Music

Ingrid Andress, whose national anthem went viral, says she was drunk

Stephen Thompson

The country music star says she intends to check herself into rehab.
Why the judge in Young Thug’s trial was just recused from the case

Sidney Madden

Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville was taken off the YSL RICO case this week after his actions in an ex parte meeting were deemed damaging to public perception of the case.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Border Blasters, Chopin and so much visual art

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: Lots of new visual art across the county; contemporary dance; Chopin's piano works; painting with Panca; acrobatic theater; plus live music and more.
Shaboozey's slow-burning hybrid of hip-hop and country is finally the biggest song in the land

Anastasia Tsioulcas

This week, Shaboozey becomes only the second Black artist ever to top Billboard's pop and country singles charts at the same time. The first, earlier this year, was his collaborator, Beyoncé.
Zach Bryan makes — and breaks — his own myth on 'The Great American Bar Scene'

Ann Powers

Bruce Springsteen, 40 years on from Born in the U.S.A., shows up on Bryan’s new album to offer the wisdom and regret of a lifetime of telling truths and spinning yarns.
Health

Indigenous pride. Bowler hats. Meet an all-female Bolivian skateboarding crew

Marc Silver

Kahwit Tela

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.
Take a sneak peek into a legendary songwriter's creative process

Bob Mondello

The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of Leslie Bricusse, the songwriter who gave us "Pure Imagination," "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Goldfinger" and "Talk to the Animals."
Unpacking hip-hop's sprawl in 2024's most eclectic release date

Sheldon Pearce

Megan Thee Stallion's post-traumatic reset, a left-field Lil Yachty collab, the raunchy return of cupcaKKe: June 28 delivered a truckload of major albums, and a portrait of modern rap's main tension.
Post Malone recaptures the No. 1 song spot with 'I Had Some Help'

Anastasia Tsioulcas

After briefly ceding to Sabrina Carpenter, “I Had Some Help" is back on top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is still No. 1 over on the Billboard 200 albums chart — she’s holding strong at ten weeks.
The nearly forgotten story of the 'Born in the U.S.A.' remixes

Caryn Rose

In 1984, on the cusp of superstardom, Bruce Springsteen agreed to let a producer rework three songs from his upcoming album, Born in the U.S.A. 40 years later, those remixes have nearly vanished.