July 16, marked the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the US military’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon in the deserts of New Mexico.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945, although there have been close calls.

Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and Iggy Pop are among the many artists featured on new versions of the classic 1963 Bob Dylan protest song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” ...

On July 16, 1945, the United States carried out the Trinity test, the world’s first nuclear detonation. Today, 80 years later, the University of Chicago — the site of the first self-sustaining nuclear ...

Two new renditions of Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” memorialize the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test ...

Through its 10-year-old Summermusik program, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra has introduced lively, sometimes surprising ...

The Kronos Quartet has learned after five decades to focus each program by first asking itself one question: What does society need to realize right now?

News about Kronos Quartet. Commentary and archival information about Kronos Quartet from The New York Times.

The revered and influential new-music quartet based in the Bay Area hosts a series of concerts June 20-23 celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Kronos Quartet celebrating bittersweet 50th anniversary as two members will soon depart This daring foursome, which was seen as too edgy and out there for many traditional chamber-music and ...

Kronos Quartet played at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Sunday as part of its season-long Five Decades 50th anniversary tour. The farewell aspect of the tour is that its second violinist ...