Nick Cave is the real Prince of Darkness. Sure, Ozzy Osbourne has his scary moments, but, at least in recent years, it's all seemed a little cartoonish. Cave's darkness has a bone-deep realness that ...

Abbatoir Blues, the first entry in Nick Cave’s ambitious new two-disc set, begins with a rush of noise: the sound of drumsticks striking a snare and squalls of electric guitar. It’s an unusually ...

The Lyre of Orpheus, by Robertson Davies (Penguin, $8.95): Davies’ most recent work is a grand opera of a tale that he conducts with authority and plenty of theatrical flourishes. And it is an opera ...

Every person in the audience was leaning forward hanging onto every word, every note, waiting for the fatal Orphic moment when Orpheus turns back to look at Eurydice as they are leaving Hades and ...

In this city, at least, the worlds of symphony and ballet are separated by no more than a narrow stretch of Grove Street. But they might as well be worlds apart for all the opportunities San Francisco ...

It has to be tough being Nick Cave-coming home at night, taking off your coal-black trench coat, lecturing your lady about the darkness in your soul, calling down a curse from the Lord on the upstairs ...

It has to be tough being Nick Cave — taking off your coal-black trench coat, lecturing your lady about the darkness in your soul, calling down a curse from the Lord on the upstairs neighbors, and ...