R.I.P. Hermeto -- definitive obit by Larry Rohter. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/a...

Another #BandcampFriday is here. Support musicians directly.

50 Years Ago, Bruce Springsteen Made a Masterpiece. It Wasn’t Easy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...

A Critic's Notebook: ‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...

RIP to an ultimate NYC musician. Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...

Irreplaceable. Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...

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Bruce Springsteen Reveals His Paths Not Taken www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...

He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...

I'm gonna keep pushing this show it's FREE and celebrates WOMEN PLAYING INSTRUMENTS including the voice) and features percussion legend BOBBYE HALL and queens WENDY AND LISA and my young faves YASMIN WILLIAMS and MEI SEMONES and many more YOU SHOULD COME IF YOU CAN!!! JUNE 22 LINCOLN CENTER 7 P.M

Irreplaceable. E pluribus unum with maximum funk.

#bandcampfriday continues. Support musicians.

“I haven’t really done press in a long time.” Tracy Chapman, the singer and songwriter, has avoided the spotlight for years. But she is breaking her silence to look back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit “Fast Car.” Read our exclusive interview.

The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/a...

a @Sisario gem: The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...

A 4-hour #Oscars can include nominated songs and serious score excerpts, not snippets. Ran short anyway. Music can transform a movie--admit it.

John Schaefer is a beacon. This is such a loss for music lovers

R.I.P. Roberta Flack. There was such strength in her delicacy. Roberta Flack’s 11 Essential Songs www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...

I went long on Garth Hudson for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy www.theringer.com/2025/01/22/m...

Year-end rant--stop gamifying songs! Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/a...

Now hear these -- kudos to the Interactive team! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🤗🤗🤗🤗 A Solstice of the Soul www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...

how it's going...

58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#BandcampFriday still happens. Support musicians directly.

Argument starter kit: Best Albums of 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/a...

So many amazing Roy Haynes performances. Brain, arms,legs, physical, mathematical, spiritual. This was music: please look him up.

Kim Deal Is Ready to Go Solo. It Just Took 4 Decades. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/a...