Music
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Arts
Drake Releases ‘For All the Dogs’ Album, With Assists From Bad Bunny and Kevin Durant
The album, which had been teased all summer and then delayed, also features appearances by SZA, 21 Savage and J.…
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Arts
Peso Pluma, Mexico’s Breakout Music Star, Finds New Spotlights
Backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, at the Prudential Center in Newark, the out-of-nowhere Mexican superstar Peso…
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Arts
Robert Glasper Leans Into the Drama
Mounting his fifth annual residency at the Blue Note (after a viral beef at the Grammys), the pianist, producer and…
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Arts
‘Flora and Son’ and the Unspoken Truth About Songwriting
To one musician, John Carney’s films about budding artists mirror the joys and pitfalls of crafting tunes.
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US
When Mr. Secretary Loves to Rock
A viral video of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken introduced Americans to the guitar geek hidden within.
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News
Nancy Van de Vate, Composer and Advocate for Women in Music, Dies at 92
An American who settled in Vienna, she had a prolific career in contemporary classical music and broke gender barriers in…
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Arts
Conducting Lessons: How Bradley Cooper Became Leonard Bernstein
On a late-spring day in 2018, when the New York Philharmonic was deep in rehearsals of a Strauss symphony, an…
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Arts
Tupac Shakur Remained a Defining Rap Figure After His Death
A star during his lifetime, he became an almost mythical figure in the decades since his 1996 killing.
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Arts
The Legend of Gram Parsons, in 12 Songs
A half-century after his death, listen to some of the singer-songwriter’s most soulful signature tunes, and some tributes and covers…
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Arts
In Kentucky, a Maestro of the People
Teddy Abrams, the 36-year-old music director of the Louisville Orchestra, has embedded himself in his community, breaking the mold of…