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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.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: MSG, photography and so many poets

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: Poets laureate at the downtown library; Medium Festival of Photography; indie bands Jupiter Flight and Nite Lapse at the Casbah; Mathieu Gregoire at ICE Gallery; Barrio Art Crawl and Fern St. Circus; "Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play" at The Old Globe; and Prebys Play Day at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
'When I changed as a woman, my music changed'

Sidney Madden

Gabby Bulgarelli

Like her idol Trina two decades earlier, Latto saw her creativity open up when she started rapping explicitly about sex. But with her frankness came harsh new standards to live up to.
Shawny Binladen and the rise of sample drill

Nora Lee

A 27-year-old Queens rapper took a defining hip-hop practice and reinvigorated a subgenre, in New York City and beyond.
Susanna Hoffs' 'This Bird Has Flown' is a love story — and a valentine to music

Michael Schaub

Singer and guitarist Susanna Hoffs rose to fame with the Bangles in the 1980s. With her new book, she proves her immense writing talent isn't just confined to songs.
Here's a few of our favorite photos from the 2023 Dreamville Music Festival

Alanté Serene Millow

This year's performers included J. Cole, Drake, Usher, Burna Boy, City Girls, Ari Lennox, Summer Walker, JID and many more.
The War and Treaty's songs of ardent commitment find deeper clarity on 'Lover's Game'

Jewly Hight

On the duo's latest album, its first full-length released on a major country label, Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr. sing piano-driven originals with a grown-up sense of devotion.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio testifies in Fugees' Pras Michel conspiracy trial

Carrie Johnson

Prosecutors allege Pras Michel illegally helped steer money from a Malaysian billionaire who helped finance The Wolf of Wall Street, a 2013 film, in which Leonardo DiCaprio starred.
International

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died

Anastasia Tsioulcas

The influential Japanese composer died March 28 from cancer. A wide-ranging musician, the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder was a synth-pop idol and the writer of sweeping movie scores.
Watch Joni Mitchell perform 'Summertime' at Gershwin Prize concert

Elizabeth Blair

James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox and Angélique Kidjo are among the artists performing on Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, airing on PBS this evening.