Multiple Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma includes a superstar status and charm that stretch much beyond enthusiasts of classical music. His achievement is because of a determination to try fresh things, an authentic wish to talk about what he likes, and also a mastery of his device that comes through whatever …

Arguably the main British post-minimalist composer, Gavin Bryars mixes classical, jazz, and modern influences in his intellectually engaging (but still psychologically touching) music. Though his design provides changed relatively since his initial main piece, 1969’s “The Sinking from the Titanic,” Bryars provides continued to be a provocative however accessible composer …

Best known while the frontman from the Tragically Hip, Gordon Downie is a Canadian vocalist/songwriter who also made his full-length single debut with Coke Machine Shine in 2001 and released follow-up albums periodically. Given birth to on Feb 6, 1964, in Amherstview, Ontario, Canada, he co-founded the Tragically Hip in …