The 900 items from his Atlanta home include blue-chip art by Julian Schnabel and Richard Avedon, Versace dinnerware and flamboyant costumes.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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What Did We Learn From a Year in Live Shows?
Concerts paused during the height of the pandemic, and returned at full power in 2023. Our pop music editor saw a lot of them.
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Sinead O’Connor Died of Natural Causes, Coroner Says
The Irish singer-songwriter, known for her powerful, evocative voice, died at 56 at a residence in London in July.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Tops Chart Again
Swift holds at No. 1 as Christmas favorites vanish from Billboard’s top 10 albums. Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is at No. 2.
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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Becoming a Musical From Orin Wolf
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.
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How ‘Insomniac’ Became an a Cappella Sensation
Few people were aware of the 1994 single “Insomniac” by the rock duo Billy Pilgrim, and it quickly sank into obscurity. But a cappella groups can’t stop singing it. We set out to find an explanation.
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Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for Native American and environmental causes.
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Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll
A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”
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Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.
“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young adulthood, this city,” said the singer-songwriter, who will make her Broadway debut in “Hadestown.”
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Former Mr. Bungle Rocker, Theo Lengyel, Charged With Murder in Girlfriend’s Death
Theobald Lengyel, a saxophonist, helped form the experimental rock band in Northern California in the mid-1980s. His girlfriend had been missing since early December.
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The Best Songs Our Readers Discovered in 2023
Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested with fresh meaning.