IN THE PAST, anyone who wanted to hear a string quartet play a rock song had little choice but to attend Kronos Quartet shows, hoping for "Purple Haze" or "Foxy Lady" as an encore. But now there's a ...

The Section Quartet might be a string quartet and might use classical instruments to play rock songs, but it’s definitely no Muzak-like ensemble. The group doesn’t play soothing versions of songs that ...

"Fuzzbox," the third collection of all-string instrumental covers from the inventive Section Quartet, no doubt benefits from the input of co-producers Linda Perry and Jon Brion. And while many tunes ...

The CLEVELAND STRING QUARTET was a chamber music group attached to the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA in the 1920s and 1930s and composed of principal players from the orchestra's string section. Formed in 1919, ...

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February 5, 2005 • Critics call her "alluring" and "utterly enchanting." At Carnegie Hall, Sam Phillips delights her audience with her own songs of love and heartbreak. The Section String Quartet and ...