Face the Music: GoldenOak makes beautiful music about the horror of climate change
GoldenOak released its second album, “Room to Grow” on June 24, and it’s already in the running for one of my favorite local albums of...
Use of Old-Growth Timber Hits a Sour Note in the Music Industry
Musicians are often concerned about environmental problems, but entangled in them through the materials used in their instruments. The guitar industry, which uses rare woods...
Patti Smith, Michael Stipe Set for ‘World Environment Day’ Livestream
Patti Smith, Dave Matthews, and Michael Stipe are among the artists set to take part in the World Environment Day livestream concert happening on June...
From Billie Eilish to Coldplay: Here’s how musicians are confronting the climate crisis
Europe is in the process of welcoming the return of live music with open arms. Millions of people are making plans to attend their first...
How Operas Are Going Green
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged day-to-day norms in the opera industry. But while addressing those challenges, some houses have found new ways to tackle another...
Theater Commentary: Who’s Agitating for a “Green New Theatre”?
Given the anemic response of America’s theater companies to the climate crisis, it is easy to become disheartened. “We’re doomed. Now what?” pointedly asks essayist...
NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World. They May Be Warming the Planet, Too.
When Chris Precht, an Austrian architect and artist, first learned about nonfungible tokens, the digital collectibles taking the art world by storm, he was so...
Playing it cool: these artists make music with ice
Brittle bursts that mimic cymbals. Deep hollowed notes reminiscent of metal drums. These are some of the surprising sounds that Siberian percussion group Ethnobeat created...