Music

Conductor Jonathon Heyward is breaking barriers

Lara Downes

As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.
It's Post Malone's week at the top of the chart, and he had some help

Stephen Thompson

It's still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift's album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week's harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.
Politics

'Swifties for Kamala' think Harris is the 1 to beat Trump. And they want to help

Elena Moore

By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.
National

Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day

Bill Chappell

The singer has previously described having intensely complicated relationships with her family, describing her early life as a source of recurring instability.
The Gallagher brothers are reuniting for an Oasis tour 15 years after breaking up

Ayana Archie

The Gallagher brothers had a longstanding feud for decades, and the band broke up for good in 2009.
The Gallagher brothers are reviving Oasis. Here's a look at their decades-long feud

Rachel Treisman

Famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced an Oasis reunion, 15 years after its dramatic breakup. Here's a brief timeline of their tumultuous history — and how they got here.
She's still Shelby Lynne

Jewly Hight

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter returned to Nashville to find a community of women determined to resurrect her career.
National

Inspired by the pandemic, a Florida beachside music festival tries something new

Debbie Elliott

The concert promoters who ran popular music cruises are now trying the music vacation concept on land, promising no lines and a different kind of music fest experience for both artists and fans.
From China to Appalachia: An unlikely musical fusion that's got young people hooked

Barry Gordemer

A new album combines Appalachian music with Chinese folk music. Young people can't get enough.
Politics

So, about that special musical guest ... Where was Beyoncé for the DNC's final night?

Stephen Thompson

Instead, the special, previously unannounced guest was … nobody. The night’s headliner, Vice President Harris, had the spotlight to herself — which may have been the point all along.