In the new “Wish You Were There” series, we offer a virtual visit to a beloved destination by asking locals and insiders to recommend transportive films, books, music and podcasts, as well as a few ...

The Dutch capital was awash with banging beats as the electronic music business came to town. By Thomas Smith Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) took place in the Dutch capital last week (Oct. 22-26), with ...

The Netherlands, like a lot of European countries, has struggled with exporting music since the 60s. Which figures if all you're doing is imitating your British or American counterparts rather than ...

Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly expensive and homogenized city. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Amsterdam On a ...

I was in Amsterdam last week to watch the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons rehearsing and playing Dvořák's Requiem. It's been fascinating to observe the "world's greatest orchestra" ...