Day 8: Listen to Mark Ronson’s Funky Holiday Playlist
What the DJ spins while wrapping presents and sipping whiskey.
Joyce Bryant, Sensual Singer Who Changed Course, Dies at 95
In the 1940s and ’50s she was a glamorous Black star when there were few. Then she became a missionary.
Music Inspired by Notre-Dame Fire Wins a Top Prize
The British composer Julian Anderson won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for “Litanies,” a meditation for cello and orchestra.
Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital
The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.