Aside from turning amplifiers up to 11, there isn’t much outdoor music and theater festival organizers can do to combat nature’s noise, to wit the persistent cicada chorus. But most suburban ...

Country songwriter Wood Newton has been writing music for decades. He's gotten his inspiration for songs from many sources. Most recently, his inspiration comes from nature. “I love them!” he said of ...

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Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South and reports from Nashville. For more than a week, I’ve been walking around my yard at ...

A Provençal ceramic cicada adorns the Shenks’ front porch. Did you hear it? As the last days of July unfold, a new sound emerges. It’s a familiar chorus. The clicking of cicadas and the chant of the ...

NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to music professor David Rothenberg about the music of the Brood X cicadas and what it's like making music... Music Professor David Rothenberg Makes Music With ...

The Ophelias’ “Cumulonimbus” and “Salome” were riveting previews of their fourth album Spring Grove, which is the first record produced by Julien Baker. Today, the indie rock band is back with another ...