Music

Familiar faces top the pop charts, but there's a real surprise near the bottom

Stephen Thompson

Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, all regular fixtures atop the Billboard charts, have the biggest songs and albums of the week. But don't sleep on Imogen Heap.
Questlove charts 50 years of 'SNL' musical hits (and misses)

Terry Gross

Questlove's documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, highlights the show's most iconic musical performances and comedy sketches — and addresses the show's "unhummable" theme song.
8 revelations from Questlove's new doc about SNL's music

Eric Deggans

Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live.
KPBS Midday Edition

San Diego weekend arts events: Film festivals, house music and family fun

Beth Accomando

This weekend in the arts: San Diego International Jewish Film Festival and San Diego Black Film Festival are coming up along with roller derby, Lunar New Year celebrations and places to go with your kids.
FKA twigs is out with a new album inspired by underground raves

Noah Caldwell

Juana Summers

Sarah Handel

FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer, and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with her third studio album, Eusexua.
Pianist David Kadouch probes gay composers' hidden loves, through music

Olivia Hampton

In his album Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love) French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in societies that wouldn't otherwise accept them.
Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.

Chloe Veltman

Jennifer Vanasco

Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.
Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard's biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)

Stephen Thompson

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.
Petula Clark teases London show 60 years after 'Downtown' made her a star in the U.S.

Olivia Hampton

Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the US billboard charts 60 years ago, on January 23, 1965, and stayed there for two weeks. At 92, she's planning a concert in London.
National

Garth Hudson, The Band's last founding member, dies at 87

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs.