Cocteau Twins reissued most of their album discography on vinyl in the late 2010s, but one record that hadn’t been yet was 1986’s The Moon and the Melodies, their collaboration with ambient composer ...

Ambient composer Harold Budd died last night at age 84. His dreamy minimal style, both in his own works as well as in collaborations with Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie and others, has been ...

Often mistakenly lumped into the "new age" category, pianist/composer Harold Budd has always been better described through his associations. He first came to attention in 1978 with the release of The ...

This week on All Songs Considered, youth and age find a way to meet in the middle. A still-kicking Tony Bennett teams up with the still freakishly young Lady Gaga on his new Duets II; Laura Veirs, who ...

Some artists veer wildly between styles from record to record. And then there are those who discover their sonic identity and stick with it, hardly straying from their one true path. Their life's work ...

The minimalist composer and musician Harold Budd, whom collaborator Brian Eno once described as being “a great abstract painter trapped in the body of a musician,” died on Tuesday of complications ...

At 67, with his 23rd album freshly pressed, ambient music maverick and pianist Harold Budd is in a somber mood. Alone at a baby grand that filled most of the Largo stage, Budd proffered six meditative ...

Harold Budd, the acclaimed composer known for his minimalist works and collaborations with Brian Eno, died Tuesday. He was 84. Steve Takaki, Budd’s manager, confirmed his death, adding that the cause ...

While wading through Pensive Aphrodite, the hypnotic 32-minute opening suite on A Song for Lost Blossoms, keyboardist and ambient-music pioneer Harold Budd and guitarist Clive Wright unexpectedly peel ...

Composer and musician Harold Budd, who gained acclaim for fusing genres including jazz, New Age and minimalism, died Tuesday at age 84. Budd’s manager Steve Takaki told Rolling Stone that he died from ...

September 20, 2011 • This episode includes kids' music from Laura Veirs, the return of veteran composer Harold Budd and some echoey pop from Exitmusic and Milagres. September 8, 2011 • As NPR covered ...

Harold Budd, an innovative American composer who collaborated with Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, and whose own work combined elements of jazz, minimalism and more, has died at the age of 84, according ...