Music
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News
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Settles the Score With Haters — and With History
Beyoncé released a genre-bending country album, “Cowboy Carter,” last week. After listening to it in all the requisite settings —…
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Arts
Puccini’s ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Turandot’: More Than Appropriation
The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping.
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Arts
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s New Season Includes Tribute to Bayard Rustin
The civil rights activist’s life and legacy will be honored in a 2024-25 lineup that will also include spotlights on…
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World
‘Punjabi Wave’ Music Hits the Juno Awards Stage
Karan Aujla, 27, became the first Punjabi artist to win an award at the Junos as the genre expands its…
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Arts
Are You a Pop Culture-Obsessed Weirdo? Try Night Flight Plus.
If you’ve got six bucks and want to be adventurous, try this streaming service for some wild fringe programming.
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News
Stephen Adams, Who Made Yale Music School Tuition-Free, Dies at 86
A billionaire businessman and a late-blooming piano aficionado, he set a record with the anonymous $100 million gift that he…
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Finance
Does Country Radio’s Treehouse Have Room for Beyoncé?
The pop superstar’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” could be a litmus test for a format that’s long been inhospitable to…
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Magazine
The Retro Music Genre That Will Change Your Life
Classic rock rules. When the right song comes on the radio, I pretty much see God.
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Arts
Review: Looking for Love With Burt Bacharach, and Finding a Prayer
Mark Morris’s “The Look of Love” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is uneven, but you can’t fight its swing.
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News
Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem
Does that song on your phone — or on the radio — or in the movie theater — sound familiar?…