Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blumberg spoke with Gold Derby about how this project demanded a different kind of composing. He describes a process built on ...

Have you ever wondered what Shaker songs are out there beyond “Simple Gifts”? Over the course of this weekend, a handful of great New England songleaders will share and teach a collection of original ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Daniel Blumberg, photographed in West Hollywood in November. (Ian Spanier / For The Times) If the Shakers have a lasting ...

Longtime followers of the Wooster Group may experience anxiety even before setting foot inside the Performing Garage to see Early Shaker Songs. For one thing, a dusty LP inspired the experimental ...

The religious sect known as Shakers, responsible for the song "Simple Gifts" and thousands of others, is almost gone — and a non-Shaker is... The Stewards Of A Disappearing Faith — And 10,000 Songs In ...

The song that swept the nation during 2013 has just reached its 10th birthday. “Harlem Shake” was released by Harry Rodrigues, a producer and DJ professionally known as Baauer, on May 22, 2012. The ...

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.” It stands to ...