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Music
Amadou Bagayoko, Half of Malian Duo Who Went Global, Di...
As Amadou & Mariam, he and his wife were improbable pop stars on two counts. The...
Fisher Center at Bard Announces Civis Hope Commissions
The Fisher Center at Bard has announced a wave of works by artists including Suz...
A Pack of April Fools
A survey of the many fools who have been immortalized in song, featuring Aretha ...
Sean Kingston and His Mother Are Convicted in $1 Millio...
Mr. Kingston, who is best known for his 2007 hit single “Beautiful Girls,” and h...
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
A new take on Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony,” a piano cycle by Gregory Spear...
How ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Brings a Beloved Song to ...
Of all the “Buena Vista Social Club” songs, the beloved “Chan Chan” is the most ...
Selena’s Killer Is Denied Parole 30 Years After Murder
The Tejano music icon was fatally shot by the founder of her fan club, who has b...
Bon Iver Is Happy (and Sexy) Now. It Took a Lot of Work.
The singer and songwriter Justin Vernon’s fast success led to unexpected opportu...
Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Environmental Music Is Enchanting a...
The Japanese musician, who wasn’t widely known before his death in 2003, has bec...
Jensen McRae and 10 More Artists to Watch
Meet the buzzy folk-pop songwriter, plus a dancey noise band, a dexterous Domini...
11 Songs to Keep St. Patrick’s Day Going
Extend the holiday with tracks from Sinead O’Connor, the Pogues, Kneecap and more.
Sean Combs’s Lawyers Say Video of Hallway Assault Was A...
The video, a critical piece of the prosecution’s case, shows the music mogul bea...
Sony Gives N.Y.U. $7.5 Million for an Audio Institute
A multifaceted new program at the university’s Steinhardt School will train stud...
Lonnie Holley Never Plays a Song Twice. (Even His Own.)
The artist and musician, now 75, represents a devotion to the act of creation. H...
‘The Interview’: Lady Gaga’s Latest Experiment? Happiness.
The pop superstar reflects on her struggles with mental health, the pressures of...
Roy Ayers, Vibraphonist Who Injected Soul Into Jazz, Di...
He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an i...