With its eighth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart, the LP featuring songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda is a lesson in how fans drive hits from social media to streaming services.
Category: Music
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Reggaeton’s Global Expansion and Wide-Open Future
As the genre grows in worldwide popularity, it is engaging with the pop music mainstream and stratifying into subsets, introducing new opportunities and dilemmas.
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Geffen Hall’s $550 Million Makeover Is Fully Funded
The New York Philharmonic’s home will reopen in October, a year and a half ahead of schedule, after construction was accelerated during the pandemic.
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Cities and States Are Easing Covid Rules. Should the Arts Follow?
Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
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The Linda Lindas and Their Ferocious, Joyful Power
Fueled by punk conviction (and snacks), this all-girl, school-age band is ready to release its debut album, “Growing Up,” a year after their song “Racist, Sexist Boy” went viral.
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Major Music Companies Pause Business in Russia
The three major record conglomerates and the touring giant Live Nation are suspending operations over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while individual artists have canceled tour dates.
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Remembering Avicii by Stepping Into His Bewildering World
The Avicii Experience offers a taste of the pressures that led up to the D.J.’s death. It’s the latest immersive exhibition trying to find the line between emotional engagement and entertainment.
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Jenny Hval Makes Ideas Sing
On “Classic Objects,” the Norwegian songwriter and novelist shows where simple stories can lead.
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Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 77, Dies; Expanded Classical Guitar’s Reach
A virtuoso since his teenage years, he performed concerts that ranged from classical repertory to Brazilian music to the Beatles and Broadway.
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Review: Leonard Bernstein’s ‘A Quiet Place’ at the Paris Opera
In Paris, a new production of “A Quiet Place” makes a strong case for a work that has long struggled to join the repertory.
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Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future
As the orchestra searches for a new leader, this superstar conductor led the first of two programs pairing Schumann symphonies with new works.