The one-man band is an age-old image, materializing as a jester-like figure, fiddling with sounds before the king’s court or as a minstrel of the streets, fashioned with every instrument, becoming one ...

For better and for worse, today’s America leaves its citizens to fend for themselves. So does that mean that each of us has to be a One-Man Band? Fortunately, there’s a Californian who has been ...

Micus, who has a rare London concert this month, has just released his 20th album on ECM, which puts him up there with Keith Jarrett as one of the label’s most prolific artists. But Micus’s art is of ...