For her latest album, "Salt," cellist Maya Beiser draws an arc of female longing and defiance through the centuries. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SALT") HELGA DAVIS: (Singing) Mourn for my girls who would ...

We update our tally of the year's best contenders with the effervescent Bombay Bicycle Club, Residente's epic and profound "313," cellist Maya... The Contenders, Vol. 5: Our running list of the year's ...

In a new album, the cellist draws an arc of female longing and defiance through the centuries. Cellist Maya Beiser tackles women's defiance in a new album Of the many stories she learned as a child, ...

"Music goes directly to the soul," declares Maya Beiser. "It's a purely spiritual entity because it directly enters us, without obstacles. And it connects us all together." Beiser is a virtuoso on the ...

Of the many stories she learned as a child, one haunted Maya Beiser for months, and eventually years and decades: the sorry fate of Lot's wife. The woman, unnamed in the biblical tale, is turned into ...