Billy Joel has a new song coming next week. Before it arrives, revisit “The Stranger” and tracks by Juelz Santana, Dick Hyman and more. By Lindsay Zoladz When Billy Joel was working on what would ...

When was the last time you heard whistling on a pop or rock track? Or even in everyday life? The postman or milkman who gave a merry whistle on his way to your door was once an established cultural ...

In the fictional shtetl of Frampol, the home of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Gimpel the Fool, whistling on the Sabbath would have been strictly forbidden, and whistling a tune at night was known to bring ...

After booking about 350 artists and 500 shows, Whistling Swan Productions turned 25 years old this February. “The best artists are the ones we are passionate about and want to share,” co-founder Mike ...

York’s historic factory whistle concert will play this Christmas, but its Arch Street home has been sold, leaving the tradition’s future uncertain.

An orchestra of 31 whistlers will perform in Old City Philadelphia’s Christ Church Neighborhood House on Saturday. The Temple University art gallery, Temple Contemporary, brought them together and ...

When The New York Times pop music critic Lindsay Zoladz heard that Billy Joel was releasing a new single, it prompted her to return to some of his back catalog, including the 1977 album “The Stranger, ...