Music

R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak landscape for Baroque work. ​R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak landscape for Baroque work. Read More

In “Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. ​In “Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Read More

A tour of the more surprising — and kind of anonymous — corners of the current Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ​A tour of the more surprising — and kind of anonymous — corners of the current Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Read More

Among the most successful music producers in the 1970s and ’80s, he helped churn out hits for acts like Queen, the Cars, Journey and Foreigner. ​Among the most successful music producers in the 1970s and ’80s, he helped churn out hits for acts like Queen, the Cars, Journey and Foreigner. Read More

Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more. ​Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more. Read More

Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture. ​Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture. Read More

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. ​How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Read More

His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond. ​His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond. Read More

Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.” ​Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.” Read More

At least a half-dozen workers were dismissed as the Trump administration strengthens its control of the cultural institution. ​At least a half-dozen workers were dismissed as the Trump administration strengthens its control of the cultural institution. Read More