Jose (Luis) Vasquez, John (Juan) Mendez and a third person, Simone Ling, were found unresponsive last week. Authorities had not determined a cause but said “possible narcotics” were at the scene.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Brittany Howard Taps Into the Ancestors on ‘What Now’
The singer and guitarist socked away songs grappling with frustration, pain and love during the pandemic. They became her powerful second solo LP, “What Now.”
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Mary Weiss, Who Sang ‘Leader of the Pack,’ Is Dead at 75
As the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, she conveyed passion, pathos and toughness — and reached the Top 40 six times while still in her teens.
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Green Day Gets Loud Again on ‘Saviors’
On “Saviors,” its 14th studio album, the pop-punk trio returns to stadium-sized rock.
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Sleater-Kinney’s 10 (or Actually 11) Best Songs
As the band’s 11th album arrives, listen back through the strongest moments in its catalog.
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Annie Nightingale, Pathbreaking British D.J., Is Dead at 83
She was initially told there was no room for her on BBC Radio 1 because a woman’s voice lacked the authority of a man’s. Once she was on the air, she stayed there for 53 years.
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Dolly Parton Covers Billy Joel, and 8 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams, Julian Lage, feeo and others.
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Sleater-Kinney Are Out of the Woods, for Better or Worse
The band’s 11th album, “Little Rope,” was born out of tragedy, but feels curiously restrained.
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How Ariana Grande’s ‘Yes, And?’ Relates to Madonna’s ‘Vogue’
Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue” has enjoyed a recent renaissance. Ariana’s Grande’s first solo song in three years leans on its sound, but the similarities end there.
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8 Upcoming Albums to Get Excited About
Sample songs from LPs by Waxahatchee, the Smile, Helado Negro and more.
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Leon Wildes, Immigration Lawyer Who Defended John Lennon, Dies at 90
Battling the government for more than three years, he was able to prove that the Nixon White House was trying to deport the former Beatle for political reasons.
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Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.