath vaulted ceilings, where candlelight replaces neon and time seems to soften. During Advent and throughout the holiday season, many of the city’s historic churches become concert venues, welcoming audiences not as spectators but as temporary custodians of beauty, sou

Blending the mysticism of Persian classical music with the universality of global collaboration, maestro Kayhan Kalhor transcends geography and language—inviting audiences into a timeless conversation between cultures. There are few musicians who can make an ancient instrument sing with such intimacy, mystery, and universality as Kayhan Kalhor , the Iranian master of the kamancheh —a bowed string instrument that has echoed through Persian courts and villages for centuries.