Music and Concerts |There’s no beat, no lyrics. You can’t dance to it. But cicada music is the coolest music you know

The first official act of summer, the first ritual of the season, is the simplest. Open a window. Feel the crisp air of the new day, and just listen. Birds. Sirens. Stray patter on the street. And late at night, nothing at all. A cat screech that cuts off. One solitary bird chirp. A distant _ shush ...