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Spotify Shares Jump After It Reports Adding Record Monthly Active Users

Spotify's stock opened at a 9 percent increase today after the company reported earnings before the bell.
By Rachyl Jones
Dec 19

 A Swinging Birdland Christmas: An Annual Holiday Special, Live on 44th Street

Inspired by classic TV Christmas specials, Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhurst, and Billy Stritch present six nights of holiday pop songs and cheer.
By Harry Haun
Oct 7

Made in a Celebrity Factory, One Direction’s Fame Is Forever—For Better or Worse

The British boy band One Direction changed the lives of the bandmates forever but was it the best for them?
By Erin Taylor
Paul McCartney
May 5

How Paul McCartney Saved Classic Rock From Extinction

By Ron Hart
Sep 9

Composer Tony Anderson Gets American Tragedy With New Album ‘Debris’

By Dylan Roth
Aug 8

Why Is This Trending? The Dave Matthews Band Chicago River Incident

By Rachel Millman
Jul 29

Kelis’s Beef Isn’t with Beyoncé—It’s with the Music Industry Itself

By Rachel Millman
Jun 3

You Can’t Stop Listening to Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” Now What?

By Michael Duquette
Central Park had the highest number of total crimes out of parks in the city.
Jun 1

Events in New York City for the First Half of June

By Erin Taylor
Apr 5

‘Sign O’ The Times’ Is The Best Prince Film You’ve Never Seen

By Michael Duquette
Apr 5

Marilyn Maye Will Celebrate Her 94th Birthday Onstage, Singing: “This Is What I Do. I Can’t Cook.” 

By Harry Haun
Apr 1

Conducting Phenom Jonathon Heyward Makes His North American Debut Tour

By Annie Levin
Mar 22

How J Dilla Turned The Sound of Error Into a Brand New Beat

By Robert Christgau
Mar 19

The Visual Delight and Mayhem of Rosalía, A Musician of the Highest Order

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Mar 14

The Unclassifiable, Unending Cascade of Arthur Russell’s Music

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Mar 4

Musicians Organize Around DMCA Law, Time’s Up for Spotify

By Annie Levin
Feb 18

The Cabaret Circuit Embraces Movie Night

By Harry Haun
Feb 17

PRISM Quartet’s Brilliant, Uncanny ‘Mending Wall’ Premieres at Roulette

By Annie Levin
Feb 16

The Netflix Kanye West Documentary Is a Four-Hour Timesuck That Could be 15 Minutes

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Jan 13

Bushwick Mainstay Bossa Nova Civic Club Has Shut Down After a Fire

By Helen Holmes
Jan 13

We Are All Her Babies: Ronnie Spector Was the Voice of New York

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Jan 7

The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’: The Zorro of Xanax Presents His Most Coherent Vision of the Endless ‘80s

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Dec 30

New Year’s Eve Art Events to Enjoy in New York, Even in Uncertain Circumstances

By Helen Holmes
Dec 10

‘Barn’ is Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s ‘Get Back’

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Dec 1

Here’s How to Find Your 2021 Spotify Wrapped

By Observer Staff
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