NYC Music

Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘Tortured Poets Department’

Only the Beatles have more No. 1 LPs now: The pop superstar reigns atop the Billboard 200 for the 14th time with the equivalent of 2.6 million album sales.

Published on: April 29, 2024, 4:13 pm

Sting on Setting His Music to Dance in Message in a Bottle

In “Message in a Bottle,” a dance show opening at City Center, Sting’s songbook helps tell the story of a family fleeing conflict.

Published on: April 29, 2024, 7:05 pm

Jazz Saved the Bassist Luke Stewart. Now He’s Working to Rescue Others.

Stewart’s many projects — Silt Trio, Irreversible Entanglements, Blacks’ Myths and others — make strong statements and foster community. A new LP is out Friday.

Published on: April 29, 2024, 3:19 pm

Review: Asmik Grigorian's Met Opera Debut in ‘Butterfly’

Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic role.

Published on: April 28, 2024, 3:29 pm

Student Orchestra Shouts ‘Mambo!’ and Meets Gustavo Dudamel

Our photographer followed 95 young musicians for six days as they prepared to perform with Dudamel, the next music director of the New York Philharmonic.

Published on: April 29, 2024, 6:29 pm

Review: Gustavo Dudamel Saves the Day at the Philharmonic

Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic’s incoming music and artistic director, stepped in after a guest conductor fell ill.

Published on: April 28, 2024, 3:19 pm

Andrew Davis, 80, Dies; Renowned Conductor Who Championed Britain’s Music

Celebrated for his long tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago, he led this and other orchestras with force and a notably energetic podium presence.

Published on: April 27, 2024, 6:57 pm

NY Party Fashion: Jon Bon Jovi Screening and Dudamel at Philharmonic Gala

This week, fans turned out for a new documentary about Jon Bon Jovi and took in a performance led by Gustavo Dudamel at the New York Philharmonic’s spring gala.

Published on: April 27, 2024, 9:03 am

Voice of Baceprot Wins Fans With Songs of Girl Power

Voice of Baceprot has electrified audiences and built a large following in Indonesia. Now the group is taking its music to the West.

Published on: April 29, 2024, 3:02 am

Britney Spears and Her Father Settle Legal Dispute Over Conservatorship

Terms were not disclosed. The parties had been arguing over the payment of legal fees and James P. Spears’s financial oversight as his daughter’s conservator.

Published on: April 26, 2024, 10:25 pm

Taylor Swift: The ‘Tortured’ Mailbag

Answering your questions about the sound and substance of the pop superstar’s double album, and the way fans and critics have responded to it.

Published on: April 26, 2024, 6:10 pm

St. Vincent’s 10 (or, Actually 11) Essential Songs

Sample her seven daring and eclectic albums as her latest, “All Born Screaming,” arrives.

Published on: April 26, 2024, 6:00 pm

An Unearthed Johnny Cash Recording, and 11 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Normani, Nilüfer Yanya, Thom Yorke and others.

Published on: April 26, 2024, 3:58 pm

Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82

His expertise on the electromechanical Mellotron helped define the band’s progressive sound in the 1960s and ’70s on albums like “Days of Future Passed.”

Published on: April 26, 2024, 12:52 pm

Michael Cuscuna, Who Unearthed Hidden Jazz Gems, Dies at 75

Possibly the most prolific archival record producer in history, he was a founder of the Mosaic label, which became the gold standard of jazz reissues.

Published on: April 26, 2024, 12:05 pm

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Star Countertenor, to Lead Opera Philadelphia

Costanzo will be a rare figure in classical music: an artist in his prime who is also working as an administrator.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 4:00 pm

Popcast (Deluxe): Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured’ Era

A discussion about the singer’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” her “imperial era,” rumored relationships and production choices.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 8:27 pm

Iran Sentences Prominent Rapper to Death, Lawyer Says

The rapper, Toomaj Salehi, was initially arrested after releasing music in support of the 2022 protests over the death of a young woman in police custody.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 2:53 pm

The Culture Desk: Alicia Keys on Reimagining “Fallin” for Broadway

The singer talks about finding a new home for her first hit.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 9:58 am

Yunchan Lim’s Chopin, and Other Classical Albums to Hear Now

Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 9:04 am

At SFMOMA, Music is More than Just Sound

SFMOMA explores the galaxy of visual and technological design that has long revolved around the music we love.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 9:01 am

Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory

The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.

Published on: April 24, 2024, 5:27 pm

Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony

He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.

Published on: April 24, 2024, 5:00 pm

RZA of Wu-Tang Clan Has a Beef With Meat

The rapper, producer, actor and vegan talks about the connections between meat and masculinity, animal welfare and the environment.

Published on: April 28, 2024, 4:06 am

8 Songs From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024

Listen to soon-to-be inductees Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest and more.

Published on: April 23, 2024, 6:00 pm

‘Tortured Poets’ Has Shifted the Taylor Swift Debate. Let’s Discuss.

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.

Published on: April 24, 2024, 1:55 pm

Kathleen Hanna Reveals the Story of Her Life in ‘Rebel Girl’

In “Rebel Girl,” the punk frontwoman reveals the story of her life — the men who tried to stop her, the women who kept her going and the boy who made her a mother.

Published on: April 23, 2024, 4:39 pm

Peter Gordon, Music’s Mr. Adjacent, Is Starting His Own Record Label

Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label.

Published on: April 25, 2024, 5:05 pm

Kamasi Washington Wants to Remain Unstoppable

Nine years after the release of the album that changed his life, the saxophonist is bringing new collaborators and new parts of himself into his work.

Published on: April 23, 2024, 9:03 am

Huey Lewis’s Music Makes ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’

The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.

Published on: April 23, 2024, 12:00 am