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  • Steve Reich featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars / Red Fish Blue Fish2012 marks the composer's 75th birthday, and he has taken to the road for a handful of live appearances in the U.S.

  • Rick Ross / Busta RhymesRick Ross has recalibrated for 2012 by honoring canceled tour dates and releasing an ambitious, doom-riddled mixtape "Rich Forever."

  • Lana Del ReyThe much-anticipated Los Angeles debut of New York-based hype queen Lana Del Rey was a tepid and mostly awkward affair.

  • FaustFew would argue that Charles Gounod's 1859 operatic version of the familiar "Faust" tale is any kind of masterpiece, yet it remains a perennially popular staple of opera's repertoire.

  • StingFollowing a highly successful but half-hearted Police reunion tour and forays into symphonic and Renaissance music, Sting has gone back to the basics on his aptly named Back to Bass tour.

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  • Florence + the Machine shake it outBy RACHEL ABRAMS Fresh off the release of sophomore album “Ceremonials,” Florence + the Machine had plenty of help celebrating their performance at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas on Friday the 9th. Guests, including bands The Naked & Famous, The Temper Trap and Mumford & Sons, showed up at Hemingway’s in...Andrew Barker

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