Two Thousand Twenty Three – Page 2

An Elastic and Impressive Year in Jazz

A rundown of impressive recent releases and a look at who benefits (and suffers) when artists working outside formal jazz idioms are lumped into conversations about the genre.

By An Rong Xu for The New York Times

Cure, The (Music Group) Depeche Mode (Music Group) Madonna Phair, Liz Pop and Rock Music Rolling Stones SZA (Singer) Two Thousand Twenty Three

What Did We Learn From a Year in Live Shows?

Concerts paused during the height of the pandemic, and returned at full power in 2023. Our pop music editor saw a lot of them.

By The New York Times

Bessie Banks Big Maybelle Billy Bragg Blues Music Country Music Doris Troy Folk Music Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Labi Siffre Phair, Liz Pop and Rock Music Prine, John Simone, Nina The Brat The Chiffons Two Thousand Twenty Three

The Best Songs Our Readers Discovered in 2023

Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested with fresh meaning.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Beatles, The Now and Then (Song) Pop and Rock Music Replacements, The (Music Group) Swift, Taylor Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (Album) Two Thousand Twenty Three

The Beatles, Taylor Swift and More Pop Stars Mess With the Past

There’s good financial reason to revisit old or released material — and new technology is making it easier — but most trips back in 2023 resulted in diminishing returns.

By Jon Pareles