Rosalía’s 'Lux' Redefines What a Pop Album Can Be

Back in May, Blake Shelton returned to his roots, dropping his first album in four years, the winkingly titled For ...

The one artist Paul Simon called his “first major influence”

For all of the great poets that have come out of the folk world, it took a rock and roll legend to convince Paul Simon to get ...

Ask A Music Critic: What Was The First Great Indie Album?

First of all, while there aren’t many words in your inquiry, the ones that are there are subjective. “Great,” obviously, is ...

John Harris: 'I think music speaks emotionally in a very powerful way'

One-time winner of the Orwell Prize for political journalism for his work in The Guardian, John Harris is regarded as one of ...

I saw Ed Sheeran for the first time in 8 years

Ed Sheeran used to be one of my favourite artists. I excitedly paid £30 to see his Divide tour in Birmingham, desperate to ...

Bob Dylan Was Openly Devastated After Death of Music Icon: 'I Didn't Talk to Anyone for a Week'

Just because Bob Dylan is considered an icon doesn't mean the legendary singer-songwriter didn't have musical heroes of his ...

The one song Sting called a masterpiece: “It was a learning exercise for me”

Exploring comments by The Police frontman Sting about one of his favourite songs of all time, which is by Otis Redding, which ...

Dodgers Organist Dieter Ruehle on His Witty, Spontaneous Song Picks, and Keeping Up With the Series’ Epic Game 3: ‘The Game Isn’t Scripted — What’s Better Than Liv…

Dodgers organist Dieter Ruehle talks about his amusing choices of song snippets for the World Series, especially that nearly ...
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The Belair Lip Bombs: The Best of What’s Next

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K-pop is taking over Halloween, and this mama likes it

K-pop — or Korean Pop — has taken over and Halloween is going to be the first huge public display of it. Following the ...

Remembering AM radio’s 3-minute rule and the songs that broke it

There are various reasons for this difference. In the early days of recorded music, songs tended to be about three minutes ...

Bob Dylan was a phenomenon, his songs said the things I wanted to, admits folk legend Joan Baez

ON Christmas Eve, 1956, a 15-year-old boy heads due south on a five-hour Greyhound Bus journey from his home in Hibbing, Minnesota. Arriving in the state capital, Saint Paul, he meets up with two ...