Tag: Music
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Kendrick Lamar and the Mantle of Black Genius
Kendrick Lamar has pushed the pop landscape toward jazz and soul sounds and made space for more radical forms of Blackness in entertainment.
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Story Update: “The Lost Prince of Yacht Rock” Finally Gets His Encore
In 1978 he was music’s next big thing. Then his album bombed, he began a long slide into obscurity, and a bizarre fraud sent him to prison. Dane Donohue’s second act has been 47 years in the making.
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I’m Obsessed with Other People’s Spotify Playlists
From frenemies to crushes, I learn more from their taste in music than on Facebook or Instagram
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The Sophisticated Kitsch of Blackpink
Also: The stunning musical “The Gospel at Colonus,” Golden Age celebrity photos at MOMA, Soledad Barrio’s explosive flamenco, and more.
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The Human Side of Music’s Prince of Darkness
Ozzy Osbourne was an unruly chaos agent and a beloved family man alike.
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The Greatest Piano Prodigy You’ve Never Heard Of
Natalie Trayling was one of the world’s most wonderful pianists, but her genius was nearly lost to history because she played and lived on the streets, where she truly felt free.
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The Song We Can’t Get Out of Our Heads
Wondering what the Emerson Brothers sound like after reading last week’s feature, ‘The Long, Twisting Tale of Two Farm Boys Who Finally Got Their Big Break’? Check out their hit, ‘Baby,’ and more.