White Rappers Paying Homage to the Past
By JON CARAMANICA
Phil Andelman
The Beastie Boys, whose new album is “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.”
White rappers have become preservationists of past hip-hop sounds.
Popcast: White Rappers-as-PreservationistsAccessing a Place Of Shaggy Wildness
By JUSTIN DAVIDSON
The composer Peter Lieberson, who died last month, never let a crisis go to waste. His difficult experiences enriched his imagination, bringing him closer to the music he wanted to write.
ARTS & LEISURE
Brad Paisley’s Country Underground
By JODY ROSEN
In his forthcoming ninth studio album, Brad Paisley offers a more expansive definition of country music.
May 14, 2011
Broadcast of 'Die Walküre' Performance at the Met Is Delayed
A technical problem left an estimated 175,000 people sitting in movie theaters around the world (and nearly 4,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera itself) twiddling their thumbs while waiting for the start of a live high-definition broadcast of "Die Walkure," the cycle's second installment.
May 13, 2011
Charting Julianna Barwick
Julianna Barwick is an experimental singer/songwriter from Brooklyn.
May 13, 2011
Dylan Denies China Censored Him
Weighing in on his much-discussed recent performances in China, Mr. Dylan he had shared the names of the songs he intended to play with the Chinese government and was able to play the set lists he intended.
Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten?
By KATE ZERNIKE
Enrichment programs like Kumon are gaining from, and generating, parental anxiety about what kind of preparation children need — and whether parents themselves have what it takes to provide it.
J. Lo: The Sequel
By NICOLE La PORTE
The new, user-friendly Jennifer Lopez is back to doing it all, only without the imperious attitude that once propelled her to fame.
For a Violinist, Success Means A New Low Point
By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH
Mari Kimuri has found notes that other violinists thought not possible.
PLAYLIST | ARCTIC MONKEYS
Rock Star Tunes in to the Elders of the Tribe
By MELENA RYZIK
What Alex Turner, frontman of Artic Monkeys, was listening to when he wrote the album “Suck It and See.”
Cornell Dupree, Guitarist and Sideman to the Stars, Dies at 68
By PETER KEEPNEWS
Mr. Dupree played on about 2,500 session dates, by his estimate, for the likes of Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon and Ringo Starr.
At a 10-Year Reunion, Old Songs and New Voices
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
A decade ago, 24 children from P.S. 86 in the Bronx went on an unlikely chorus trip to Finland. The journey seemed to show that anything was possible in New York City. Was it?
Slide Show: Voices Soar Again, 10 Years LaterSPOTLIGHT | NEW BRUNSWICK
For a Gala Concert, 90 Years of Songs
By TAMMY LA GORCE
The composer Marvin Hamlisch chose songs dating from 1921 to today for the 90th anniversary gala concert of the State Theater in New Brunswick next Saturday.
MUSIC | CONNECTICUT
As a Festival Expands, Its Needs Do, Too
By TAMMY LA GORCE
Comcast, in Hartford, became the setting for Bombfest’s third Memorial Day weekend when Western Connecticut State University pulled out.
Picture Books About Folk Music
Reviewed by SEAN WILENTZ
In these two picture books, an appreciation of folk music is passed from generation to generation.
MUSIC REVIEW
A Little Offbeat Humor in Cyclical Explorations
By STEVE SMITH
Bruce Levingston and Colin Jacobsen joined forces at Zankel Hall in the kind of recital for which each has become known: driven by ideas and filled with music old, new and well worth hearing.
MUSIC REVIEW
Exploring Themes of War, Both the Existential and the Concrete
By ALLAN KOZINN
Carlos Kalmar brings Ives’s “Unanswered Question” (1906) to a program on war, and proposed that for the evening, Ives’s question could be “Why do we go to war?”
Bernard Greenhouse, Acclaimed Cellist, Dies at 95
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Greenhouse was a founder of the Beaux Arts Trio and a member for 32 years.
Music Review: Rap Duo Heads Back to the Stage, Granting No Compromises (or Smiles)
Books of The Times: ‘Electric Eden’ by Rob Young
Music Review: A Singer’s Tribute to Lena Horne, Her Regal and Daunting Role Model
Norma Zimmer, Lawrence Welk’s ‘Champagne Lady,’ Dies at 87
Music Review: Those Spirited Strings and Other Things
Music Review: Strife of ’64, in Somber Tones
What Good Is Sitting Alone in Your Room? Cabaret Is a Steal
Music Review: Rationality Meeting Romanticism
Music Review: Seven Composers, Seven Countries
Music Review: American Hymns, Both Classic and Reimagined
Music Review: Two by a Finnish Composer, and Variations Inspired by a Birthday
Music Review: Salvation Pursued Musically
Music Review: A Cabaret Evening of Songs From a Marriage Made Off Broadway
Music Review: For a Sextet’s Substitutes, a Chemistry Test
Music Review: Genres and Styles Without Borders, in a Brooklyn Series
From Opinion
OPINIONATOR | THE SCORE
A Pitch for New Music
By DAVID LANG
Baseball fans revel in the past and the present at the same time. Why don't classical music fans do the same?
Times Talks
A Conversation with Emmylou Harris
The country folk singer-songwriter talked to Dana Jennings, a culture editor for The Times, and performed two songs in a recent Times Talks interview.
Multimedia
The Songbook, for a Song
The singers Emily Bergl and Colleen McHugh are keeping the American songbook tradition alive and affordable.
Artist, Musician, Zelig
Angus MacLise, an original member of the Velvet Underground, didn’t achieve the prominence of others in that group, but a new exhibition suggests he was an influential force in the New York underground.
Behind the Smiles
Insane Clown Posse, the hip-hop do, performed at the Gramercy Theater.
Excerpt: 'Die Walküre'
Bryn Terfel and Deborah Voigt in a scene from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's opera at the Metropolitan Opera. (Video courtesy of the Met.)
The Week in Music
Podcast: Music
This week: Emmylou Harris in conversation and performance; pondering the potentially odd future of Tyler the Creator, and a look at the week’s new releases
THE SCOOP
New York City iPhone App
Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.
From Opinion
OPINIONATOR | THE SCORE
The Composer’s Other Voice
By DANIEL FELSENFELD
In the conversations about music, politics and culture, why not hear from the composers themselves?
Video Features
Counterpoint
Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, explains an important musical technique.
- More Videos by Anthony Tommasini:Bel Canto | 12-Tone Music | Musical Motifs in 'Tosca'
Michael Jackson
The Passing of a Pop Icon
Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, songwriter and dancer, died on June 25, 2009.
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