Music

JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are here to blow up your function

Sheldon Pearce

The joyously chaotic rap team-up Scaring the Hoes is less Watch the Throne and more Wedding Crashers: a pair of motormouthed eccentrics running wild trick plays and daring you to stick around.
Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' is the National Recording Registry's first reggaeton song

Vanessa Romo

On Wednesday, the mega-hit single became the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
Feist holds a mirror up to her 'Multitudes'

Grayson Haver Currin

On her best album to date, Feist mines age and experience, love and loss to shape 12 songs about the hard-earned insights of simply existing.
Margo Price, Emmylou Harris & friends, 'I Shall Be Released'

Ann Powers

At the reinstatement of expelled Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones, a small gathering of Nashville musicians opened up the People's Songbook for a musically imperfect yet unforgettable Bob Dylan cover.
RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert

Ashley Pointer

A long time coming, the South London-bred singer-songwriter performs at the Desk with the confidence of a veteran vocal powerhouse.
Queen Latifah and Super Mario Bros. make history in National Recording Registry debut

Neda Ulaby

Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.
National

Lasse Wellander, longtime ABBA guitarist, has died at 70

Barry Gordemer

Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.
International

Why K-pop's future is in crisis, according to its chief guardian

Se Eun Gong

The chief producer behind BTS says K-pop is in crisis as global sales slow or decline — and BTS' taking a break is a big factor. But the industry is trying to pick itself back up.
Arts & Culture

'Champion' is not your grandmother's Metropolitan Opera

Tom Vitale

Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.
Arts & Culture

From Daft Punk to ballet: Thomas Bangalter makes full swing to classical

Olivia Hampton

Barry Gordemer

Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.