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There's a pause before Billy Joel steps onstage each night when he makes the subtle transition from low-key Everyman to world-renowned Piano Man. It's just a few minutes of ''not [...]

The superstar's 11th album is a 31-song excavation of her recent relationships that is not universally loved. Our pop team dissects its sound, themes and reception. BEN SISARIO Hey, have [...]

Billy Joel's first new pop song in nearly two decades was sparked by someone miles from the record business: a Long Island doctor. Joel, 74, has long made it known [...]

It was half past 3 the day after the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, and a pair of America's most famous drag queens strode up to the spruce's formidable footprint, [...]

Her Celebration Tour is the pop superstar's first retrospective, one which thematically explores her past and perhaps offers a glimpse of how she will chart her future. For 40 years, [...]

A look at the Grammys' most unexpected and interesting story lines, including Olivia Rodrigo's intergenerational rock battle with the Rolling Stones. Young women from across genres -- along with the [...]

The British singer and songwriter's fifth album, ''That! Feels Good!,'' adds a soulful spin to her recent dance-floor music. Her offstage life is fueled by eggs, Lisa Vanderpump and musical [...]

NASHVILLE -- Sheryl Crow is not going to read this story. She confirmed this with a genial wince, but it wasn't a surprise (or a bluff). Crow's career began in [...]

Hard-hitting and charismatic, he was direct about his hopes for the group's future, even after two decades. ''I want to be the biggest band in the world,'' he said. Taylor [...]

By the time this runs in print, Caryn Ganz, pop music editor, will have seen the first Billy Joel show at Madison Square Garden since February 2020, and she is [...]

ROSANNE CASH (musician) James Taylor's guitar playing, it's got a weird sound to it. If you were recording an acoustic guitar today, you would go, ''Well, that's too bright and [...]

Demi Lovato woke up legally blind in an intensive care unit after the July 2018 drug overdose that nearly killed her. It took about two months to recover enough sight [...]

Megan Thee Stallion owned the stage, struggling indie venues got a much needed spotlight and the event proved a pandemic awards show doesn't have to look like a video conference. [...]

Caryn Ganz is the pop music editor of The New York Times. Here are a few of the cultural goodies she's been obsessed with lately. Selling the Big Easy I [...]

JON CARAMANICA Race is a huge topic of discussion in this book. Mariah speaks candidly about the challenges of growing up with a white mother and a Black father and [...]

On ''Chromatica,'' Lady Gaga strives to bring introspection to the dance-pop that made her a star. But hallmarks like her audaciousness and sense of adventure are in shorter supply. CARYN [...]

NASHVILLE -- It was 16 degrees out in mid-November, and Hayley Williams was sprinting through the Tennessee woods, naked. As far as metaphors go, this one was chillingly apt. Paramore, [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Bethany Cosentino can be eerily good at predicting the future. She wrote the song ''Boyfriend'' before the guy in question took on that role. She released a [...]

Hear tracks by Dua Lipa, Meek Mill and Roddy Ricch, Braids and others. Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new [...]

The halftime show, the ads, the parties: The Super Bowl is more than a game, and 100 million of us tune in despite the sport's uglier controversies. Our culture journalists [...]

Billie Eilish won big, Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. made a glorious mess, and the show faced the challenge of having to respond quickly to Kobe Bryant's death. The 62nd annual Grammy [...]

She has eight nominations Sunday night, a performance slot and the devotion of fiercely loyal fans. What's behind this Lizzo momentum? Let's discuss. JON PARELES Lizzo enters this year's Grammy [...]

She also wrote or co-wrote ''Neutron Dance'' for the Pointer Sisters, ''What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' for the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, and other hits. Allee [...]

A new crop of albums has arrived that offer fresh (and not so fresh) takes on seasonal songs and sentiments. There is no strict formula for great holiday music -- [...]

Caryn Ganz, pop music editor who loves divas (musical and otherwise) and is pretty sure rock is back, shares her recommendations. TELEVISIONThe Real Housewives Three ''Housewives'' franchises overlapping at the [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

If every rose has its thorn, not having Def Leppard's music in a show named after a Def Leppard song was a real sticking point for the team behind ''Rock [...]

It's Pride month, and Taylor Swift is celebrating with the video for ''You Need to Calm Down,'' the second single from her upcoming album, ''Lover.'' The song argues against hate, [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify [...]

Every great partnership has to begin somewhere. For Karen O and Danger Mouse, it was a drunk dial in 2008. At least, that's how half of this duo featuring the [...]

The Shed The Shed has a modest name and enormous ambitions. Opening April 5, it's the cultural component of the gigantic Hudson Yards development on the West Side of Manhattan: [...]

The 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday worked to right the wrongs of the past few years' ceremonies, where the leading narrative was tension over a lack of diversity and [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos -- and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos -- and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos -- and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just [...]

Like most major awards shows, the Grammys in recent years has attempted a precarious balancing act: maintaining its status as the music establishment's kingmaker -- and live CBS concert event [...]

COLUMBUS, OHIO -- The word ''unlikely'' pops up so often when discussing the duo Twenty One Pilots, it should come as no surprise that the band's early strategy for building [...]

STOCKHOLM -- Robyn was dancing with everyone. The Swedish pop star was at a tiny, low-key club tucked into Café Opera, a ritzy nightspot here inside a grand opera house [...]

This fall's music calendar will feature farewells, anticipated returns and emerging artists. Dates are subject to change. You can listen to a playlist of songs on Spotify from the fall [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos -- and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just [...]

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos -- and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just [...]

Thousands of people packed a Detroit church on Friday to pay respects to Aretha Franklin, the musical giant whose legacy was evident in several hours of tributes in song. Here [...]