The sun is about to set in a kaleidoscopic cloudburst of red and orange, but there's no way you're going to score the scene with anything obvious . . . so you cue Cocteau Twins and, instantly, you're c …

Their songs already sparkle like snow caught in the sun at noon, so it's no surprise that Cocteau Twins turned out tasteful covers of both "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman." Complementary cu …

John Williams started out, after college (UCLA, Juilliard) and a stint in the Air Force, as a jazz pianist, then followed his father - who had worked as a musician for movie studios - onto the Hollywoo …

Here, among the rousing mainstays of Williams' high profile partnerships with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, we've added a few pieces that have nothing to do with swashbuckling adventure and reflec …

After ditching their British Invasion disguise, the Moody Blues first showed their true progressive colors in 1967, with the astounding rock-classical masterwork Days of Future Passed. In league …

Cat Stevens frequently gets lumped in with the '70s singer/songwriter boom, but he actually fits neatly with such wistful English contemporaries as Nick Drake and Donovan. Songs like "Wild World," and  …

Hard to believe that Feist was playing to 100 or so people just a couple years ago, what with the sudden career-catapulting success of "1234" - the song that, in 2007, made her a mainstream curi …

If Feist's soft, delicate features look vaguely familiar to some of you, it might be because she used to perform with her roommate Peaches, flexing a sock puppet as the raunchy singer battled with bass …

To hear Bing sing is to feel that everything's OK with the world. One of popular music's holy trinity of ultra-icons (alongside Elvis and the Beatles), Crosby delivered his soothing baritone via radio, …