Hear songs from Ana Moura, the Orlons and Colin Hay that defined 2024 for readers.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Remembering the Moments That Jolted Pop Music Last Year
A final look back at some of our favorite characters, trends, lyrics and micro-moments of 2024. Plus: listener mailbag!
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Get to Know Bad Bunny in 9 Songs
Hear his first solo single up through a highlight from his latest LP, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”
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Ringo Starr Goes Country, and 13 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Japanese Breakfast, Lambrini Girls, SZA and others.
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Bob Dylan Wasn’t the Only 1965 Newport Highlight. Hear 14 More.
Listen to Peter, Paul and Mary’s finale singalong, plus songs from Odetta, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and more.
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Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary Bridged Folk-Pop Eras
With Peter, Paul and Mary, the musician, who died on Tuesday at 86, eased folk songs into the Top 10.
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Listen to the Dawn of Rock ’n’ Roll, Captured at Sun Studio
The Memphis landmark where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Howlin’ Wolf recorded turns 75 on Friday.
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Wayne Osmond, Singer and Guitarist With the Osmonds, Dies at 73
Mr. Osmond was a founding member of the family pop group, which had a slew of hits in the 1970s, including “One Bad Apple” and “Yo-Yo.”
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What Bob Dylan Experts Think of “A Complete Unknown”
The writer Lucy Sante and the podcast host Ian Grant, both Bob Dylan experts, dissect the director James Mangold’s biopic starring Timothée Chalamet.
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Five People Indicted in Connection With Liam Payne’s Fatal Fall
Two people are accused of supplying the singer with drugs and three others with negligence related to his fall from the balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel.
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Jimmy Carter and Motown Founder Berry Gordy’s Surprising Connection
According to a detailed family history compiled by one of the former president’s sons, the two men shared a common ancestor in 19th-century Georgia.
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Stanley Booth, Music Journalist Who Loved the Blues, Dies at 82
He is best known for his book about the Rolling Stones. But he mostly wrote about blues artists, some of them famous (B.B. King) and some less renowned (Furry Lewis).