The musician and audio engineer, who died on Tuesday at 61, gave artists including Nirvana and PJ Harvey an authentic representation of their work at a reasonable price.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Steve Albini, Influential Producer of ’90s Rock and Beyond, Dies at 61
A musician and audio engineer, he helped define the sound of alternative rock while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry.
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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.
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Meet Marisa Abela, the Star of the New Amy Winehouse Biopic, ‘Back to Black’
Marisa Abela was not widely known before being cast as the troubled singer-songwriter in “Back to Black.” That’s over now.
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Madonna’s Hits-Filled Celebration Tour, Dissected
Hear five standouts from the set, and six we wish she’d played.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ Posts a Huge Second Week on the Chart
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.
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Madonna Performs Massive Free Concert in Rio
The pop superstar performed a final date on her global trek marking four decades of hits: a set on Copacabana Beach before the largest live crowd of her career.
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Is ‘The Idea of You’ Harry Styles Fan Fiction?
The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie indebted to the musician.
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The Music of Luca Guadagnino’s Cinematic Universe
Hear songs from “Challengers,” “Call Me by Your Name” and more.
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Kendrick Lamar Gets Inspired (by Drake), and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Miranda Lambert, Illuminati Hotties, Mabe Fratti and others.
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On Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism,’ Romance Is Everything
The English singer and songwriter’s third album, featuring production from Danny L Harle and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, is nonstop ear candy.