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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
Sep 9

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

Composer Tony Anderson releases 'Debris' today. Made in collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial, the album aims to process collective trauma.
By Dylan Roth
Nov 12

Funk Without Aggression: Remembering the Gap Band’s Ronnie Wilson

By Sasha Frere-Jones
Jul 23

Lil Nas X’s New Video “Industry Baby” Takes a Stand Against Cash Bail

By Mia Pollack
Jun 18

Why the Maels Trusted Edgar Wright to Make ‘The Sparks Brothers’

By Pamela Chelin
May 17

Mike Shinoda Wants NFTs to Help Bring Value Back to Music

By Matt Sigur
L: HIM from The Powerpuff Girls. R: Lil Nas X.
Apr 4

Lil Nas X’s “Montero” Is the Latest in Red-Hot, Sexy, Queer Satanic Panic

By Rebecca Long
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Mar 31

Britney Spears “Cried for Two Weeks” After the ‘Framing’ Documentary

By Paige Harriss
"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
Mar 30

The Critics of Lil Nas X and “Montero” Are Telling on Themselves

By Noah Berlatsky
Feb 26

Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker Was Shot and Her Dogs Were Stolen: What We Know

By Paige Harriss
Yeri Han and Steven Yeun star in Minari, while Emile Mosseri composed the film's music
Feb 26

How Composer Emile Mosseri Scored ‘Minari’ Using Only Its Script

By Matt Sigur
Jan 26

Howard Shore on ‘Pieces of a Woman’ and Whether He’d Return to ‘LOTR’ (If Asked)

By Tom Power
Neil Diamond, 2011
Jan 19

Neil Diamond Gave Us “America” and Also Showed Us Its Limits

By Noah Berlatsky
Britney Spears performs at Nassau Coliseum on November 7, 2001.
Nov 11

Britney Spears Has Yet to Break Free

By Noah Berlatsky
Drea de Matteo directs and stars in "Rats in Ruin," a new nine-minute music video and short film by the band All Them Witches
Nov 2

Drea de Matteo Channeled Her ‘Sopranos’ Chops to Direct a Music Video in COVID

By Alex Blynn
Sep 29

Mariah Carey’s Wrenching New Memoir Reveals She Once Wrote an Alt Rock Album

By Helen Holmes
H. Jon Benjamin
Sep 14

H. Jon Benjamin Updates Us on His Improv Jazz and the ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Movie

By Matt Sigur
Sep 8

John Cage’s 639-Year-Long Organ Concert Attracts a Crowd in Germany

By Helen Holmes
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Aug 30

Mark Isham Raced Against COVID-19 to Remotely Score ‘Bill & Ted 3’

By Emily Zemler
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Aug 12

The Critics of “WAP” Just Can’t Stop Owning Themselves

By Noah Berlatsky
Aug 6

This Year’s Mostly Mozart Festival Will Center Black Lives and Air Over the Radio

By Helen Holmes
Elon Musk and Grimes transphobic twitter exchange
Jul 28

Elon Musk’s Transphobia on Twitter Is Not a Joke

By Noah Berlatsky
A screenshot from A Home Unfamiliar
Jul 8

The Dazzling Video Album Made by 30 Artists in Quarantine

By Noah Berlatsky
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