Elephant in the Room: White Stripes Hit New York

On Monday, Feb. 17, the White Stripes sat side by side on a French love seat in the Gramercy Park Hotel’s Belle Epoch–style lounge, displaying the lazy élan of royal twins.

Jack White, 27, resembled a punk Lord Byron: ghostly pallor, consumptive eyes, black newsboy cap pulled down over inky locks. Mute, chain-smoking Meg White, Read More

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Original Trance Music

To call a concert, especially that of a singer of religious songs, a “revelation” is beyond cliché. Yet there is no better term to describe the first time I saw the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

In his prime, the Pakistani qawwali singer was one of the most passionate and imaginative vocalists of his time, Read More