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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s Throwback Duet, and 8 More New Songs
Hear tracks by the Linda Lindas featuring Weird Al Yankovic, Chlöe and Anderson .Paak, Lou Reed’s early band and others.
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CreditJohn Esparza Lainey Wilson’s Exhausting (but Rewarding) Country Music Hustle
The singer and songwriter struggled for years to break through. Now she’s staking a claim for herself — and other women in the genre — with a new album, “Whirlwind.”
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CreditRyan Pfluger for The New York Times One of Classical Music’s Great Builders Prepares for the Next Step
Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it.
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7 Hot Tracks From a New Generation of Female Rappers
Listen to recent songs from Megan Thee Stallion, Ice Spice, Latto and more.
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More in Classical Music ›A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage
For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes.
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CreditEmon Hassan for The New York Times A Tribute to a ‘French Founding Father’
200 years after the Marquis de Lafayette visited New York as part of a nationwide tour, a re-enactor will retrace his steps.
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CreditJason Andrew for The New York Times Vienna Bids Farewell to Magnate Who Brought Stars to Its Opera Ball
Sophia Loren, Kim Kardashian, Priscilla Presley and Jane Fonda were among the stars Richard Lugner enticed, and often paid, to appear at the Vienna Opera Ball.
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CreditMichael Leckel/Reuters Has a Neglected Soviet-Era Composer’s Time Finally Come?
With an opera at the Salzburg Festival and recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg may be taking root.
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CreditAlbum/Alamy Stock Photo Esa-Pekka Salonen: A Conductor at the Top, and at a Crossroads
Salonen, who will soon be a free agent for the first time in decades, could do pretty much anything at this stage. What will it be?
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The InterviewJelly Roll Cannot Believe How His Life Turned Out
From jail and addiction to music stardom, the singer says he’s living a “modern American fairy tale.”
By David Marchese
FictionShe Was a Pioneering but Forgotten Musician. Now She’s a Literary Hero.
In her debut novel, “ The Instrumentalist,” Harriet Constable paints a vivid and nuanced portrait of the groundbreaking 18th-century violinist and conductor Anna Maria della Pietà.
By Valeriya Safronova
Maurice Williams, 86, Dies; His ‘Stay’ Was a Hit for Him and Four Seasons
A chart topper in 1960 for his doo-wop group the Zodiacs, it inspired popular cover versions and was heard in the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing.”
By Alex Williams
Jerry Fuller, Songwriter of ‘Young Girl’ and ‘Travelin’ Man,’ Is Dead at 85
He found a musical sweet spot between romance and “out of line” desire for recordings by Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
By Alex Traub
Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Defraud Presleys and Sell Graceland
A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested and accused of a brazen effort to foreclose on Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis.
By Matt Stevens
An Undersung and Unruly Woodstock in Pictures, 30 Years On
A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of Woodstock 1994, middle child to the festivals of 1969 and 1999.
By Annie Aguiar
Jack Russell, 63, Dies; Singer for Great White and Survivor of Nightclub Fire
At a show in 2003 with his band, a pyrotechnics display ignited a fire that killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist.
By Alexandra E. Petri
Greg Kihn, 75, Dies; Scored Hits With ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘The Breakup Song’
He carved out a place for no-nonsense power pop at the height of the MTV 1980s.
By Alex Williams and Alexandra E. Petri
Popcast (Deluxe): A Word With Action Bronson
The rapper and gourmand answers our rapid-fire questionnaire covering the music of his childhood, how he manages stress and his go-to bodega order.
Burning Man Has Sold Out Since 2011. Why Not This Year?
The desert arts festival returns this month after two consecutive years of challenging weather, including mud that stranded attendees, and a Covid-19 hiatus.
By Amanda Holpuch
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