Ben Lear, who graduated from NYU with a degree in music composition, started work on Lillian two and a half years ago, in spring 2009; it's been staged in several iterations since then, but tonight's performance is set to be the most complete—and ambitious—one yet.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/25/11

Photographer Lauren Dukoff was Devendra Banhart's first friend when he moved to the United States; she's made him his muse in her first book.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/17/09

Peter Bjorn and John, the cerebral Swedes behind that whistling song, are vying to avoid one-hit-wonderdom with a new album that features a children’s choir. And they might be onto something.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 04/28/09

Timothy Showalter is a former Indiana Mennonite who's now a Hebrew-school teacher in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He drives the school bus for extra money, and leads singalongs with his students on the way to school.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/26/09