Music
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Arts
Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text,…
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News
De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led…
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Arts
Gustavo Dudamel: A Maestro at a Crossroads
LOS ANGELES — Gustavo Dudamel paused mid-Rachmaninoff the other morning and flashed a mischievous smile at the 92 players of…
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News
Cody Longo, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Actor, Dies at 34
Mr. Longo died in his sleep, likely from accidental alcohol poisoning, at his Austin, Texas, home on Wednesday, his representative…
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Arts
Young Fathers’ Music Has Always Been Subversive. Now It’s Joyful, Too.
The Scottish trio has been making political, genre-blending songs for a decade. On a new album, the group embraces the…
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News
Rick Rubin’s Guide to Art — and Life
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Reading Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights…
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Arts
Laraaji Conjures a Baptism in Sound
The pioneer of ambient music, now 79, rediscovered some of his earliest recordings for a new four-disc set.
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Arts
Review: No Dudamel Yet, but a Celebration at the Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen led the New York Philharmonic the day after Gustavo Dudamel was named as its next music director.
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World
New York Hails Maestro as a ‘Monstro’ and a Boon to Young Musicians
The naming of Gustavo Dudamel to lead the New York Philharmonic elicited national pride among Venezuelans and excitement among those…
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Arts
Gustavo Dudamel, Star Maestro, to Leave L.A. for New York Philharmonic
Dudamel, a charismatic 42-year-old conductor, will take up the Philharmonic’s podium in 2026, in a major coup for the orchestra.