Music

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2026 includes Phil Collins, Oasis and Sade

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The Rock Hall's inductees will include eight acts who have all been eligible for at least a decade. In its "musical influence" category, the hall nods to Latin and African pop for the first time.
National

Asha Bhosle, the voice of Bollywood, has died aged 92

Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs.
Why your favorite artists keep pairing up for co-headlining tours

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

From SZA and Kendrick Lamar, to MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee, there's been an uptick in recent years of prominent artists joining forces for a co-headlining tour.
Coachella 2026: A hand-picked guide to the best of the fest

Dora Levite

Sheldon Pearce

Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

With well over 100 acts on eight stages, almost all of them streaming live, Coachella can be overwhelming. Here's a day-by-day guide to the can't-miss music at the season's biggest musical gathering.
National

Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop and electro pioneer, dead at 68

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The rapper and producer helped script hip-hop and electronic music's blueprint with songs like "Planet Rock" and "Looking for the Perfect Beat."
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts top picks: 'Print as Protest,' gossip, oddities and a yacht rock singalong

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Protest art and printmaking at the Chicano Park Museum; gossip-inspired art gets vulnerable; Voices of Our City Choir takes on yacht rock; August Wilson's "Fences"; Oddities Flea Market and more.
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE put a ring on indie rap's favorite friendship

Sheldon Pearce

A much-hyped double album finds the two reveling in a mutual influence that has bloomed for a decade, shaping a scene in the process.
'After the Flood' argues Bob Dylan's late career is just as potent as his early years

Ken Tucker

Much of our image of Dylan derives from his early protest music, but Robert Polito's book makes the argument that the most recent 30 years of Dylan's career have been just as creative as the first 30.
BTS stays at No. 1 on the charts — and thwarts Ye in the process

Stephen Thompson

This week, no album can unseat last week's champion: BTS's Arirang, which holds on to the top spot thanks to another flood of sales.
U.K. issues Ye travel ban over antisemitism, leading to festival cancellation

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The rapper previously known as Kanye West, scheduled to perform this summer in London, was denied entry into the U.K. on the grounds that his presence "would not be conducive to the public good."