Pop and Rock Music – Page 159

Famed Long Pond Studio Breaks Free of Design Rules

Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond recording studio breaks a lot of design rules. It’s why musicians like Taylor Swift have put it on the map.

By Steven Kurutz and Jane Beiles

Marisa Abela was not widely known before being cast as the troubled singer-songwriter in “Back to Black.” That’s over now.

By Jessica Testa

Hear five standouts from the set, and six we wish she’d played.

By Caryn Ganz

After a blockbuster opening, the singer’s new album earned the biggest second-week totals since 2015, nearly doubling the rest of the Top 5 combined.

By Joe Coscarelli