Antony and the Johnsons

The project of multi-disciplinary artist Anohni, Antony and the Johnsons use piano balladry, chamber pop, and orchestral music as a stirring setting for Anohni's soulful voice and unflinching lyrics. The group found international success with 2005's Mercury Prize-winning I Am a Bird Now, then widened its range with albums including 2009's delicately somber The Crying Light and the following year's lush, uplifting Swanlights. The issues Anohni confronted in her music -- racism, sexism, homophobia, capitalism, and climate change, to name a few -- came to the fore on 2016's elect...