Category: Music

Spotify Wrapped 2022: Why the Platform Told Us All We Were Onions

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
This year the platform told us all we were onions. Why?
Scarred by War, a Ukrainian Children’s Choir Finds Hope in Music

The New York Times – Music:
Members of the Shchedryk Children’s Choir have emerged from conflict determined to sing, including at Carnegie Hall this weekend.
Best Classical Music Performances of 2022

The New York Times – Music:
The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening of the revamped David Geffen Hall.
Playing Neil Diamond: A Dream Role, and a ‘Crazy Privilege’

The New York Times – Music:
Will Swenson, the star of “A Beautiful Noise,” has come a long way from his days as an eighth grader wooing girls with his Diamond repertoire.
How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’

The New York Times – Music:
The British rapper was inspired by a variety of artists, including his sister, in making his third album.
A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met

The New York Times – Music:
Carlo Rizzi, a Met Opera regular sometimes taken for granted, opened the company’s season this fall and has juggled “Medea,” “Tosca” and “Don Carlo.”
After Covid, Playing Trumpet Taught Me How to Breathe Again

The New York Times – Music:
The benefits of group (music) therapy.
Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104

The New York Times – Music:
She stopped performing to raise children, at the request of her first husband, the bandleader Harry James. After remarrying, she resumed singing decades later.
Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer, Dies at 63

The New York Times – Music:
Ms. Cara was a child star from the Bronx who gained international fame as the singer of major pop anthems from movies of the 1980s.
‘Gangnam Style’ Brought K-Pop to the World, but Haunted Its Creator

The New York Times – Music:
In 2012, the song took over the internet, and it helped pave the way for the global success of Korean pop. But Psy, the artist behind it, spent years trying and failing to replicate the phenomenon.
Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty

The New York Times – Music:
Stéphane Denève leads a program of extravagantly colorful French works, with the pianist Víkingur Ólafsson as the soloist in a Ravel concerto.
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

The New York Times – Music:
A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights.