Music

Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.

Neda Ulaby

Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well.
St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic 'jump scares'

Terry Gross

"I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."
Taylor Swift and 'Tortured Poets' smash the Spotify album streaming record

Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.
Environment

Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it

Claire Murashima

A Martínez

The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.
Cher, Mary J. Blige and Ozzy Osbourne on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2024 list

Ayana Archie

Diane Webber

Half the inductees in the performer category were nominated for the first time this year. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+ in October.
National

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed orchestras on 3 continents, dies at 80

The Associated Press

Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.
Arts & Culture

A new play peers into a band's life, from the inside

Jeff Lunden

Stereophonic, a new play on Broadway with music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, tracks the volatile creation of a rock and roll album over the course of a year in the 1970s.
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' is written in blood

Ann Powers

With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get.
National

Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80

Chloe Veltman

The influential guitarist, songwriter and singer was best known for the song "Ramblin' Man." Betts's blues, rock and country-influenced guitar style helped define Southern rock in the 1960s and '70s.
Arts & Culture

Where to celebrate Day of the Child in San Diego County

Leslie Gonzalez

The Day of the Child or Día del Niño is celebrated in many countries in April to promote the wellbeing of children. KPBS compiled a list of events and activities you can attend with your child.