With “Good News Mass,” Carlos Simon and friends take the BSO to church

But on very few occasions have I witnessed Black joy so centered in the Symphony Hall spotlight as I did during Thursday night’s performance of “Good News Mass,” a BSO co-commission that premiered in ...
Boston Classical Review

New works by Simon and Lang close BSO festival on a moving and affirmative note

Of the two, the Good News Mass, which was co-commissioned by the BSO and premiered in Los Angeles in April 2025, is the more ...

Riffing with Mulatu Astatke, the king of Swinging Addis

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...
The New Arab

Reclaiming a spiritual tradition: The women bringing Egypt's sacred chants back to life

Silenced from Egypt’s religious life, women chanters are returning, reviving a sacred tradition and reclaiming space through ...