“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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How Japanese Engineering Transformed Pop Music
How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within.
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How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed
Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.
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Goose Rules the Jam-Band Roost (Sorry, Haters)
The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are some still not sold?
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Mac Gayden, Stellar Nashville Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 83
Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.”
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Lana Del Rey’s Foreboding Lullaby, and 7 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Madison McFerrin, Ana Tijoux, Matmos and others.
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New Pornographers Drummer Is Charged With Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Joseph Seiders, who joined the band in 2014, is accused of recording boys who were using a restaurant bathroom.
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Ani DiFranco Documentary Shows Her First Time Writing a Song With Another Artist
The film “1-800-ON-HER-OWN” follows the fiercely independent artist as she tries a career first: writing a song with another artist.
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Nino Tempo, Who Topped the Charts With ‘Deep Purple,’ Dies at 90
He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half of a duo act with his sister, April Stevens.
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Gloria Gaynor Hit Hard Times After ‘I Will Survive.’ Now She’s Back.
The disco queen was in the doldrums before she decided to take control of her life and career. Now, at 81, she’s reaping the rewards.
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Even Levitating in Space, Katy Perry Manages to Get Dunked On
The maker of numerous pop hits has always had trouble getting respect.
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The Hype at Coachella This Year? Billboards.
Some of the hottest advertising space is deep in the California desert, where Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Djo, Post Malone and more generate buzz for their festival sets.