Listen to unusual, colorful takes on seasonal music from English violinist Laura Cannell, the Miro Quartet, and the Norwegian duo of Iver Kleive & Knut Reiersrud.

Princeton-based Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy presents his dual Grammy-nominated work 'Land of Winter', as performed by the new music band Alarm Will Sound, led by Alan Pierson.  

Saxophonist and composer Donny McCaslin has been playing with jazz luminaries like Maria Schneider and Dave Douglas, and leading his own band, for a couple of decades. But he’s best k...

Mamady Kouyate's Mandingo Ambassadors play on Dec. 24 at Barbès in Brooklyn.

Hear music by the late sax player Pharoah Sanders, electronic musician Floating Points, and the London Symphony Orchestra. Plus, music by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.

New York-based classically trained composer and musician Kelly Moran’s music draws on everything from classical to dance to metal, but ends up sounding like none of those. She has bec...