The actress and musician, who first burst out in “Bye Bye Birdie” in 1963, is releasing a new album of old rock covers featuring guests like her “Tommy” co-star Pete Townshend.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Nora Forster, 80, Who Married (and Stayed Married to) a Sex Pistol, Dies
A German publishing heiress and music promoter, she settled in London in time for the 1970s punk-rock explosion and became the muse to its baddest boy.
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Record Shopping in New Jersey: A Playlist From a Fresh Haul
Thumbing through the crates at the Princeton Record Exchange, and rediscovering albums by Stevie Wonder, Linda Ronstadt, Broadcast and Merle Haggard.
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Drake Surprises With a Kim Kardashian Sample, and 11 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Kaytraminé, Blondshell, Yaeji and others.
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Live Music Is Roaring Back. But Fans Are Reeling From Sticker Shock.
Buying concert tickets has become a mess of high prices and surcharges, anxiety-inducing registrations and pervasive scalping as some of pop’s biggest acts hit the road again.
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The Friendship Harmonies of boygenius
How Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus’s side project has become a major part of their music — and their lore.
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Springsteen Comes Alive
With the E Street Band electrifying audiences on the road for the first time since 2016, listen to live versions of songs from the current tour.
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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer
The New York Times – Music:After more than two decades at the forefront of electronic dance music (while in a robot-style helmet), the French artist is releasing “Mythologies,” a score for traditional symphony orchestra.
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Morgan Wallen Makes It Four Weeks at No. 1 With ‘One Thing at a Time’
The New York Times – Music:The country superstar’s latest album easily held off new releases by Lana Del Rey and Jimin of the K-pop group BTS.
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Seymour Stein, Record Biz Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80
The New York Times – Music:With an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, he championed acts including the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders on his label Sire, and helped found the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
The New York Times – Music:Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”